Home  »  Headline News

Now It’s Dangerous to Breathe

March 6, 2002
A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association says long-term exposure to the air pollution in some of America?s biggest cities significantly raises the risk of dying from lung cancer and is as dangerous as living with... continued

Follow GM Ice Cream with GM Mouthwash

March 5, 2002
Ice cream researchers have come up with an additive to eliminate the grainy texture that ice cream gets when it sits in the freezer too long. The ingredient is a wheat protein that blocks the formation of the large, rectangular-shaped... continued

Computer Pollution

March 5, 2002
Old computers are being dumped in Asia where they are releasing toxic materials into the environment. The report ?Exporting Harm: The Hi-Tech Trashing Of Asia? describes a group of villages in China where computers from America are picked apart with... continued

Water Pollution Killing Whales

March 5, 2002
Over a quarter of all deaths of adult beluga whales in Canada?s Saint Lawrence Estuary are caused by cancer, researchers have found. Such high rates of cancer are unprecedented in wild animals, except for fish. Industrial pollution is the most... continued

Drought Devastates U.S.

March 5, 2002
Drought has engulfed nearly a third of the United States, which this summer may lead some of the worst water shortages in years. It?s still far short of the 1930s Dust Bowl, when up to 70 percent of the country... continued

Controversial Whitley?s Journal

March 4, 2002
Whitley Strieber has written a new journal entry about the evils of fundamentalist religions?of all kinds. He?s sure to stir up controversy with "Religious Fanatics and the Ruin of the World!" To read Whitley?s Journal,click here. NOTE: This news story,... continued

HIV Cocaine Link and ?Missing Link?

March 4, 2002
Cocaine may not only be associated with HIV infections because it causes people to act recklessly and have unsafe sex?it may also help the HIV virus spread faster through the body, killing off more immune cells and reproducing 200 times... continued

Life on Mars and Europa

March 4, 2002
Mars holds vast stores of water ice right near the surface and away from the permanently frozen south polar ice cap, scientists say. This means it?s possible that life may have once existed on Mars or could still be there.... continued

U.S. Reveals Nuclear Testing Caused Cancer

March 4, 2002
Radioactive fallout from Cold War nuclear testing exposed virtually everyone in the United States to potentially dangerous levels of radiation and contributed to about 11,000 cancer deaths, according to a study by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.... continued

Shadow Government in Operation

March 4, 2002
The White House has set up a shadow government of about 100 senior civilian managers who live and work secretly outside Washington. This is the first time the ?Continuity Operations Plan? to ensure survival of federal rule after an attack... continued