USDA's June Acreage report put 2008 corn plantings at 87.3 million acres, down 7 percent, with 78.9 million expected for grain, and soybeans at 74.5 million, up 17 percent. Re-interviews in flooded states showed harvest intentions off about 2 percent.
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Environment
Farming, agriculture and the environmental side of the food system.
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Environment
Traffic pollution raises risk of childhood allergies
Children living within 50 metres of a busy road were 50 percent more likely to develop asthma, hay fever, eczema and other allergies than children living farther away, researchers found after following healthy Munich children from birth for six years.
Environment
PVC shower curtains release harmful chemicals
A study for the Center for Health, Environment & Justice found PVC shower curtains bought from five major retailers released volatile organic compounds, phthalates and organotins into the air for up to 28 days. The group asked the CPSC to recall them.
Environment
Credibility Gap: Are New Food Packaging Chemicals Any Safer?
DuPont and seven other companies agreed to phase out PFOA, a likely human carcinogen found in fast-food wrappers and microwave popcorn bags, by 2015. An Environmental Working Group investigation found almost no public data on the replacements, which also persist and cross the placenta.
Environment
Exposure to pesticide raises diabetes risk
Among licensed pesticide applicators, those in the highest exposure category had a 17 percent higher risk of diabetes than the least exposed, with 4.6 percent developing it against 3.4 percent. Researchers put the increase for some pesticides at 20 to 200 percent.
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Nanotubes are as deadly as asbestos
Carbon nanotubes, 10,000 times thinner than a human hair, promise lighter and stronger plastics and tiny electronics. A quoted Wikipedia passage describes their cylindrical sp2-bonded structure, extraordinary strength, unusual electrical properties and efficient heat conduction.
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