The Redcar and Cleveland area is the most vulnerable place in England to the effects of austerity measures, according to research for the BBC’s Newsnight programme.
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Redcar ‘most hurt by austerity’
Scientists are investigating the effects of overfishing on fish behaviour, body shape and reproduction in the hope of understanding what is happening in the world’s oceans.
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Fish shrinkage probed in lab
A new report has identified areas where food supplies could be hardest hit by the effects of climate change.
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Warming ‘to leave tropics hungry’
While debate about whether climate change is real or not continues in the US, the world’s leading producer of CO2 emissions per capita, those already living with the effects, like Jose Domingo Cruz in El Salvador, don’t have time to debate. read more
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Climate: Putting People Over Money
New York City smokers no longer have to cover their eyes at the cash register: A federal judge ordered Wednesday that gruesome photos of the effects of smoking-meant to shock smokers into quitting-be removed. Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff struck…
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Judge Bans Grisly Anti-Smoking Ads
Critics say more studies are needed on the effects of formaldehyde in textiles, including a closer look at the effects of cumulative exposure.
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When Wrinkle-Free Clothing Also Means Formaldehyde Fumes
The Federal Reserve’s bond-buying plan carries risks, including the possibility of inflation. But as the months go by, the effects of its nonaction have proved to be the problem.
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Economic Scene: Fed’s More Aggressive Move May Not Go Far Enough
The Royal College of GPs is calling on the pharmaceutical industry to have a clearer warning on the effects of legal drugs
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Drivers warned on prescription drugs
Military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to use waste methods that expose troops to potentially toxic emissions without fully understanding the effects, a new government audit has found.
A Tory MP has said the effects on the tax system because of the changes to child benefit are a “disaster waiting to happen”.
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Benefit changes ‘disaster’ – Tory
A medical charity says it has documented for the first time the effects of immigration detention on children facing removal from the UK.
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Child detention ‘harm’ documented
A study of the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil leak confirms the presence of a residue of toxic chemicals below the sea surface.
Economic Scene: Fed’s More Aggressive Move May Not Go Far Enough
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
