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 Plant Information - December 5, 2008
| Eight Children centers at Fort Campbell were presented with the IPM Institute of North America's Star Certification. The certification represents an honor culminating more than 20 years of Army efforts to integrate sound pest management policies and practices at its installations. Fort Campbell is the second Army installation to receive the tough certification | | The White House pushes the "hurry up" button on what is becoming an alarming situation in the nation's capitol. The Bush Administration presses domestic vaccine manufacturers to increase the nation's ability to fend off an avian influenza pandemic, a vaccine to prevent humans from being infected with a strain of bird flu now circulating in Asia | | The White House pushes the "hurry up" button on what is becoming an alarming situation in the nation's capitol. The Bush Administration presses domestic vaccine manufacturers to increase the nation's ability to fend off an avian influenza pandemic, a vaccine to prevent humans from being infected with a strain of bird flu now circulating in Asia | | New evidence suggests eating a diet rich in plant foods, such as beans and Soya, cuts the risk of lung cancer | | A study of obesity and urban sprawl found that it's not the neighborhoods that are responsible for weight gain, but sedentary people who tend to gravitate toward places with fewer opportunities for walking. "We found very little evidence that it was the physical environment causing obesity," says Professor Andrew Plantinga, one of the Oregon State University researchers who conducted the study. "Rather, it seemed to be more about how people choose the types of neighborhoods to live in | |
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