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Fertilizer Runoff Linked to Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity

Image: eutrophication&hypoxia’s photostream, Flickr Natural human optimism leads one to hope that hazardous chemicals wastes discarded by humans are broken down in the natural environment, until they are once again harmless. When scientists concern themselves with this process, it is usually to study the extent to which toxic chemicals harm the environment before they are finally degraded, or to measure the impacts of the degradation process, such as

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US Army Finds 3D Printing + Shipping Container = Instant Parts

Images via Clegg Industries 3D Printing is a great way to reduce inventory shipping costs and make good design accessible to anyone anywhere; PSFK writes that the US Army has been demonstrating the benefits for a couple of years. But there are not a lot of computerized machine tools and 3D printers in Afghanistan, so the Army ordered up the Mobile Parts Hospital , (MPH) with a computerized machine tool inside a shipping container sized box…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Only Public Grassroots Activism Will Force Governments to Act on Climate: Dr James Hansen

In case you haven’t seen it yet, world renowned climatologist Dr James Hansen of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies has an excellent new piece in The Guardian wherein he talks at length about his journey from straight science to self-imposed media silence to seemingly reluctant and outspoken (not to mention arrested) climate activist. There’s lots of good stuff in in so I highly enco… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Adorable Tiger Cub Violates Carry-On Restrictions (Photos)

Image credit: TRAFFIC When security personal at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport scanned a woman’s over-sized carry-on last Sunday, they discovered something unexpected in the x-ray: A live tiger cub . The woman—who has not yet been linked to the UK’s cat-trasher —was carrying the sedated tiger in a suitcase filled with stuffed toy tigers…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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39 More Toxic Coal Ash Sites Found to Contaminate US Water Supply With Arsenic & Heavy Metals

Aerial photo of one of the sites discovered, in Uncasville, Connecticut. A new report by the Environmental Integrity Project , Earthjustice , and the Sierra Club has identified an additional 39 sites in 21 states where toxic coal ash is contaminating drinking and surface water with arsenic and heavy metals. These new sites added to those already identified by… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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39 More Toxic Coal Ash Sites Found to Contaminate US Water Supply With Arsenic & Heavy Metals

Men: Pee And Wash In The Same Fixture!

Lenny Bruce would have had such fun with this, but this just makes so much sense, a sink built on top of a urinal! And designer Yeongwoo Kim has made it look good, too. The theoretical sequence is that you use the urinal, then wash your hands and the washwater rinses the urinal, saving water. Since of course, everybody washes their hands after peeing, right?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tobacco Plants Chemically Summon Insects to Defend Themselves Against Caterpillar Attack

photo: minnemom via flickr I admit there’s no direct connection between this next one and sustainability, but from a science perspective it’s just too interesting to pass by: New research shows that tobacco plants have evolved a “chemical SOS” signal that attracts insect predators when caterpillars are eating their leaves. Like TreeHugger said back in 2007, Plants, they’re smarter than you think …… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Classic Polo Meets Organic Cotton in New Men’s Fair Trade Fashion Label

Image courtesy of Tompkins Point Apparel. For those who call “The Official Preppy Handbook” a must read — if you missed it, the forthcoming follow-up called “True Prep” is coming soon — there’s a green (and pink) option for the classic polo with insignia on the left chest from new fair trade label Tompkins Point Apparel. In fact, this is the first third-party certified Fair Trade fashion available in the US. More: … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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James Cameron Hits the Amazon To Stop the Belo Monte Dam (Video)

Image Credit: broddi via Flickr In the months since “Avatar” struck major environmental themes while banking nearly $3 billion, James Cameron, an avid environmentalist, has been very busy. He’s been bringing his celebrity to fight the oil and coal industries and

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‘Dancing’ Star Tony Dovolani — Shave My Back, Bitch

Filed under: Tony Dovolani , Octomom , DWTS , Dancing with the Stars , ABC The only thing smoother than Tony Dovolani ‘s dance moves … his freshly shaved back. TMZ ran into the ” Dancing with the Stars ” dancer yesterday at the B2V Salon in Beverly Hills — where the super nice two-stepper talked about his man grooming… Read more

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