Toxins Accumulate in Arctic Peoples, Animals, Study Says
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For several decades researchers have studied toxin levels in Arctic peoples and wildlife and tracked pollution sources. Peter Ross is a marine mammal toxicologist with the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Sidney, British Columbia.
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A four-year-long study of the Arctic climate confirms what many in Canada&#39;s North have been saying for years -- the Arctic is melting, and faster all the time.
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Genes that helped early humans adapt to cold climates may be driving metabolism-related diseases such as obesity or diabetes in many countries, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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Greenhouse gases have contributed to a gradual warming of the ecologically-fragile Arctic region, causing massive climate changes, including melting glaciers and sea ice, according to a soon-to-be-released environmental study.
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Now a new study, published tomorrow in the science journal Nature, suggests that another striking mammal, the Irish elk, likewise lived way beyond the last ice age.
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"This is probably because of an increase in forest fires due to climate change. There are more fires in Siberia and North America and these bring more soot into the atmosphere."  FROM a remote, snow-capped mountain in the European Arctic, you can detect China in the haze In the apparently pure Arctic air, a research station on a Norwegian island mountain ridge finds chemical traces from ... via Scotsman.com News
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An analysis of a sample of Ayurvedic herbal medicine products found that 20 percent contained metals such as lead, mercury and arsenic at levels that could be toxic if taken as directed, according to a study in the December 15 issue of JAMA.
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DNA analysis of bison fossils suggests climate and environmental change, not human hunters, triggered herd declines and the extinction of mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and other large mammals in Siberia and North America.
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By Guan Xiaofeng  Experts have warned of environmental pollution from increased animal husbandry, as the country became the world's top meat and egg producer last year.
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EDMONTON - A comprehensive scientific study of the Arctic climate has confirmed what Canadian Dene and Inuit have been saying for years: the North is melting, and faster all the time.
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Farmed salmon have been found to accumulate much higher levels of chemical flame retardants than their wild counterparts, raising alarm that they might pose an increased cancer risk.
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WHITEHORSE, Yukon  - Residents of small native   Indian community in Canada's Yukon territory have been ordered   to stop drinking water from their wells after officials   discovered high radiation levels.
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Some chemicals should be re-assessed after new evidence shows they accumulate in the food chain, scientists say.
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By DAVID DISHNEAU  HAGERSTOWN, Md. - An environmental group asked the federal government Tuesday to ban a class of toxic chemical compounds that are found in industrial and household detergents and are believed to cause male fish to develop female characteristics.
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BUENOS AIRES The Inuit, 155,000 seal-hunting peoples scattered around the Arctic, plan to seek a ruling from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that the United States, by contributing substantially to global warming, is threatening their
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Description: A study released Monday that says that global warming is particularly intense in the Arctic. The melting of glaciers, thinning sea ice and changes in permafrost have acute impacts on Arctic residents
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Science & environment: Cannabis smokers are exposed to more toxic chemicals in each puff than those who smoke only tobacco, scientists have found