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E-mail Edition 06/04/2004

Hippos beat the Sun's blistering rays and other stories
Though as bare-skinned as humans, hippos avoid burning up in the hot equatorial sun. Now researchers have demonstrated that hippos beat the heat by sweating out their own brand of sunscreen.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24373.asp

U.S. Senate approves change in defense nuclear cleanup requirements
The U.S. Senate on Thursday agreed to ease cleanup requirements for tanks holding millions of gallons of highly radioactive waste from Cold War-era bomb making.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24527.asp

Car owners are turning to vegetable oil as cleaner, cheaper fuel alternative
As car owners across the country grapple with pumped-up gas prices, some are turning to their favorite restaurants for a solution: recycled vegetable oil.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24528.asp

Twenty-seven dead from contaminated water in southern Pakistan
Contaminated water from a public reservoir is believed to have killed as many as 27 people and sickened more than 3,000 over the past two weeks in the southern city of Hyderabad, health authorities said in a statement Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24531.asp

"Toxic dust" on computers has chemicals linked to diseases, says study
"Toxic dust" found on computer processors and monitors contains chemicals linked to reproductive and neurological disorders, according to a new study by several environmental groups.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24526.asp

Biologists alarmed at disease outbreak in Klamath River salmon
California fisheries officials are worried that a parasite killing young salmon and steelhead migrating down the Klamath River to the ocean could kill hundreds of thousands of the fish in coming weeks.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24534.asp

Ailing Alaska killer whales to get protection
U.S. officials said Thursday they are granting special protection to a small group of Alaska killer whales that has dwindled in number since some members were seen swimming through oil from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24536.asp

Regulators reject government plan for removing highly radioactive waste from Ohio facility
Federal environmental regulators have rejected a government plan to begin removing highly radioactive waste from a former uranium-processing plant in Ohio.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24524.asp

New Zealand to ask tiny Palau to support South Pacific whale sanctuary
New Zealand wants the tiny Pacific state of Palau to end its opposition to the creation of a whale sanctuary in the South Pacific Ocean.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24533.asp

Nuclear reprocessing plant resumes storage of radioactive nuclear waste from Japan's reactors
A closely watched nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in northern Japan received a shipment of high-level radioactive waste Thursday, triggering protests a year-and-a-half after it was closed for safety failures.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24532.asp

Brazil defends Amazon protection efforts
Brazil on Thursday defended its efforts to fight destruction of the Amazon rain forest despite delays in creating reserves to protect the world's largest jungle.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-04/s_24535.asp