Eating Red Meat Shown to Increase Cancer Risk
SAN DIEGO, California, November 14, 2008 (ENS) – Human consumption of red meat and milk products can contribute to the increased risk of cancerous tumors, according to a National Cancer Institute-backed study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A husband-and-wife team of physician-scientists at the University of California, San [...]
Read More »Genetically Unique Plants Matter Most in Current Mass Extinction
SANTA BARBARA, California, October 21, 2008 (ENS) – The sixth mass extinction of both plants and animals is underway, scientists say, warning that nearly 50 percent of all species could disappear within the lifetimes of people now living on Earth. Some species are more critical than others in preserving the functions of ecosystems and scientists [...]
Read More »Avoiding Deforestation to Limit Climate Change ‘Cheap and Practical’
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 23, 2008 (ENS) – Wealthy nations could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally by paying landowners in developing nations not to clear forested land for agriculture, finds a new study by a research team from Austria, Brazil and the United States. The research attaches estimated dollar amounts to each metric ton of [...]
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