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NPR FREAKONOMICS RADIO SHOW with Capt. Paul Watson

Host Stephen Dubner interviews Captain Paul Watson for his podcast Everything You Never Knew About Whaling.

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6 Reasons Athletes Should Opt for Plant Protein Over Animal Protein

URBAN FORESTRY RADIO SHOW with Susan Poizner

Be sure to catch the monthly podcast on caring for fruit trees on the
Urban Forestry Radio Show that goes out LIVE on the last Tuesday of
every month at 1pm EST. Susan Poizner is the author of Growing Urban Orchards.

Monthly live podcast - Caring for Fruit Trees

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Baby teeth link autism and heavy metals, NIH study suggests

Baby teeth from children with autism contain more toxic lead and less of the essential nutrients zinc and manganese, compared to teeth from children without autism, according to an innovative study funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health. The researchers studied twins to control genetic influences and focus on possible environmental contributors to the disease. The findings, published June 1 in the journal Nature Communications, suggest that differences in early-life exposure to metals, or more importantly how a child’s body processes them, may affect the risk of autism.

Substituting Beans for Beef Beneficial for Environment

Article by PCRM. Swapping beef for beans would help the United States reach targeted greenhouse gas emission reductions, according to a report published in Climatic Change. Researchers compared simulated net emissions of legume production, subtracted those from average beef production rates, and used U.S. reduction goals for 2020 as a reference.

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