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• Bodies of migrants wash ashore in Yemen
A hazardous journey About 32,000 migrants have made the hazardous sea journey to Yemen this year — 22,000 of them Somalis, according to figures from the Yemeni government and the U.N. refugee agency. Smugglers are known to cram dozens of men, women ...
• Navy blames crew, command for carrier fire
SAN DIEGO - A fire aboard the nuclear-powered USS George Washington aircraft carrier resulted from a failure to properly store hazardous materials and other missteps that allowed the fire to burn unchecked for more than eight hours, Navy ...
• Ike leaves debris on miles of Texas beaches
Garbage is hazardous to wildlife Some of the garbage is a hazard to the seashore's wildlife. The most obvious risk could be the countless small pieces of plastic that could be mistaken for food. "The plastic is a real killer of both turtles and birds ...
• Environmental damage widespread after Ike
Most callers complain about abandoned propane tanks, paint cans and other hazardous materials containers turning up in marshes, backyards and other places. No major spills or releases No major oil spills or hazardous materials releases have been ...
• EarthTalk: Painkillers and electric bikes
... common ingredients, according to a 2006 study by the University of California Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, are ethylene-based glycol, used commonly as a water-soluble solvent in cleaning agents and classified as a hazardous air ...