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FDA bans shellfish from South Korea.
May 18, 2012 - The Washington Post
Consumers should not eat shellfish from South Korea and retailers should stop selling it, federal and state regulators said Thursday. An agency analysis of the Korean shellfish program found unacceptable water pollution levels in shellfish-growing areas and periodic detection of norovirus.
Lawn and garden pesticides should be restricted, not banned, in British Columbia, legislative committee says.
May 18, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
British Columbia doesn't need to ban cosmetic pesticide use, according to an all-party government committee convened to probe a possible ban on the sale and use of cosmetic pesticides used to ensure a perfect lawn and weed-free garden.
Pennsylvania Doctors Worry Over Fracking 'Gag Rule'
May 18, 2012 - NPR
Doctors say they need to know what's in natural gas drilling companies' secret chemical formulas in order to treat patients who may have been exposed to them. A new law in Pennsylvania will give physicians access to the information, but says they can't tell anyone else, not even other doctors, what's in those formulas.
The federal government has pulled the plug on one of Canada's most famous science facilities, the Experimental Lakes Area program in northwestern Ontario, which was instrumental in banning phosphorus in detergents and stopping acid rain, as part of budget cuts at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
A day after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut in half the threshold for determining lead exposure in the nation's children, pediatricians faced the task of identifying new cases from thousands of their old files.
Most Canadians likely have worrisome levels of the antibacterial chemical triclosan in their bodies, says an environmental group that's calling for a ban on the germ killer from household products.
