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Their precocious commitment to the environment can be credited in large measure to an international legion of educators dedicated to instilling Earth appreciation in young people. This week, in a special 13-page report, we feature leading environmental educators, along with some of the enterprising youngsters they have inspired. The report coincides with Earth Day and is the latest installment of our continuing environmental series, Heroes for the Planet...
...when TFK issued a challenge to its readers in Grades 4 through 6. This challenge was not for the homework faint-of-heart: students were asked to conceive, plan and execute a project that would improve some aspect of the environment in their community. TFK promised to publish a report on standout projects in the last of its three-part series of environment-themed special issues, produced with the support of Ford Motor...
CHARGED. GARY DALE HOKE, 25, employee of PairGain Technologies; with securities fraud; in Raleigh, N.C. Hoke is accused of creating a fake Bloomberg news-service report on the Internet that claimed that PairGain would be acquired for twice its price. The notice briefly caused the firm's stock to increase...
...Among all the cancer-fighting vegetables, broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage stand out, especially in cancers of the bladder. Regardless of how many fruits and vegetables a group of 48,000 men ate, only those consuming broccoli and related cruciferous veggies reduced their risk of bladder cancer, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Broccoli and its kin may fight cancer by detoxifying organisms in the gut that would otherwise trigger malignancies in bladder tissue...
...results, chemical analyses and groundwater-safety studies. Not your typical teenage reading. But Maria Perez and Fabiola Tostado, both 15, and Nevada Dove, 18, pore over this stuff as closely as most kids read music 'zines. Some nights you can find them at Nevada's house, reading the latest report out loud, highlighting anything that sounds weird. Her brother calls them the Toxic Crusaders, and with good reason. As three young members of Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles (CCSCLA), Maria, Fabiola and Nevada are activists in the cause of environmental health. They've handed out containers in which...