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> November 12,
2004:
Hour Two: Testing Pesticides/ Climate Change Update
A study out this week details the extent of global warming in the Arctic--and it's greater than scientists thought. In this hour, we'll get a climate change update: from a shrinking polar ice cap to shifts in plant and animal distribution, what Arctic warming means for the rest of the world. Is the U.S. doing everything it can to slow the warming?
Plus, we'll hear about the controversy over a new EPA study on pesticide exposures in young children. Call in with your questions and comments at 1-800-989-8255 (3-4 Eastern).
Guests:
Linda Sheldon
Division Director, Office of Research
and Development
Environmental Protection Agency
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Alan Lockwood, M.D.
Co-chair, Environment and Health Committee
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Chair, Institutional Review Board
VA Western
New York Healthcare System
Professor, Neurology
Professor, Nuclear Medicine
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
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Susan Joy Hassol
Author, Arctic Climate Impact
Assessment
Denver, COlorado
Daniel Lashof
Science Director, NRDC Climate Center
Natural Resources Defense Council
Washington, DC
This segment produced by Karin Vergoth
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Related Links:
EPA
Suspends Study on Kids And Pesticides (washingtonpost.com)
EPA
tables study of pesticides in children
EPA
: Pesticides
Climate
- Change Forecast? Ask the Antarctic Ice
Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change
Global
Warming:The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
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Scientist | Environment Report | Climate Change
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