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Growers across the region are angry about what they consider an inadequate government response, and agricultural unions are threatening collective action. In the meantime, some farmers are taking matters into their own hands. One potato field just outside of Fresno is dotted with poison-filled red plastic tubes. Medina, who fears the environmental and health risks of the chemicals, instead puts out buckets of water each night. "Voles are stupid animals," he says. "Plus they're not very good swimmers. They fall...
...beverages than they did a generation ago, and the number of overweight and obese children is up 360%. Clearly, Americans need to drink more water, whether bottled or tap. People want to make environmentally responsible choices, and Nestlé Waters does too. Our Eco-shape half-liter bottle has less plastic than any comparably sized beverage container in the U.S.--and all our plastic bottles are recyclable. We make all our small plastic containers in-house and don't truck them to our plants. What's needed most, though, are recycling programs for all plastic food and beverage containers. Our company...
...beverages than they did a generation ago, and the number of overweight and obese children is up 360%. Clearly, Americans need to drink more water, whether bottled or tap. People want to make environmentally responsible choices, and Nestlé Waters does too. Our Ecoshape half-liter bottle has less plastic than any comparably sized beverage container in the U.S. - and all our plastic bottles are recyclable. We make all our small plastic containers in-house and don't truck them to our plants. What's needed most, though, are recycling programs for all plastic food and beverage containers. Kim Jeffery...
Human and animal prostheses are in dire need of a makeover. Typically, the stump of a damaged limb is simply inserted into a socket at the top of a prosthesis and held fast by a plastic sleeve or belt, or suction. The prostheses themselves might have gotten lighter and more flexible over the years, but the stumps' socket attachments have remained largely unchanged--and that's not good. It can be notoriously unstable and is prone to causing breakdown of soft tissues, as constant rubbing leads to pain and infection...
...legs at all and yet still needs to get around? Fuji, the dolphin that lost 75% of her tail, had just enough left that researchers at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan could affix a rubber tail, designed by sculptor Kazuhiko Yakushiji, onto her mangled tailfin with reinforced plastic and metal screws. Winter, a dolphin that lives at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida and is completely tailless as a result of an injury from a crab trap, presents a much bigger challenge. Hanger Orthopedic Group in Bethesda, Md., thinks it can help, using a sticky, gel-like material...