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Newly Identified Porpoise Nearly Too Endangered to Save

Image credit: ori2uru /Flickr Researchers often wondered whether the finless porpoise , which has a range from Japan to China, India to the Persian Gulf—in fresh and salt water—might not be a single species. New research , however, indicates that at least one group—which lives in China’s Yangtze River—is genetically distinct from Neophocaena phocaenoides as a whole. If verified, … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Newly Identified Porpoise Nearly Too Endangered to Save

Shocking: Industrial Fishing Like You’ve Never Seen it Before (Video)

“Seeing death on this scale has quite an impact on the team.” About 5 minutes into the video above, a film crew dives in the South Pacific waters and films for what is probably the first time ever (that’s what they claim, anyway) the inside of a giga… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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OMG, NRDC Sues FDA to Make NFG BPA DOA

Bisphenol A has been used to line cans since the ’50s. But seriously, the Natural Resources Defense Council is tired of waiting for the Food and Drug Administration to deal with Bisphenol A, a possibly endocrine-disrupting chemical. They have filed a lawsuit against the FDA for “its failure to act on a petition to ban the use of Bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging, food containers, and other materials likely to come into contact with food. ” The NRDC petitioned the FDA in October, 2008, but they have failed to take any action on their request…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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OMG, NRDC Sues FDA to Make NFG BPA DOA