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Global Briefs

Recycling Nutrients

July 1st, 2016 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Animal Droppings Help Forests Absorb CO2 A paper published in Forest Ecosystems concludes that frugivores, large, fruit-eating animals like toucans, tapirs, curassows and [&hellip

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Toxic Teflon

July 1st, 2016 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Scientists Increasingly Find It Dangerous According to a new meta-analysis of previous studies, Philippe Grandjean, of Harvard, and Richard Clapp, [&hellip

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Fish Fried

July 1st, 2016 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

New Numbers Confirm Global Overfishing The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has been collecting reports for decades on how [&hellip

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GMO-Free Pioneer

July 1st, 2016 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

New Grain Transport to be Contaminant-Free Large food companies that are switching to non-GMO (genetically modified) soy and corn products [&hellip

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Farm-to-Work

July 1st, 2016 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Fresh Veggies Come Direct to Offices Pioneering employers are now offering fresh vegetables to help employees improve their diet—and their [&hellip

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Moth Misery

July 1st, 2016 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Bright Lights Drive Them to Extinction National Moth Week, held from July 23 to 31 (visit NationalMothWeek.org for podcast), has prompted the [&hellip

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Banish Bugs

May 31st, 2016 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Safely Keep Winged Visitors Away from Outdoor Events arding off summertime mosquitoes and flies to maintain outdoor fun is especially [&hellip

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Swedes’ Solution

May 31st, 2016 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Six-Hour Workday Reaps Benefits any Americans work 50 hours a week or more because they think they’ll get more done [&hellip

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Unsafe Playfields

May 31st, 2016 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Artificial Surfaces Pose Risks s of January, there have been 200 nationwide cases of cancers in young athletes that played [&hellip

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Nature’s Metric

May 31st, 2016 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Rethinking All Aspects of Society he International Living Future Institute’s Living Future Challenge presents a bold new framework for rethinking [&hellip