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ENN Daily News for 08/04/2004

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Climate distress reaches the deep sea
Climate change could cause alarming changes to sea life far below the surface, report oceanographers in the journal Science. Also in California Wild: pidgeons, fiddler crabs, and news about the latest planetoid on the block.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26366.asp

Study finds high mercury levels in freshwater fish
Fish from lakes and reservoirs sampled by federal researchers were contaminated with mercury, and most exceeded federal exposure limits for young children and women of childbearing age, according to a study by an environmental advocacy coalition.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26373.asp

Annual 'dead zone' spreads across Gulf of Mexico
huge "dead zone" of water so devoid of oxygen that sea life cannot live in it has spread across 5,800 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico this summer in what has become an annual occurrence caused by pollution.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26379.asp

Bangladesh braces for post-flood trauma
South Asia's worst floods in 15 years are receding after killing around 1,370 people across the region and should be over soon, weather officials say.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26370.asp

Australia-U.S. free trade deal under threat
Australia's free trade pact with the United States was under threat Tuesday with the government and opposition Labor at loggerheads over legislation backing the deal ahead of a cliff-hanger election tipped for October.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26368.asp

Maggots make medical comeback
Think of these wriggly little creatures not as, well, gross, but as miniature surgeons: Maggots are making a medical comeback, cleaning out wounds that just won't heal.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26377.asp

Could mosquitoes have a sweet tooth?
It turns out that what you long thought to be true is true: Mosquitoes prefer biting some people more than others. "Some people are just more attractive," said Ulrich Bernier, a research chemist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26378.asp

Hungry elk pay for meals with their lives
When times get lean in winter, starving bull elk literally have to choose between eating and being eaten.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26369.asp

Hospitals move toward paperless age
Hospitals are trading their once-scattered medical charts, file folders, X-rays, and other documents for a unified electronic records system accessible with a few keystrokes.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26376.asp

Remote Alaska island is home to petrified forest
In the Shumagins, an island chain that jabs into the north Pacific, the few live trees were planted by people. But along a stretch of beach on the northwest corner of Unga Island, there's a grove that hasn't grown for 25 million years.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-04/s_26375.asp

Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)

We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

Adventure Life Journeys - an unusual travel company. Adventure Life takes a holistic approach to travel and is dedicated to expanding ecological and cultural awareness. Visit them on the web at http://www.adventure-life.com/index.html.

Alternative Energy Store - retailer for solar panels, windmills/wind turbines, inverters, solar water pumps, solar home heating systems and other solar and wind electric power systems for your home or business. Visit them on the web at http://www.altenergystore.com.

Environmental Construction Outfitters of New York - For over 15 years ECO of NY has been monitoring the issues related to safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible building products and systems. Visit them on the web at http://www.environmentaldepot.com.

Garden Kids - a children's clothing manufacturer dedicated to providing superior quality clothing using environmentally friendly products and socially responsible business practices. Visit them on the web at http://www.gardenkids.com.


Today's Press Releases (Become an Affiliate) Direct from non-profit environmental and educational organizations.

WWF-US Communications:
Forest Makes Coffee Farm $62,000 Richer, WWF Researcher Finds

United Nations Environment Programme:
Tips to Turn the Tide in Favour of Endangered Sea Turtles

Rainforest Action Network:
Ford Forced To Face Fuel Efficiency Fiasco

World Resources Institute:
Imagining the Unthinkable: Abrupt Climate Change

Mangrove Action Project:
Mangrove Action Project News #142

Global Response:
Indonesian Communities Demand Clean-up and Compensation from Newmont Mining Company