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• PCBs Found in Air Near Several Schools

  "Most" of the air samples taken at 40 schools around Chicago were contaminated with PCB-11, says the Chicago Tribune.  Banned over 30 years ago, polychlorinated biphenyls are highly toxic and linked to diseases like cancer, liver and kidney damage. Though PCBs are known to linger in ecosystems, "bio-magnifying" in the fatty tissue of animals, researchers were surprised to find Read More... Posted Jan 22 2009, 04:00 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with no comments Filed under: environment, children's health, school safety, toxic chemicals, pollution, PCBs, Shannon LC Cate

• Girls Only: No Boys Born in Growing Number of Towns

  Desperate to have a baby girl? Well you might think about relocating. Or eating more marine animals.  Researchers have discovered several towns where women are only giving birth to girls. The gender balance is totally out of whack and something like a 2 to 1 ratio of boys to girls. Where are these towns of rainbows and ponies and sparkles and all Hannah Montana all the time?   Read More... Posted Jul 30 2008, 03:01 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: NPR, arctic, greenland, living on earth, eating fish, PCBs, towns where only girls are born, girls only, marine life, pesticides in our diet