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	<title>Health Tip Prevent Mold in the Home</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Mold is a tiny fungus that can grow inside the home and cause allergies and other health problems.

The University of Virginia Health System offers these suggestions to help keep mold out of your home:

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<li>Keep humidity at low l...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 9 Jun 2008 10:00:39 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Pollution Particles Impair Blood Vessel Function</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/32876/pollution-particles-impair-blood-vessel-function.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Just a few hours of exposure to particulate matter air pollution can increase blood pressure and harm blood vessel function within 24 hours a new study finds.

The findings may explain why air pollution can trigger a range of cardiovascular...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 16:00:32 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Acrylamide Raises Kidney Cancer Risk</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/32751/acrylamide-raises-kidney-cancer-risk.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Consuming  large amounts of acrylamide a chemical commonly found in French fries cakes snacks and even coffee appears to raise the risk of kidney cancer especially in smokers Dutch researchers report.

Ours is the first report of a po...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 9 May 2008 10:00:34 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Cleaner Air May Threaten Amazon Rainforest</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/32683/cleaner-air-may-threaten-amazon-rainforest.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Cleaner air may actually <i>threaten</i> the Amazon rainforest according to Brazilian and British climate scientists.

They claim that a reduction in coal burning and the resultant sulphur dioxide emissions is linked to increasing sea surfa...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 7 May 2008 16:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Unraveling the Link Between Genes and Environment</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/32621/unraveling-the-link-between-genes-and-environment.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[New studies in the field of epigenetics  which looks at how environmental factors  can change gene function without altering DNA sequence  are identifying new molecular targets that may lead to improved drug treatment of depression scientists re...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 16:00:26 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Local Health Officials Recognize Threat of Global Warming</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/32345/local-health-officials-recognize-threat-of-global-warming.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[While most public health department officials in the United States take the health threat of global warming seriously the majority say they arent prepared to confront the problem a new survey shows.

Sixty percent of local health departme...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:00:30 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Formaldehyde Linked to Lou Gehrigs Disease</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/32147/formaldehyde-linked-to-lou-gehrig-s-disease.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[New preliminary research suggests that exposure to the chemical formaldehyde present in a variety of workplaces could greatly increase a persons chances of developing Lou Gehrigs disease.

The findings arent definitive and only a few t...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:00:32 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Seasonal Flu Outbreaks Start in Asia Study</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/32143/seasonal-flu-outbreaks-start-in-asia--study.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Each year new strains of virus that produce seasonal flu epidemics start in East Asia and Southeast Asia and then spread around rest of the world researchers report.

And by focusing on new flu strains emerging in Asia scientists may be a...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Health Tip Improve Indoor Air After a Flood</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/32129/health-tip--improve-indoor-air-after-a-flood.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Water isnt the only problem that flooding can bring to your home.

Microorganisms including mold and bacteria can hamper indoor air quality and pose serious health risks.

Here are suggestions from the National Safety Council on wh...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:00:50 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Family Study Associates Pesticide Use With Parkinsons Risk</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/31605/family-study-associates-pesticide-use-with-parkinson-s-risk.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Parkinsons disease has been linked to exposure to pesticides in a new study comparing people with the neurological disorder and their unaffected relatives. 

The study published online in the openaccess journal <i>BMC Neurology</i> found...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:00:16 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Smogs Origins Get Clearer</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/31436/smog-s-origins-get-clearer.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[THURSDAY March 20 HealthDay News  Scientists say theyve identified a chemical reaction thats an important contributor to smog.

This chemical reaction  which involves reactions between water vapor and nitrogen dioxide NO2 in excite...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Cleaning Up the Worlds Sanitation</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/31432/cleaning-up-the-world-s-sanitation.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[THURSDAY March 20 HealthDay News  Sanitation pays: For every dollar spent installing toilets in developing countries there would be a $9 return in productivity health and other benefits according to a UN report released today.

The UN ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Monkey Gene That Blocks AIDS Viruses Evolved More Than Once</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/30969/monkey-gene-that-blocks-aids-viruses-evolved-more-than-once.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[A gene in Asian monkeys that may have evolved as protection against a group of viruses that includes HIV has been identified by Harvard Medical School researchers who add that their finding suggests the current AIDS epidemic is not a new kind of sco...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:05:20 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>HEPA Filters May Improve Cardiovascular Health</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/30704/hepa-filters-may-improve-cardiovascular-health.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[A breath of filtered indoor air may help your health according to researchers in Denmark.

Using high efficiency particle air HEPA filters for just two days significantly improved a key measure of cardiovascular health in healthy nonsmok...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:05:33 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>US Seeks to Limit Animal Testing of Toxic Chemicals</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/30687/u-s--seeks-to-limit-animal-testing-of-toxic-chemicals.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[U.S. government scientists proposed Thursday to limit the testing of potentially toxic chemicals on animals and replace it with new hightech testing methods.

According to an agreement involving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:05:23 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Airplane Noise Boosts Blood Pressure Even During Sleep</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/30641/airplane-noise-boosts-blood-pressure-even-during-sleep.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[TUESDAY Feb. 12 HealthDay News   People who live near major airports may be disturbed by the din of aircraft flying overhead all day but a new study finds it can also boost their blood pressure even while theyre sleeping.

In fact th...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:05:26 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Americans Abandoning National Parks</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/30558/americans-abandoning-national-parks.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ National parks were designed to be places where Americans could go to connect with nature but that healthy ideal may be on the wane.

A new study published in this weeks issue of the <i>Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences</i...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2008 19:05:11 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Staying Dry at Beach May Spare Your Stomach</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/30545/staying-dry-at-beach-may-spare-your-stomach.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[When youre at the beach you may want to stay on dry sand as much as possible suggests a University of Florida researcher who conducted a twoyear study of three Florida beaches to assess possible health effects of beach sand.

What we fo...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2008 12:05:33 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Report Shows Dangerous Chemical Can  Leach From Baby Bottles</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/30530/report-shows-dangerous-chemical-can--leach-from-baby-bottles.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Environmental health organizations in the United States and Canada are calling for a ban on the use of the chemical bisphenol A BPA in baby bottles toddler sippy cups water bottles and other food and beverage containers.

This is quite ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2008 17:05:22 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Heating Plastic Bottles Releases Potentially Harmful Chemical</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/30337/heating-plastic-bottles-releases-potentially-harmful-chemical.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Exposing plastic bottles to boiling water can release a potentially harmful chemical 55 times faster than normal new research suggests.

Bisphenol A BPA is found in the plastics that make up water bottles baby bottles and other food and...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:05:20 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Industrial Solvent May Increase Risk for Parkinsonism</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/29914/industrial-solvent-may-increase-risk-for-parkinsonism.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Exposure to a common industrial solvent known as trichloroethylene may raise the risk for developing parkinsonism a group of nervous system disorders with symptoms similar to Parkinsons disease new research suggests.

Although the study f...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:05:32 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Cabin Fever Has an Online Cure This Year</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/29603/cabin-fever-has-an-online-cure-this-year.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[TUESDAY Dec. 25 HealthDay News   Is your only connection to natures beauty that Christmas evergreen in your living room this season? 

If so The National Wildlife Federation has developed a Webbased tool to help you find live evergre...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:05:19 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Evidence of TB Found in 500000YearOld Fossil</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/29261/evidence-of-tb-found-in-500-000-year-old-fossil.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The oldest evidence of tuberculosis has been discovered in a 500000yearold human fossil from Turkey a finding that contradicts the widely held belief that the disease emerged only several thousand years ago according to a team of international r...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2007 14:05:18 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Environmental Toxin Collects in Breast Milk</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/29260/environmental-toxin-collects-in-breast-milk.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Scientists have discovered the mechanism by which a chemical known as perchlorate can collect in breast milk and cause cognitive and motor deficits in newborns.

Used since the 1940s to manufacture explosives and rocket fuel the contaminant...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2007 14:05:18 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Cleaner Air Leads to Healthier Lungs</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/29223/cleaner-air-leads-to-healthier-lungs.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Two realworld studies from Europe demonstrate the health damage done by automotive air pollution especially the kind emitted by diesel engines.

An 11year period of improving air quality in Switzerland which started with some of the clea...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2007 17:08:55 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Global Warming May Trigger Rise in Heart Deaths</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/28819/global-warming-may-trigger-rise-in-heart-deaths.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Soaring temperatures and high ozone levels work together to boost death risks from heart disease and stroke researchers report.

They believe that global warming  which brings more heat and more ozone  may further increase the number of...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:05:45 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Siblings Often Share Heart Risks</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/27604/siblings-often-share-heart-risks.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Heart disease or a heart attack can signal raised cardiovascular risks for an individuals brothers or sisters too U.S. researchers report.

The risk for siblings is particularly strong among brothers the Johns Hopkins University team fou...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:05:18 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Lettuces Roots Lure Salmonella</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/26402/lettuce-s-roots-lure-salmonella.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Salmonella a bacteria that causes tens of thousands of cases of foodborne illness each year may be especially attracted to lettuce by the prospect of something sweet.

The bug is apparently enticed by a sugarlike substance lying in the le...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:05:35 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Low Lead Exposures Can Hurt Kidneys</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/26323/low-lead-exposures-can-hurt-kidneys.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Even low levels of lead exposure accelerated chronic kidney disease in rats by raising their blood pressure and hastening certain kinds of cellular damage U.S. researchers report.

Previous studies in workers have found an association betwe...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:06:32 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Largest Study of US Children Readies for Launch</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/26044/largest-study-of-u-s--children-readies-for-launch.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The largest study ever of the impact of environment and genes on the health of American children will be directed from 22 new centers across the United States organizers said in a special news conference held Thursday.

The first participan...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2007 17:06:53 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Less Smog Now in Eastern US EPA</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/25685/less-smog-now-in-eastern-u-s---epa.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Emissions of nitrogen oxides NOx from power plants cars and other industry are significantly lower in the eastern United States  making for less ozone and therefore less smog and healthier air government officials reported Thursday.

A...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:05:27 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Link Between Air Pollution Stroke Gets Clearer</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/25256/link-between-air-pollution--stroke-gets-clearer.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Microscopic pollution particles spewed by diesel engines and coalburning plants may spur blood clots that can trigger heart attacks and strokes U.S. scientists say.

Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago found that these tiny p...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:05:51 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>NonStick Gum Something to Chew On</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/24902/non-stick-gum-something-to-chew-on.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Its under your movie seat and glued to every sidewalk: someone elses usedup chewing gum.

But relief may be in sight. This week researchers say theyll unwrap a <i>non</i>stick easytoremove version of chewing gum at the BA Festival o...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:05:12 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Water Picks Up Odor From Plastic Pipes</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/23630/water-picks-up-odor-from-plastic-pipes.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[New plastic water pipes in homes can affect drinking waters odor but not for long a new study finds.

Plastic piping is increasingly being used instead of copper piping and scientists are trying to evaluate how it might affect drinking wa...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:05:11 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Urban Smog Tough on Young Adults Hearts</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/23291/urban-smog-tough-on-young-adults--hearts.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Dirty urban air drags down a number of biological indicators pointing to heart risk in young adults a Taiwanese study shows.

The indicators include autonomic dysfunction inflammation oxidative stress and blood coagulation according t...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:06:05 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Chemical Flame Retardants Linked to Thyroid Disease in Cats</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/23136/chemical-flame-retardants-linked-to-thyroid-disease-in-cats.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[A mysterious epidemic of thyroid disease in pet cats in the United States may be due to dust from fireretardant chemicals used in carpets furniture mattresses electronic products and even pet food researchers report.

And while the rese...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:05:35 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Research Points to Single Origin of Humans</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/21821/research-points-to-single-origin-of-humans.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[All humans originated from a single point in Africa and migrated across the world say British researchers at the University of Cambridge. 

Previously there were two theories on the origin of humans. One theory said that all humans origina...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:05:55 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Traffic Pollution Could Raise Heart Risks</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[People who regularly breathe in fumes from heavy traffic are more likely to get the hardening of the arteries that boosts heart attack risk a German study finds.

Its not limited to freeways said lead researcher Barbara Hoffmann head o...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:06:08 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>iPod Helped Lightning Jolt Jogger</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/21335/ipod-helped-lightning-jolt-jogger.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[It wasnt playing his swan song but the iPod a Canadian runner wore during a thunderstorm may have worsened his lightningrelated injuries physicians say.

The 37yearold man was brought to a Vancouver hospital with burns blownout eardr...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:05:34 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Adjusting  Cabin Pressure Eases Air Passenger Discomfort</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/20968/adjusting--cabin-pressure-eases-air-passenger-discomfort.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The discomfort some passengers feel on airplanes could be due to the air pressure settings inside cabins a new study finds.

Most aircraft cabins are pressurized to 8000 feet above sea level an altitude that lowers the amount of oxygen in...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 4 Jul 2007 17:05:28 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Life in Segregated Neighborhood May Improve MexicanAmericans Health</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/18877/life-in-segregated-neighborhood-may-improve-mexican-americans--health.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Living in segregated neighborhoods may actually improve the health of MexicanAmericans a new study suggests.

Other studies have found that living in segregated neighborhoods was associated with increased health problems for people in cert...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:06:12 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Hogs That Ate MelamineTainted Feed Released to US Market</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/17314/hogs-that-ate-melamine-tainted-feed-released-to-u-s--market.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Up to 56000 quarantined hogs that ate melaminetainted feed  are to be released for processing and sale after testing revealed their meat poses no harm to humans U.S. health officials said in an afternoon teleconference Tuesday.

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	<title>Pet Food Contaminant Poses Little Risk to Humans Report</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The meat from hogs and chickens that were fed melaminetainted surplus pet food  poses very little risk to human health U.S. officials confirmed Monday.  

Melamine is the industrial chemical responsible for the massive recall of more than ...]]></description>
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	<title>Pet Food Recall Widens Again on New Threat</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ Two months after it triggered the largest pet food recall in U.S. history a key Canadian manufacturer has widened its recall once more on the threat of crosscontamination in some products.

 

The latest action comes amid reports from U...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2007 19:01:13 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>FDA Millions of Chickens Fed Contaminated Pet Food</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Up to 3 million broiler chickens were fed melaminetainted pet food and then sold on the U.S. market beginning in early February U.S. health officials said in a press conference held late Tuesday.

The contaminated pet product made its way ...]]></description>
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	<title>FDA No Sign of Human Illness from Hogs  Exposed to Melamine</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[SUNDAY April 29 HealthDay News  Pork products from hogs fed salvaged pet food contaminated with the chemical melamine have a very low likelihood of harming human health U.S. health officials reiterated Saturday night.

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	<title>FDA Searches Offices of Pet Food Maker Supplier</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/15973/fda-searches-offices-of-pet-food-maker--supplier.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials on Friday searched the facilities of a pet food manufacturer and one of its suppliers in the continuing probe of contaminated dog and cat food  products the <i>Associated Press</i> reported.

The ...]]></description>
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	<title>US Quarantines 6000 Hogs Fed Tainted Pet Food</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/15859/u-s--quarantines-6-000-hogs-fed-tainted-pet-food.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Some 6000 hogs have been quarantined across eight U.S. states because they may be eaten contaminated salvage pet food  the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced late Thursday.

At the same time U.S. Department of Agriculture officia...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:01:03 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Controversy Surrounds EPA Review of Pesticides</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/15698/controversy-surrounds-epa-review-of-pesticides.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Fourteen states have petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require pesticide manufacturers to list all ingredients  including inactive ones  on their product labels. 

The request made Tuesday came the same day that th...]]></description>
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	<title>Health Tip  If You Find Mold in the House</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[If while youre cleaning the house you find a suspicious dark spot you can check to see if its mold by dabbing the spot with a small amount of chlorine bleach. If the color changes or disappears the stain is likely mold says Health Canada.
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	<title>PersonalCare Products Can Spur Breast Development in Boys</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/15300/personal-care-products-can-spur-breast-development-in-boys.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Personalcare products containing tea tree oils and lavender appear to cause abnormal breast development in prepubescent boys a new study found.

The ingredients which have an estrogenlike effect are found in various shampoos lotions ...]]></description>
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	<title>Pesticides Could Raise Parkinsons Risk</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Exposure to pesticides but not other environmental contaminants may boost the longterm risk for developing Parkinsons disease by 70 percent a new study suggests.

The researchers did not assess the length frequency or strength of pest...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:31:08 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Organic Food Worth the Cost</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Your local grocer remodels the store and one of the big changes takes place in the produce department.

Like many other markets he has decided to expand the organic produce section. Now if you want you can buy organically grown apples b...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:30:45 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Poison Ivy Getting Meaner</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/14972/poison-ivy-getting-meaner.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[An annoying consequence of global warming could be a dramatic increase in the amount of poison ivy and its ability to cause allergic reactions researchers report.

About 80 percent of people develop an allergic reaction to poison ivy that i...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:30:36 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Gardening Why Getting Down and Dirty Feels So Good</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/14694/gardening--why-getting-down-and-dirty-feels-so-good.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[You may not be able to tear your boss hair out  but you can snatch the weeds from your flowerbeds.

You may not have the desire to schlep to your gyms powerlift class  but you can lug bags of soil and push your wheelbarrow around. </p...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:30:13 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Colder Weather Brings a Silent Killer</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Its home heating season again and people need to take steps to prevent carbon monoxide CO poisoning and fires in their homes.

So say experts at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC and the Centers for Disease Control and P...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:28:57 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Smoking and Driving Never Mix</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/14166/smoking-and-driving-never-mix.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Rolling the windows down while driving doesnt eliminate the unhealthy effects of secondhand smoke for kids and other sensitive passengers  a new U.S. study finds.

The levels were above the threshold for whats considered unhealthy for se...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:28:45 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Common Pollutant Slows Womens Thyroids</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/14103/common-pollutant-slows-women-s-thyroids.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Exposure to perchlorate a chemical used in rocket fuel explosives road flares and pyrotechnics may lower thyroid function in women particularly those with low iodine intake according to a study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pre...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:28:41 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Banned Pesticide May Be Linked to Parkinsons Disease</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/13777/banned-pesticide-may-be-linked-to-parkinson-s-disease.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[A nowbanned pesticide that still lingers in the environment could be damaging human brain cells and prompting the onset of Parkinsons disease a new study suggests.

Animal and human cadaver studies appear to link exposure to dieldrin an ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:28:19 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Katrinas Floodwaters Far Less Toxic Than Feared</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/13716/katrina-s-floodwaters-far-less-toxic-than-feared.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[While a devastated New Orleans still struggles to recover from Hurricane Katrina the city apparently has avoided one of the storms mostfeared consequences  toxic soup contamination of its soil.

Thats the conclusion of dozens of scie...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:28:14 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Should You Go Green When You Clean</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[For consumers concerned about the environment and their own health household cleaning products that promise to be all natural or organic have understandable appeal.

They promise to help you polish buff or scrub without worrying about ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:28:12 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Any Tobacco Use Raises Heart Attack Risk</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/13457/any-tobacco-use-raises-heart-attack-risk.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[All types of tobacco use or exposure  smoking chewing or secondhand smoke  boost a persons risk for heart attack Canadian researchers say.

Researchers at McMaster University in Ontario analyzed data from more than 27000 people in 5...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:27:51 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Global Warming Poses Health Threats</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/13286/global-warming-poses-health-threats.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Global warming not only poses significant threats to the Earths ecology it may also unleash unprecedented health risks experts  say.

On Friday an international panel of scientists released a report predicting that global warming due to ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:26:59 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Living Near Freeways Hurts Kids Lungs</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/13199/living-near-freeways-hurts-kids--lungs.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Children growing up alongside freeways risk having their lung development impaired which can increase the likelihood of serious respiratory diseases later in life researchers report.

Other studies have shown that children living next to h...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:26:54 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Heavy Metal Toxins a Danger in Homes</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/13133/heavy-metal-toxins-a-danger-in-homes.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Exposure to heavy metals  arsenic lead and mercury  can occur in the home through common items such as glazed pottery herbal supplements food and garden pesticides/herbicides notes an article in the January issue of the <i>Mayo Clinic Health...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:26:47 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Environment May Help Cause Narcolepsy</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/12957/environment-may-help-cause-narcolepsy.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Environmental exposures early in life may contribute to the sleeping disorder narcolepsy later on a new study finds.

Narcolepsy causes people to fall asleep uncontrollably. It occurs in about one out of every 2000 people and there seems ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:26:35 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Warm Weather Smog May Boost Stroke Risk</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/11820/warm-weather-smog-may-boost-stroke-risk.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Inhaling fine particle air pollution at least during warm weather may increase peoples risk for stroke Finnish researchers report.

Earlier research has linked air pollution with heart attack but this is the first study to look at ultra...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:13:04 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>A Healthier Planet a Healthier You</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/11305/a-healthier-planet--a-healthier-you.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Those of you who think you cant help stop global warming need to think again say experts who stress that even small changes in lifestyle make a big difference.

With this Sunday being Earth Day theres no better time to take a few minutes...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:00:47 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>What is the Most Environmentally Friendly Way I Can Wash My Car</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/5994/what-is-the-most-environmentally-friendly-way-i-can-wash-my-car.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<font size2>Few people realize that washing our cars in our driveways is one of the most environmentally unfriendly chores we can do around the house. Unlike household waste water that enters sewers or septic systems and undergoes treatment befor...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:41:03 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>What Exactly Does not tested on animals Mean on a Product Like a Shampoo</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/5924/what-exactly-does--not-tested-on-animals--mean-on-a-product--like-a-shampoo.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<font size2>Many consumer products go through precise testing to make sure they are safe and healthy for people and the environment before they are made available in the marketplace. The downside is that many of these tests make use of live animal...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 12:03:50 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Is it True That Driving with Soft Tires Wastes Energy and Results in More Pollution</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/5923/is-it-true-that-driving-with-soft-tires-wastes-energy-and-results-in-more-pollution.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<font size2>When tires are not inflated to the pounds per square inch PSI rating recommended by manufacturers they are less ldquo;roundrdquo; and require more energy to begin moving and to maintain speed. As such underinflated tires do inde...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 11:59:44 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Waste to Energy Plants  A Status Report</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/5885/waste-to-energy-plants--a-status-report.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<font size2>Wastetoenergy WtE facilities which generate power by burning trash have been in widespread operation in the U.S. and Europe since the 1970s and are considered by environmental advocates to be a mixed blessing. On the one hand the...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:24:48 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Home Improvements to Make Your House Healthier</title>
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	<title>Hurricane ImpactResistant Glass  Relacement Retrofit and Contractors</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/5136/hurricane-impact-resistant-glass---relacement--retrofit--and-contractors.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Impact glass is a great way to protect your home from hurricane force winds rain and flying debris. You will need to use a licensed general contractor to perform the job properly. You can have them installed with new construction or retrofitted for...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:42:15 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>RollDown Hurricane Shutters  What are RollDown Shutters</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/5135/roll-down-hurricane-shutters---what-are-rolldown-shutters-.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<font faceVerdana size2>Hurricane rolldown shutters are the utmost in hurricane protection and ease of use. They can be either automatic or manually cranked down. The electric version operate from a wall switch and power down to cover the open...]]></description>
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	<title>Accordion Shutters What are Accordion Shutters Why do I need them</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/5102/accordion-shutters--what-are-accordion-shutters--why-do-i-need-them-.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div styleMARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt>Accordion shutters are the type of hurricane protection that slides together in the center and retract to either side when not in use. They are made of aluminum and can come in a variety of colors to match the trimmin...]]></description>
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	<title>What Defines a wetland and How are Wetlands Protected</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4904/what-defines-a-wetland-and-how-are-wetlands-protected.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines wetlands as lands where saturation with water is the dominant factor determining the nature of soil development and the types of plant and animal communities living in the soil and on its surface. En...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:22:12 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Hurricane Storm Panels  Aluminum and Clear Shutters Reviewed</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4891/hurricane-storm-panels---aluminum-and-clear-shutters-reviewed.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Removable storm panels are probably the most costeffective form of hurricane protection you can purchase for your home. They are extremely effective at repelling hurricane and tropical storm force winds rain and flying debris. There are basically ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:18:21 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>How Can I Pack Lunches for My Kids That are Less Wasteful of Packaging</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4885/how-can-i-pack-lunches-for-my-kids-that-are-less-wasteful-of-packaging.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[When kids open their lunchboxes after a hard morning of the three Rs readin ritin and rithmetic they hardly expect to be learning about the other three Rs reduce reuse recycle. But parents can use the lunch they pack for the kids as a gre...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:28:17 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>How Does Global Warming Increase the Spread of Disease</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4873/how-does-global-warming-increase-the-spread-of-disease.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Climate change accelerates the spread of disease primarily because warmer global temperatures enlarge the geographic range in which diseasecarrying animals insects and microorganismsas well as the germs and viruses they carrycan survive. Analys...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:09:27 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Bill to Measure Pollution in People Passes California Legislature</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4867/bill-to-measure-pollution-in-people-passes-california-legislature.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The bill SB 1379 the California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program passed the state Senate in June and now goes to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for signature or veto. Senate President pro Tem Don Perata DOakland and Sen. Deb...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 7 Sep 2006 16:00:40 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Hurricane Shutters Types of Storm Shutters</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4865/hurricane-shutters--types-of-storm-shutters.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[After an extremely busy Hurricane Season 2005 and all the devastation that resulted protecting your home from hurricanes has never been more paramount.  Over the years hurricane shutters have advanced tremendously in their design and practicality....]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 6 Sep 2006 16:43:04 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Bald Eagle Nests Top 100 for First Time in More Than a Century</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4787/bald-eagle-nests-top-100-for-first-time-in-more-than-a-century.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The Game Commission started Pennsylvanias sevenyear bald eagle reintroduction program in 1983 when three nesting pairs remained in the Commonwealth. The agency sent employees to Saskatchewan to obtain 12 eaglets from wilderness nests in the fir...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 3 Jul 2006 11:34:48 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>How About a Fouth of July Celebrating Independence and Safety</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4782/how-about-a-fouth-of-july-celebrating-independence-and-safety.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Drawing on a European tradition that dates back to the mid14th century fireworks have been used to mark special occasions. In fact they became so popular in the American colonies that the definition of special was soon stretched to the breaking ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 3 Jul 2006 09:33:32 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Why do Modern Bacteria  Resist Antibiotics Confounding Medical Treatment</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4781/why-do-modern-bacteria--resist-antibiotics-confounding-medical-treatment.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Antibiotics have played a profoundly important role in staving off bacterial infections since Alexander Fleming first discovered them in 1927. But the effectiveness of these socalled miracle drugs has waned in recent years as some of the very bacter...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:46:55 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Do Houseplants Really Help to Clean Indoor Air</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4764/do-houseplants-really-help-to-clean-indoor-air.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[One positive result of the 1970s energy crisis was the development and widespread adoption of improved insulation materials to maintain indoor energy efficiency. Unfortunately however many of these materials have compromised indoor air quality due ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:09:28 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Air Quality   How About Inside the Plane</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4758/air-quality---how-about-inside-the-plane.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Michael D. Shaw Environmental ColumnistBack in the era when smoking was still allowed on airplanes the most frequent fliersflight attendantswere lodging hundreds of complaints regarding the air quality in the passenger cabin. To be sure ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:04:50 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Can Old Tires be Recycled</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4717/can-old-tires-be-recycled.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Old tires can indeed be recycled and thanks to concerted efforts by state and provincial governments from coasttocoast as many as 80 percent of them are these days across North America. While some of these old tires are remanufactured into new ti...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:10:11 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Going to the Well Once Too Often The Problems with Well Water</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4715/going-to-the-well-once-too-often-the-problems-with-well-water.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Many of usof a certain ageremember excursions from the big city to someones summer cottage. Invariably we were treated to the highlytouted wondrously pure water from their well. Usually the water tasted funny but we were always assured that t...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:57:01 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Some Positive Environmental News   From Unexpected Places</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4701/some-positive-environmental-news---from-unexpected-places.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[We all know that If it bleeds it leads is the byword of big time journalism and thats why we seem to get an endless barrage of bad news. Certainly most of what we hear about the environment seems to be one catastrophe after another. Sometimes ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 1 Jun 2006 10:57:05 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Whatever Happend to Acid Rain</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4683/whatever-happend-to-acid-rain.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Whatever happened to acid rain? Good question. You dont hear a lot about it these days. Acid rain was THE most talked about environmental scourge of the 1980s although in truth acid precipitation has been known for centuries as it was historica...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 09:15:03 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Hurricanes Are the Most Destructive According to Harris Poll of US Adults</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4672/hurricanes-are-the-most-destructive-according-to-harris-poll-of-us-adults.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[As the spring tornado season continues and the beginning of another hurricane season is close at hand almost threequarters 72 of U.S. adults surveyed in the latest Harris Poll say they think hurricanes are the most destructive natural or manma...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 12:24:02 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Oil Shale   Now is the Time to Rachet This Thing Up</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4639/oil-shale---now-is-the-time-to-rachet-this-thing-up.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[.. Of all the alternative modes of energy out there none remains more attractive than oil shale a term given to sedimentary rocks containing a high proportion of an organic material called kerogen that can be converted to synthetic oil or gas via ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 10:53:08 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Artificial Reefs  Great for the Ecology and the Economy</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4628/artificial-reefs--great-for-the-ecology-and-the-economy.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Every so often an idea emerges that establishes support across a broad spectrum of environmentalists scientists elected officials and ordinary citizens. The one were talking about today is the creation of artificial reefs. These are manmade stru...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 11:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Fed Up With High Gasoline Prices Its Time to Bring Back Diesel</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/4603/fed-up-with-high-gasoline-prices--it-s-time-to-bring-back-diesel.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The fact is dieselpowered cars and trucks get excellent gas mileage while avoiding many of the problems that had plagued previous generations of transportation. In Europe anywhere from onethird to twothirds of all cars and trucks operate on ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 5 May 2006 15:42:01 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>The Best Way to Repel Insects and the Diseases They Carry   Deet</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/3746/the-best-way-to-repel-insects-and-the-diseases-they-carry---deet.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[With the arrival of spring and the upcoming summer vacation season an ancient foe is also back: those awful pests that leave us covered in bites itching scratching and searching sometimes in vain for an effective treatment. Yes friends one of...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:26:41 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Mono A Mono Aint Nothin Like the Rail Thing</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/3614/mono-a-mono-aint-nothin-like-the-rail-thing.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has lived in a big city has heard about dozens of dubious expensive and scientifically unsound solutions to Americas problems of traffic excessive energy demand and air pollution. Are you ready for one that actually works? Pictured...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:50:14 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Electric Magnetic Fields and Cancer Shocking Junk Science</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/3603/electric-magnetic-fields-and-cancer-shocking-junk-science.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Few things are more resilient than urban legends. For some reason people really want to hold certain beliefs no matter how illogical or unlikely they may be. A popular cable TV show Myth Busters uses the talents of FX wizards to test pop myths...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:00:25 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Removing the Bald Eagle from the Endangered Species Act</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/3570/removing-the-bald-eagle-from-the-endangered-species-act.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed voluntary guidelines and a regulatory definition designed to help landowners and others understand how they can help ensure that bald eagles continue to be protected consistent with existing law. The ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:05:08 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Dont Let the Bed Bugs Bite</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/3506/dont-let-the-bed-bugs-bite.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Another once defeated pest is making a huge comeback. Blame it on the banning of DDT more international travel sloppy hotel housekeeping or a combination of these factors and more. The fact is our old friend Cimex lectularius and related species...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2006 09:25:18 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>The Answer is Not Blowin in the Wind</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/3487/the-answer-is-not-blowin-in-the-wind.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Theres nothing like targeted public relations to confuse people while taking full advantage of quasiscience. Consider for example the recent announcement by Whole Foods that it will buy 458000 megawatthours of wind energy to power its stores f...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 1 Feb 2006 09:54:05 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>The Population Bomb Defused</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/3448/the-population-bomb-defused.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Those readers of a certain age will remember Stanford University professor Paul Ehrlichs infamous 1968 book The Population Bomb that was lapped up by so many children of the 1960s. Funny how this generation could purport to be so idealistic an...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:16:19 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Terms of Endangerment Not Saving the Species</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/3420/terms-of-endangerment--not-saving-the-species.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[What happens when Green politics and common sense collide? The casualty is usually common sense and the resultthe extremist fallout of this partisan agendais a series of policies that seek to protect the environment by destroying industry increas...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:28 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>The Quest for Biofuels is Destroying the Rain Forest</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/3058/the-quest-for-biofuels-is-destroying-the-rain-forest.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The latest bad news is there any other kind? coming from the environmental movement is just one more example of what happens at the nexus of junk science radical public policy and puerile Marxism. As it turns out Europes blind embrace of biofue...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 2 Dec 2005 10:55:16 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Germs The Smallest Member of Our Environment are the Scariest</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/2237/germs-the-smallest-member-of-our-environment-are-the-scariest.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Poor Howard Hughes. Is he remembered for his legendary accomplishments in aviation his damn the torpedoes style of film making or his prodigious womanizing? Nowhere near as much as for his celebrated germ phobia. The problem now is that far too m...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:20:05 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Americans Unclear About Benefits of Ozone</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/2235/americans-unclear-about-benefits-of-ozone.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[A survey of more than 1000 adults in the United States has found that adults are unclear about ozone and its benefits 40 percent have some understanding there is good ozone and bad ozone and other facts about ozone are less well understood acc...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:03:07 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Life Goes On  Weather or Not</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/2117/life-goes-on--weather-or-not.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[In the wake of Hurricane Katrina some critics have suggested that we reconsider the logic of rebuilding New Orleans. This argument which presumably has support from the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives who questioned the purpose of res...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:09:54 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Catskill Heritage Festival</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/2055/catskill-heritage-festival.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Catskill Heritage Alliance CHA will host a Fall Music  Family Fun Festival to celebrate the people and wilderness of the over 100yearold Catskill Park and Catskill Forest Preserve which help protect the drinking water of more than 9 million New...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 6 Sep 2005 12:45:36 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Bumper Crop of Insect Pests</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/2040/bumper-crop-of-insect-pests.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Battling heat and dryness this past summer was challenge enough for New Yorks backyard gardeners and vegetable farmers but the overall lack of rain and high temperatures has created another headache: A bumper crop of aphids spider mites and thrips...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 6 Sep 2005 11:44:53 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Symposium on tungsten in the environment</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/2021/symposium-on-tungsten-in-the-environment.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[A team of researchers from the Center for Environmental Systems CES at Stevens Institute of Technology Drs. Christos Christodoulatos Washington Braida Agamemnon Koutsospyros and Dimitris Dermatas are organizing a symposium on Tungsten: occurre...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 2 Sep 2005 12:37:59 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Making chemicals environmentally friendly</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/2019/making-chemicals-environmentally-friendly.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The team led by Queens chemist Dr. Philip Jessop has developed new solvents liquids that dissolve other substances that are both cleaner and cheaper when used in the production of many chemicals. Because each step in a chemical process often ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 2 Sep 2005 12:00:21 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Green catalyst destroys dangerous pollutants</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/2018/green-catalyst-destroys-dangerous-pollutants.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[A chemical catalyst developed at Carnegie Mellon University completely destroys dangerous nitrophenols in laboratory tests according to Arani Chanda a doctoral student who is presenting his findings on Sunday Aug. 28 at the 230th meeting of the A...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 2 Sep 2005 11:57:56 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Figure Eight Danger at the Ice Rink</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1994/figure-eight-danger-at-the-ice-rink.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[People do not typically associate illness with popular wintertime events: ice skating hockey and other seasonal sports that make this time of year particularly fun. But the use of ice resurfacing machinesZamboni is the industry leader within this ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:21:23 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Asian Stink Bugs Pose Threat to Fruit and Soybean</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1933/asian-stink-bugs-pose-threat-to-fruit-and-soybean.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Wanted dead or alive: the brownmarmorated stink bug. We are asking homeowners in the Pacific Northwest to be on the lookout for these bugs and if they think they have found any to collect them and send to me or to take a digital image to email ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:41:39 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Teflon  Nonstick Science</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1920/teflon--nonstick-science.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[When did every commercial product including our most commonly used and inherently valuable forms of convenience become a dire threat? According to some particularly those with a political agenda that often deviates from science or provable fact e...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:51:29 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>New Easy Read Road Signs Based On PSU Research</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1887/new-easy-read-road-signs-based-on-psu-research.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The Federal Highway Administration FHWA has approved the interim use of a new typeface called Clearview for signs on all public streets highways and byways. New signs bearing Clearview instead of the old familiar Highway Gothic already app...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2005 10:32:38 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Oiled Birds Wash Up on Newfoundland Beaches</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1848/oiled-birds-wash-up-on-newfoundland-beaches.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of dead and dying oiled birds are washing up on the beaches of Newfoundland but the oil in their feathers is not from the Terra Nova spill indicating some ships crews are dumping their bilge oil near the spill to cover up their illegal act...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:29:41 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Give the Gift of Life to Animals Around the World</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1845/give-the-gift-of-life-to-animals-around-the-world.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Designed for animal lovers last minute shoppers and hardtobuyfor people alike IFAWs gift guide makes it easy to give the gift of helping animals. Gifts of $25 to $500 purchased on behalf of your loved one will directly benefit animals. Choices ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:13:23 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>How To Eliminate Lawn Stress</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1812/how-to-eliminate-lawn-stress.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Mower deck adjustment. Adjusting the height of the mower deck can enhance stress tolerance put on the blades of grass. Experts at John Deere recommend their onethird rule for mowing. Only the top onethird of the blade of grass should be cut. Thi...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:55:11 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Nuclear Power is a Safe Proven and Economical Answer to Our Concerns About Expensive Energy</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1795/nuclear-power-is-a-safe-proven-and-economical-answer-to-our-concerns-about-expensive-energy.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[As gasoline prices continue to climb there is a corresponding increase in political rhetoric about energy conservation global warming and other environmental issues. Maybe its time that we focus on a positive solution toward clean reliable and...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:17:31 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Planting The Seeds Of Success For Your Garden</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1764/planting-the-seeds-of-success-for-your-garden.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Each season offers its own reasons for getting certain things done. Here are a few yearround tips from Cottage Farms and Robertas Exotic Flowers both of which are available through electronic retailer QVC.In the fall prepare planting beds f...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:52:41 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Adopt a Raptor Aids Rehabilitated Birds</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1762/adopt-a-raptor-aids-rehabilitated-birds.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The barred owls handler raises the bird out of the childs reach and slightly behind her as she gently tells the child he cannot pet the bird. The childs curiosity will have to be satisfied from a safe distance as the handler speaks about barred...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Save the New Jersey Bears</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1743/save-the-new-jersey-bears.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Last year for the first time in 33 years New Jersey held a statewide bear hunt. Of the more than 300 bears that were killed over six days more than half 64 were females and many were cubs less than a year old. This means that in addition to t...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:11:17 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Study Links Ozone Mortality in Urban Areas</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1732/study-links-ozone-mortality-in-urban-areas.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[...More people died in urban areas when groundlevel ozone was higher during the previous week researchers at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Johns Hopkins report in the November 17 Journal of the American Medical Association....]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:05:36 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Protecting Whales Dolphins and Porpoises from the Harmful Effects of Man made Ocean Noise</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1711/protecting-whales-dolphins-and-porpoises-from-the-harmful-effects-of-man-made-ocean-noise.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The meeting of the parties to ACCOBAMS the United Nations Environment Programs Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area comes two weeks after the European Parliament adopted a g...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:21:19 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Speak Out Against the Proposed Grey Wolf Delisting</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1687/speak-out-against-the-proposed-grey-wolf-delisting.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Members of the public are being given the chance to speak out against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services recently announced plans to remove all protections under the Endangered Species Act for gray wolves in the eastern United States a region that...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:54:23 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>The Healing Power Of The Humidifier</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1682/the-healing-power-of-the-humidifier.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Due to the shortage of flu vaccine many families are looking into backup plans to help protect themselves against this seasons outbreak. For some this means alternative medications and treatments. For others plan B involves an ageold remedy: t...]]></description>
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	<title>Errors in the Measurement of Global Warming Corrected</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1667/errors-in-the-measurement-of-global-warming-corrected.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The effect of the suns heat on weather balloons largely accounts for a data discrepancy that has long contributed to a dispute over the existence of global warming according to a report by scientists at Yale University and the National Oceanic and ...]]></description>
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	<title>Gardening to Achieve Better Health</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1662/gardening-to-achieve-better-health.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[According to Louis personal observations and the findings and evidence of the scientific community gardening leads to improved physical and psychological wellbeing providing:An interesting motivating workout that improves endurance...]]></description>
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	<title>Swimming with Sharks Hardly EcoTourism</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1658/swimming-with-sharks-hardly-eco-tourism.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Ever since the theatrical release of Jaws 1975 the famous movie about a killer shark there have been powerful misconceptions about all sharks but especially the Great WhiteCarcharodon carcharias. Do you recall this breathless hype from the J...]]></description>
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	<title>Be Prepared for Huuricane Season</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1641/be-prepared-for-huuricane-season.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[This year many people want to have their homes protected from the intesity of hurricane season. In 2005 there are 13 major storms predicted to affect the United States. Counties in particular danger are Broward Dade and Plam Beach. If you are look...]]></description>
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	<title>Performance Fabrics Safeguard Furniture From Kids Pets Life</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1614/performance-fabrics-safeguard-furniture-from-kids-pets-life.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Children who spill pets who shed and large windows that let in lots of fabricfading sunlight dont have to stand between you and stylish attractive furniture anymore. Performance fabrics are now available for indoor residential furniture eliminat...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:16:45 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Germ Ridden Desks Can Lead To An Absentee Workforce</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1609/germ-ridden-desks-can-lead-to-an-absentee-workforce.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The latest National Cleaning Survey from SDA www.cleaning101.com reports that 46 percent of respondents claim they do not clean their desks or workspaces before eating lunch there. Women apparently take greater precautions than men: the survey f...]]></description>
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	<title>Hype  Bred Cars Better Think Twice</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1528/hype--bred-cars-better-think-twice.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Ever since the first automobiles rolled off the assembly line cars have always straddled the line between form and function. For most people there is an undeniable sense of status involved with the type of car an individual drives or aspires to own...]]></description>
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	<title>Alligator Egg Development at Prehistoric Oxygen</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1501/alligator-egg-development-at-prehistoric-oxygen.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The development of bone structures in alligator eggs raised under varying oxygen concentrations creates a link to fossil records of the evolution of vertebrates and prehistoric atmospheric oxygen concentrations according to a paper to be presented a...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Aug 2005 11:28:10 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Yale Journal Analyzes Environmental Impact of Consumption</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1472/yale-journal-analyzes-environmental-impact-of-consumption.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The environmental impact of what we buy and use is increasingly drawing the attention of business governments and consumers. The connection between consumption and environmental impact is analyzed in new and important ways in a special issue of Yal...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Aug 2005 09:52:08 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Prevention Timely Care Important for Those Itching for Bug bite Relief</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1468/prevention-timely-care-important-for-those-itching-for-bug-bite-relief.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[That annoying itch may be a good sign however.Itchy is normal. Tender is not when it comes to bug bites said Dr. Robin Carder assistant professor of dermatology and pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Tenderness she cautione...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Aug 2005 17:11:24 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>New Taxon of Galpagos Tortoise Identified</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1400/new-taxon-of-galpagos-tortoise-identified.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Almost 150 years after Charles Darwin proposed a mechanism for biological evolution previously unrecognized diversity has been discovered among the giant tortoises of the Galpagos Geochelone nigra whose distinctiveness was an inspiration in formu...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 2 Aug 2005 10:02:59 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Birds That Sing With Their Wings to Woo</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1388/birds-that-sing-with-their-wings-to-woo.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Since Darwin proposed his theories of selection and evolution it has been posed that sounds made by the feathers of some birds evolved by sexual selection. Richard O. Prum the William Robertson Coe Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology a...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:29:35 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Outdoor Lighting Provides Safety Security and Style</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1377/outdoor-lighting-provides-safety--security-and-style.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Outdoor lighting products can be used for a variety of reasons. They help accentuate gardens fountains and landscaping so you can enjoy the beauty of your outdoor living space. In addition many studies have shown that a welllit house will deter cr...]]></description>
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	<title>Do You Live in a Nourishing Community</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1348/do-you-live-in-a-nourishing-community.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ARA  The community you reside in can affect your health and overall well being and some cities do a better job than others at providing the extra amenities to build a strong community and nurture their residents minds bodies and souls....]]></description>
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	<title>Ragweed Pollen Grains Cause Most Seasonal Allergies</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1315/ragweed-pollen-grains-cause-most-seasonal-allergies.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[A single ragweed plant can produce up to 1 billion pollen grains and each grain can travel more than 100 miles from its source said Richard W. Weber M.D. National Jewish Medical and Research Center Denver and chair of the ACAAI Aerobiology...]]></description>
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	<title>Ten Years Later  Biotech Crops Delivering Benefits Consistently</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1232/ten-years-later--biotech-crops-delivering-benefits-consistently.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[In 2004 biotech crops were planted on 200 million acres worldwide according to a recent study by the International Service for the Acquisition of AgriBiotech Applications ISAAA. That represents a nearly 50fold increase from just over 4 milli...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:30:31 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Its Time For Lime   For the Lawn</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1219/it-s-time-for-lime---for-the-lawn.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[A good way to improve acid soil is to apply lawn lime. A rule of thumb is that one bag of lime should be applied for each 1000 square feet of lawn says Burt Brewer of Oldcastle a manufacturer of lawn and garden products. Brewer notes that lim...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:05:22 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Deep Sea Algae Connect Ancient Climate Carbon Dioxide and Vegetation</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1082/deep-sea-algae-connect-ancient-climate--carbon-dioxide-and-vegetation.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ New Haven CT  Assistant Professor Mark Pagani in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale and his colleagues mapped the first detailed history of atmospheric carbon dioxide between 45  25 million years ago based on stable isotopes of carb...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:49:35 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Cornell Program Seeks to Train People to Avoid Black Bear Conflicts</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1077/cornell-program-seeks-to-train-people-to-avoid-black-bear-conflicts.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Living with neighbors takes on a whole new meaning when the neighbor is a black bear that wanders over uninvited for dinner and ransacks garbage cans bird feeders and pet food dishes from decks and yards. Thats happening more and more often through...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:31:06 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Leading Conservationists Sound Alarm Over Whaling</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1032/leading-conservationists-sound-alarm-over-whaling.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[IFAW International Fund for Animal Welfare  www.ifaw.org and other leading conservation groups today called for an end to whaling and expressed concern over new proposals from the Government of Japan to expand its whaling activities. Despite a wor...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:13:09 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>How Cell Suicide Protects Plants from Infection</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/1030/how-cell-suicide-protects-plants-from-infection.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[To protect themselves from viruses plants create a zone of dead cells around an infection site that prevents the infection from spreading. Savithramma DineshKumar associate professor of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale and ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:08:07 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Tsunami Earthquake Triggered Earths Free Oscillations</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/908/tsunami-earthquake-triggered-earth-s-free-oscillations.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Oscillations begun by the SumatraAndaman earthquake in December 2004 are providing important information about the composition of the Earth as well as the size and duration of the earthquake according to a report in the journal Science by an intern...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2005 17:47:44 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Beetles are Back in Northeast Hungrier Than Ever</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/907/beetles-are-back-in-northeast--hungrier-than-ever.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The eggs of the viburnum leaf beetle have hatched and the larvae are beginning to chow down once again on viburnum shrubs in New York state and New England. Without the use of pesticides to protect susceptible varieties the bushes are doomed says ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2005 17:44:32 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>The Debate Over Recycling</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/902/the-debate-over-recycling.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The global cooling scare of the 1970s morphed into todays global warming. Breast feeding presumably a proven commodity over human and mammalian history for millions of years fell out of favor in the 1950s as not being modern and even gross. H...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2005 17:36:20 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Making Gardens Grow</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/845/making-gardens-grow.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Lime is used to help control a soils pH level. Acidic soil with low pH or sour soil is not conducive to healthy plant growth.Hydrated lime is particularly effective in neutralizing soil acidity and providing essential plant nutrients su...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2005 14:07:12 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Radon The Silent Killer</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/820/radon--the-silent-killer-.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Long a staple of cheesy horror flicks whereby its effects would create monsters like Godzilla 1956 giant ants in Them! 1954 generate a huge buxom lady in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman 1958 or even make a poor guy smaller in The Incredible Sh...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 17:59:39 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Using Nature to Fight Back on the Irritants Nature Brings During Spring</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/806/using-nature-to--fight-back--on-the-irritants-nature-brings-during-spring.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Spring has sprung and rebirth is happening all around us. In addition to baby animals being born and trees sprouting brand new buds seasonal allergies are reborn at this time of year too. As pollen from trees grass flowers and plants makes its ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 14:42:53 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Ivorybilled Woodpecker Rediscovered in Big Woods of Arkansas</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/780/ivory-billed-woodpecker-rediscovered-in-big-woods-of-arkansas.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[the ivorybilled woodpecker  has been rediscovered in the Big Woods of eastern Arkansas. More than 60 years after the last confirmed sighting of the species in the United States a research team today announced that at least one male ivorybill sti...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 13:57:44 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Its Termite Swarm Season</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/698/it-s-termite-swarm-season-.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The arrival of spring means warmer weather and pictureperfect days along with a problem that is costly persistent and dangeroustermites. If left unchecked these pests can devastate a home and although most damage can be repaired such work is...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:08:36 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Dont Let Grass Grow Under Your Feet</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/644/don-t-let-grass-grow-under-your-feet.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[But not in the United States.Yet burning grass pellets as a biofuel is economicalenergyefficient environmentally friendly and sustainable says a Cornell University forage crop expert.This alternative fuel easily could be produced a...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:37:10 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Flu Virus Makes Itself at Home</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/577/flu-virus-makes-itself-at-home.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The study conducted by researchers at The University of Arizona studied the presence of Influenza A virus the virus most commonly associated with the flu in day care centers and in the homes of families with children enrolled in the programs. ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:35:10 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Living With Dust Mites</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/572/living-with-dust-mites.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Continuing in our series on indoor air pollutants that has already included living organisms toxic mold we now enter the animal kingdom. Say hello to Dermatophagoides farinae and Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus more commonly knownrespectively...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:27:41 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Protestors Brave Cold to Thaw Canadas Frozen Position on the Massive Seal Hunt</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/566/protestors-brave-cold-to-thaw-canada-s-frozen-position-on-the-massive-seal-hunt.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[More than 175 protestors braved a brisk and breezy Tuesday in Washington D.C. to put the heat on the Canadian Embassy about the countrys pending seal hunt the largest slaughter of marine mammals on the planet. The hunt scheduled to begin on March ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:12:30 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Put The Bite On Mosquitoes And Take Back Your Yard</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/548/put-the-bite-on-mosquitoes-and-take-back-your-yard.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[As the weather gets warmer people look forward to spending time outdoors in their backyards. The annoying presence of mosquitoes can put a damper on outdoor activities in the spring and summer. But there are things you can do to reduce mosquito popu...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:31:50 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Earth Day On PBS</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/519/earth-day-on-pbs.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Making sense of these innovations and their relevance to our everyday lives is a goal of PBS where viewers tune in for highquality informative and entertaining science and natural history programs.Starting in Aprilin conjunction with Ear...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:16:36 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Oil Spills Bringing The Solution Back To The Home</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/518/oil-spills--bringing-the-solution-back-to-the-home.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[After an area is contaminated with oil wildlife rescue organizations such as International Bird Rescue Research Center IBRRC and TriState Bird Rescue  Research come on the scene to help the animals in distress. Trained rescue workers provid...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:14:20 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>One of Natures Great Wonders Annual Birth of Seal Pups Off Coast of Eastern Canada</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/499/one-of-nature-s-great-wonders--annual-birth-of-seal-pups-off-coast-of-eastern-canada.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Each winter the entire northwest Atlantic harp seal population migrates to the east coast of Canada to give birth and mate. Unfortunately the window for enjoying this spectacular phenomenon is short. Canadians will begin hunting hundreds of thou...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:43:55 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Growing Roses Is Easier Than Ever</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/485/growing-roses-is-easier-than-ever.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Roses have been around for a long time. Confucius had a 600book library on rose care. George Washington was the first person known to breed roses in the United States. Now theres a rose named after Ronald Reagan.Roses are easy to buy but ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:10:06 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Maytag Earns Award for Protecting the Environment Through Energy Efficiency</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/429/maytag-earns-award-for-protecting-the-environment-through-energy-efficiency.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA and U.S. Department of Energy DOE have awarded Maytag Corporation a 2005 National Product Campaign Award. As a partner in the ENERGY STAR program Maytag has made outstanding contributions to reducing ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Wake Up From Winter Lawn And Equipment Tips</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/407/wake-up-from-winter--lawn-and-equipment-tips.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Goodbye winter blues hello springtime joys. Even if theres still a nip in the air its not too early to start preparing your lawn and equipment for the mowing season. With a little work early in the season youll have a beautiful lawn to herald t...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:23:45 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Growing Roses Is Easier Than Ever</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/292/growing-roses-is-easier-than-ever.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Roses have been around for a long time. Confucius had a 600book library on rose care. George Washington was the first person known to breed roses in the United States. Now theres a rose named after Ronald Reagan.Roses are easy to buy but ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Feb 2005 10:56:15 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Electricity Powers Progress Healthier Air</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/242/electricity-powers-progress--healthier-air.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The electric lightbulb Thomas Edison first demonstrated 125 years ago started a revolution that continues to benefit the world today. Every year homes become more comfortable and convenient industry more productive thanks in part to electricity an...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:17:54 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>The Truth About Groundhog Day</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/217/the-truth-about-groundhog-day.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Apparently Americas most famous weather forecaster has other things on his mind when he emerges from his home in early February. According to an upcoming issue of National Wildlife magazine Punxsutawney Phil is not looking for his shadow. He is lo...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:39:45 GMT</pubDate>
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	<CopyRightYear>2005</CopyRightYear>
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	<title>Toxic Mold The Hidden Enemy</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/202/toxic-mold-the-hidden-enemy.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[One of the more ominous topics among homeowners and building supervisors is toxic mold an issue fraught at least in the pop culture with misconceptions excessive publicity and scant genuine science. Sadly any crisis which is inevitably the s...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:30:50 GMT</pubDate>
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	<CopyRightYear>2005</CopyRightYear>
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	<title>Facing Flying and Stinging Insects </title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/94/facing-flying-and-stinging-insects-.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[If youve ever failed to heed the warning Dont bug them and they wont bug you and swatted at bees particularly honeybees or wasps most notably yellow jackets hornets and paper wasps you likely know how painful insect stings can be. But d...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:40:09 GMT</pubDate>
	<CopyRight>HealthNewsDigestcom</CopyRight>
	<CopyRightYear>2005</CopyRightYear>
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	<title>Japanese Vote Buying Meat Sales Threaten Whaling Commission</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/86/japanese-vote-buying--meat-sales-threaten-whaling-commission.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[On the eve of the 56th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission IWC the planets great whales face growing threats from the Government of Japan and countries it has aggressively recruited to join the IWC according to IFAW Internatio...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:27:57 GMT</pubDate>
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	<CopyRightYear>2005</CopyRightYear>
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	<title>Asian Stink Bugs Pose Threat to Fruit and Soybean Crops</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/40/asian-stink-bugs-pose-threat-to-fruit-and-soybean-crops.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Wanted dead or alive: the brownmarmorated stink bug. We are asking homeowners in the Pacific Northwest to be on the lookout for these bugs and if they think they have found any to collect them and send to me or to take a digital image to email ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:34:47 GMT</pubDate>
	<CopyRight>HealthNewsDigestcom</CopyRight>
	<CopyRightYear>2005</CopyRightYear>
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	<title>New EasyRead Road Signs Based On PSU Research</title>
	<link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/39/new-easy-read-road-signs-based-on-psu-research.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The Federal Highway Administration FHWA has approved the interim use of a new typeface called Clearview for signs on all public streets highways and byways. New signs bearing Clearview instead of the old familiar Highway Gothic already app...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:33:56 GMT</pubDate>
	<CopyRight>HealthNewsDigestcom</CopyRight>
	<CopyRightYear>2005</CopyRightYear>
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