The Yunnan snub-nosed monkey is only distributed in a narrow habitat covering an area of 20,000 square kilometers between the Jinsha River and Lancang River.
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Japanese asked “stop eating endangered bluefin tuna”
August 4th, 2010
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Japan consumes three-quarters of all bluefin, mainly raw as sushi and sashimi, but experts agree that decades of overfishing have seen its stocks crash by more than two-thirds in the Mediterranean.
Gulf Water Sample Explodes When Chemist Tests For Toxicity (VIDEO)
July 15th, 2010
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In this video, WKRG News 5 investigates the toxicity levels of local public beaches that have been populated with people swimming and children playing in the water in Alabama. Their search ends with some explosive results. WKRG teams up with Bob Naman, an analytical chemist with almost 30 years in the field. Naman tested WKRG’s [...]
Gulf Oil Slick: The Number Of Birds Covered In Oil Has Begun To Climb Steeply
June 11th, 2010
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Evidently these numbers are still low for a disaster of this size however, the sharp rise in the numbers is worrying, especially since British Petroleum and the United States government have yet to find a solution to stop oil leak.
Swimming Through the Spill … By SUSAN D. SHAW
June 11th, 2010
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Only a few meters down, the nutrient-rich water became murky, but it was possible to make out tiny wisps of phytoplankton, zooplankton and shrimp enveloped in dark oily droplets. These are essential food sources for fish like the herring I could see feeding with gaping mouths on the oil and dispersant. Dispersants break up the oil into smaller pieces that then sink in the water, forming poisonous droplets — which fish can easily mistake for food.
A TOXIC WASTE – The Gulf Of mexico Oil Spill
May 18th, 2010
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New findings have added to the evidence that the leak is far worse than estimated, estimates that governments and BP have given. Some estimates suggest the oil is leaking at rate of 25,000 to 75,000 barrels of oil a day, if these estimates are true; it has now surpassed the Exxon Valdez disaster.
Cotton Industry – Child Labour & Human Rights Abuse
May 10th, 2010
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Children receive little or no reimbursement for their labour, perhaps a few US cents per kilo of cotton picked. However, payments are deducted to cover their travel to the fields and the food they are provided with during the cotton picking season, which can leave them in debt.
Cotton Industry – Child Labour & Human Rights Abuse
May 10th, 2010
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Children receive little or no reimbursement for their labour, perhaps a few US cents per kilo of cotton picked. However, payments are deducted to cover their travel to the fields and the food they are provided with during the cotton picking season, which can leave them in debt.
Bringing Private Label Production to a New ‘GREEN’ Level
May 10th, 2010
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At 3D Industries, we are always looking for new ways to bring innovation from our manufacturing network to our client’s markets. 3D is working on advancing technical products that not only meet the demands of new extreme applications, but also improve upon existing designs in technical apparel and soft goods.
Fair Trade
April 26th, 2010
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Fair-trade cotton was undoubtedly not top of retailers’ priorities in the recessionary 2009, but the Fairtrade Foundation is attempting to put ethical sourcing back on the fashion agenda, five years on from fair trade cotton’s inception.
