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As if having to prick your finger on a daily basis to test your blood sugar wasn’t enough, to properly manage your diabetes you also need to double as an accountant or a bookkeeper to monitor your results over time. Thankfully companies like Bayer are aware that it’s not always the easiest thing to stay [...]

Coal Ash Dumping Sites Polluting Drinking Water

A new study has identified 39 additional coal ash dump sites in 21 states that are contaminating water supplies with heavy metals, showing the government is inadequately monitoring these disposal sites and lax at regulating the toxic waste. The study is entitled IN HARM’S WAY: Lack of Federal Coal Ash Regulations Endangers Americans and Their [...]

Technology comes to the rescue

The Irish Times – Friday, August 27, 2010 Waterford Institute of Technology has landed a €15.8m grant to research the use of social networks to link all technologies in and outside the home, writes LISA O’CARROLL  IT’S THE cyber-equivalent of rubber-necking. You pass a traffic accident, take a snap on your phone, then Tweet it [...]

Blue Water Task Force: Getting Creative in Newport, Oregon

Newport, OR – Oregon Coast Aquarium youth volunteers partnered with the Surfrider Foundation to create a painting of a whale around a storm drain at the Nye Beach Turnaround. The “Storm Drain Art Project” intends to raise awareness about storm water and runoff pollution. Aquarium artist Michael Cole, known for his magnificent mural work at [...]