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Greenhouse gases highest for 800,000 years.
Greenhouse gases are at higher levels in the atmosphere than at any time in at least 800,000 years, according to a study of Antarctic ice on Wednesday that extends evidence that mankind is disrupting the climate. (5-15-2008)
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Warming world altering thousands of natural systems.
A comprehensive analysis of trends in tens of thousands of biological and physical systems has provided more evidence to bolster the near-universal view that man-made climate change is altering the behaviour of plants, animals, rivers and more. (5-15-2008)
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Monsoon predicted in Myanmar delta.
Monsoon winds and rain were predicted on Wednesday, compounding the misery for at least 1.6 million survivors of this month's deadly cyclone. The Red Cross's new death toll estimate is 127,990. (5-15-2008)
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Chemicals in plastic feeding bottles could lead to obesity in babies.
Pregnant women who eat food that has been wrapped in plastic could make their unborn baby obese in later life, according to new research. (5-15-2008)
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Alarm at weed-kill chemical in water.
Australian regulators have allowed a widely used weed killer to be present in drinking water at levels twice those now shown to cause damaging genetic changes in human cells. (5-15-2008)
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Drug committee left to rely on industry funding.
A labor policy backflip will leave an independent committee that advises the Government on multi-million-dollar drug subsidies reliant on industry funding for the first time in its 60-year history. (5-15-2008)
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Child autism link to pet shampoo.
Expectant mothers who used a treatment with a chemical commonly found in pet shampoo to kill their pet's fleas were twice as likely to go on to have children with autism, a scientist has found. (5-15-2008)
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Now heavyweight Brits are the fattest people in Europe.
Britons are becoming the fattest people in Europe. English and Scottish women lead the heavyweight league, with almost six in ten overweight or obese. (5-15-2008)
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Chinese soldiers rush to bolster weakened dams.
China mobilized 30,000 additional soldiers to earthquake-shattered southwestern regions on Wednesday - not just to help victims, but also to shore up weakened dams whose failure could compound the disaster. (5-15-2008)
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World's wildlife and environment already hit by climate change, major study shows.
Global warming is disrupting wildlife and the environment on every continent, finds an unprecedented study. (5-15-2008)
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