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        <title>Is Garbage The Solution To Tackling Climate Change?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>The US is one of the world's leading garbage producers. Our unnecessary wastefulness is creating a deadly brew</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: UK Guardian</category>

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        <title>The ocean is not a garbage can</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Working Waterfront - Island Institute</category>

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        <title>City urges compliance with plastic bottle ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Rocky Mount Telegram (NC)</category>

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        <title>Starting today, it is illegal not to recycle plastic bottles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Winston Salem Journal</category>

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        <title>Lighthouse keeper's bottle recovered ù months after she died</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Gloucester Time</category>

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        <title>Starting today, plastic bottles no longer allowed in trash</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Star News</category>

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        <title>New law bans plastic bottles from trash today</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: New Bern Sun Journal</category>

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        <title>New Bottle Deposits, Higher Fees</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Hartford Courant</category>

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        <title>Law bans bottles, pallets from landfills</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Jacksonville Daily News</category>

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        <title>Water cost will increase with deposit on bottles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: New Haven Register</category>

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        <title>Bad message in bottled water use</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Hartford Courant</category>

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        <title>Oak Bluffs distributes free bottled water</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Martha Vineyard Times</category>

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        <title>Don't throw away those paper towels, zip bags</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Miami Herald</category>

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        <title>Niagara Bottling wins permit in bottled-water battle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Orlando Sentinel</category>

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        <title>Solazyme bags U.S. Navy contract for green jet fuel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Reuters</category>

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        <title>Group to ask for ban on chemical in plastics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Post Gazette</category>

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        <title>Pacific Seafood Company Recycles, Sells Waste Styrofoam</title>
        <description>Pacific Seafood Company Recycles, Sells Waste Styrofoam</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Greener Design</category>

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        <title>Video: 20,000 Detergent Bottles Under the Sea</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Mother Jones</category>

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        <title>LBI beach cleanup: cigarettes, bottle caps, food wrappers, ... vibrator</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Press of Atlantic City</category>

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        <title>Ireland to double tax on stores' plastic bags</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Miami Herald</category>

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        <title>San Jose council votes to ban most plastic and paper bags beginning in 2011</title>
        <description>San Jose council votes to ban most plastic and paper bags beginning in 2011</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Mercury News (CA)</category>

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        <title>New tax to aid garbage collection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Trinidad and Tobago Express</category>

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        <title>New Scorecard Shows Path to Greener Plastics</title>
        <description>New Scorecard Shows Path to Greener Plastics</description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Greener Design</category>

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        <title>How Green Is That... Snack Bag?</title>
        <description>How Green Is That... Snack Bag?</description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: E Magazine</category>

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        <title>Geneticist's legacy a mixed bag</title>
        <description>Geneticist's legacy a mixed bag</description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Toronto Star</category>

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        <title>Oceans of Plastic | As Disposable Plastics Choke Our Oceans, Scientists Struggle With a Cure</title>
        <description>Oceans of Plastic | As Disposable Plastics Choke Our Oceans, Scientists Struggle With a Cure</description>
        <link>http://madmariner.com/voyages/story/GYRE_OCEAN_PLASTIC_091409_YX</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Mad Mariner</category>

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        <title>Obama Goes to UN With Empty Climate Bag</title>
        <description>Obama Goes to UN With Empty Climate Bag</description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility</category>

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        <title>Clean sweep: Thousands of volunteers find no shortage of cigarette butts, plastic cups, food containers and other assorted trash</title>
        <description>Clean sweep: Thousands of volunteers find no shortage of cigarette butts, plastic cups, food containers and other assorted trash</description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Wegmans offers water bottle refunds</title>
        <description>Wegmans offers water bottle refunds</description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle</category>

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        <title>Trash trackers: The secret life of garbage</title>
        <description>Trash trackers: The secret life of garbage</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: New Scientist</category>

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        <title>In a gulp, man gets plastic lodged in lung</title>
        <description>In a gulp, man gets plastic lodged in lung</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Raleigh News and Observer</category>

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        <title>A New Way to Turn Plastic Into Fuel?</title>
        <description>A New Way to Turn Plastic Into Fuel?</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: NY Times</category>

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        <title>Lead, arsenic found in products from handbags to car seats</title>
        <description>Lead, arsenic found in products from handbags to car seats</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: USA Today</category>

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        <title>Doctor pulls plastic from Wilmington man's lung</title>
        <description>Doctor pulls plastic from Wilmington man's lung</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Wilmington Star News</category>

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        <title>Recycling Plastic: What a Waste</title>
        <description>Recycling Plastic: What a Waste</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Huffington Post</category>

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        <title>D.C. Start-Up Aims to Pitch Oil Made From Plastic Waste</title>
        <description>D.C. Start-Up Aims to Pitch Oil Made From Plastic Waste</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Washington Post</category>

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        <title>Swap out those vogue water bottles for ones that don't pollute</title>
        <description>Swap out those vogue water bottles for ones that don't pollute</description>
        <link>http://www.detnews.com/article/20090916/OPINION03/909160328/1040/lifestyle03/Swap-out-those-vogue-water-bottles-for-ones-that-don-t-pollute</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Detroit News</category>

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        <title>It’s time to rethink our approach to garbage</title>
        <description>It’s time to rethink our approach to garbage</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Ocean City environmentalists want plastic bags banned to prevent litter</title>
        <description>Ocean City environmentalists want plastic bags banned to prevent litter</description>
        <link>http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/cape_may/article_7895d340-a193-11de-8de4-001cc4c002e0.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Offshore Drilling, BPA Bills Fail in Calif. Legislature</title>
        <description>Offshore Drilling, BPA Bills Fail in Calif. Legislature</description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Lets Talk Trash: A cheaper, greener way to deal with garbage.</title>
        <description>Lets Talk Trash: A cheaper, greener way to deal with garbage.</description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Bottles, glass containers may be banned from Flagler Beach</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Daytona Beach News Journal</category>

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        <title>Beer bottle countertops: Latest trends in 'Green' home decor</title>
        <description>Beer bottle countertops: Latest trends in 'Green' home decor</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Message in a bottle? That's called trash</title>
        <description>Message in a bottle? That's called trash</description>
        <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/letters/bal-bottleletter0910,0,1282383.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Baltimore Sun</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Hopewell City Council approves garbage fines</title>
        <description>Hopewell City Council approves garbage fines</description>
        <link>http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/HOPE10_20090909-215605/291773/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Richmond Times Dispatch</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Water bottle deposits to start</title>
        <description>Water bottle deposits to start</description>
        <link>http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20090910/NEWS01/909100327/Water+bottle+deposits+to+start&amp;eferrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Mexico City limits love affair with plastic bag</title>
        <description>Mexico City limits love affair with plastic bag</description>
        <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/09/AR2009090901098.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Washington Post</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Md. teen's note in a bottle reaches England 5 years later</title>
        <description>Md. teen's note in a bottle reaches England 5 years later</description>
        <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.bottle09sep09,0,2298526.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Baltimore Sun</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Water bottle deposits expected this fall</title>
        <description>Water bottle deposits expected this fall</description>
        <link>http://www.lohud.com/article/20090909/NEWS05/909090391/1025/NEWS09/Water-bottle-deposits-expected-this-fall</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: The Journal News</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>NC Set to Begin Ban of Plastic Bottles in Landfills</title>
        <description>NC Set to Begin Ban of Plastic Bottles in Landfills</description>
        <link>http://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/news.asp?ID=15774</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Recycling Today</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>It's in the bag -- Pack your produce in 3B Bags, not plastic</title>
        <description>It's in the bag -- Pack your produce in 3B Bags, not plastic</description>
        <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/lifestyle/green/sns-green-new-3b-bags,0,6551694.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Orlando Sentinel</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>6 reasons to ditch that plastic bottle</title>
        <description>6 reasons to ditch that plastic bottle</description>
        <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1218933.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Miami Herald</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Why We Must Ban BPA From Products Made For Children</title>
        <description>Why We Must Ban BPA From Products Made For Children</description>
        <link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harvey-karp/why-we-must-ban-bpa-from_b_277450.html</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">225400</guid>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Huffington Post</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Et Tu, Sigg Bottles?</title>
        <description>Et Tu, Sigg Bottles?</description>
        <link>http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/09/et-tu-sigg-bottles</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Mother Jones</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Anger uncorked at bottle maker Sigg over BPA</title>
        <description>Anger uncorked at bottle maker Sigg over BPA</description>
        <link>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gqxeMVJch30QYDYYh6ceM8sTkTrgD9AG4LRG0</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: AP - Google</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>OPINION: Back to school with a book bag of plastics</title>
        <description>OPINION: Back to school with a book bag of plastics</description>
        <link>http://www.newsday.com/opinion/opinion-back-to-school-with-a-book-bag-of-plastics-1.1420855</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: LI Newsday</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>How our plastic use is coming back at us in waves</title>
        <description>How our plastic use is coming back at us in waves</description>
        <link>http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/how-our-plastic-use-is-coming-back-at-us-in-waves_30095/</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">225076</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Surfline</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Real men don't use plastic</title>
        <description>Real men don't use plastic</description>
        <link>http://obsentinel.womacknewspapers.com/articles/2009/09/02/top_stories/tops1212.txt</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">225004</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Outer Banks Sentinel</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>PlastiPure and Hydrapak Take First Safer Plastic Water Bottle to Market</title>
        <description>PlastiPure and Hydrapak Take First Safer Plastic Water Bottle to Market</description>
        <link>http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS229976+01-Sep-2009+PRN20090901</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Reuters</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>To save the sea (and its living creatures) use tax policy and good practices to end the plastic legacy</title>
        <description>To save the sea (and its living creatures) use tax policy and good practices to end the plastic legacy</description>
        <link>http://blog.nj.com/njv_linda_stamato/2009/08/the_plastic_legacy_and_saving.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Star Ledger - NJ Voices</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Polycarbonate Plastics and Human BPA Exposure: Urinary Levels Rise with Use of Drinking Bottles</title>
        <description>Polycarbonate Plastics and Human BPA Exposure: Urinary Levels Rise with Use of Drinking Bottles</description>
        <link>http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2009/117-9/ss.html#poly</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Environmental Health Perspectives</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Central Neuroplasticity and Decreased Heart Rate Variability after Particulate Matter Exposure in Mice</title>
        <description>Central Neuroplasticity and Decreased Heart Rate Variability after Particulate Matter Exposure in Mice</description>
        <link>http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2009/0900674/abstract.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Environmental Health Perspectives</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Ban on plastic bags on Outer Banks takes effect today</title>
        <description>Ban on plastic bags on Outer Banks takes effect today</description>
        <link>http://hamptonroads.com/2009/09/ban-plastic-bags-outer-banks-takes-effect-today</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">224876</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Virginian Pilot</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>California Battles to Ban BPA from Baby Bottles, Sippy Cups and Infant Formula</title>
        <description>California Battles to Ban BPA from Baby Bottles, Sippy Cups and Infant Formula</description>
        <link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-kaas-boyle/california-battles-to-ban_b_267828.html</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">224832</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Huffington Post</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Plastic bag ban tested on NC Outer Banks</title>
        <description>Plastic bag ban tested on NC Outer Banks</description>
        <link>http://www.thesunnews.com/564/story/1046802.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Myrtle Beach Sun News</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Pack your produce in 3B Bags, not plastic</title>
        <description>Pack your produce in 3B Bags, not plastic</description>
        <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1210410.html</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">224636</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Miami Herald</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Huntington: Garbage trucks must run on natural gas</title>
        <description>Huntington: Garbage trucks must run on natural gas</description>
        <link>http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/huntington-garbage-trucks-must-run-on-natural-gas-1.1409405</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">224618</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: LI Newsday</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Targeted sandbags in N.C. can stay until 2010</title>
        <description>Targeted sandbags in N.C. can stay until 2010</description>
        <link>http://hamptonroads.com/2009/08/targeted-sandbags-nc-can-stay-until-2010</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Virginian Pilot</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Voyage confirms plastic pollution</title>
        <description>Voyage confirms plastic pollution</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8225125.stm</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: BBC</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>After delay, New Rochelle close to launching hybrid garbage truck</title>
        <description>After delay, New Rochelle close to launching hybrid garbage truck</description>
        <link>http://www.lohud.com/article/20090828/NEWS02/908280332/1025/NEWS09/After-delay--New-Rochelle-close-to-launching-hybrid-garbage-truck</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">224372</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: The Journal News</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Pacific Ocean garbage patch worries researchers</title>
        <description>Pacific Ocean garbage patch worries researchers</description>
        <link>http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/pacific-ocean-garbage-patch-worries-researchers-1.1400693</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">224367</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: LI Newsday</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Scientists Find &quot;Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch&quot;</title>
        <description>Scientists Find &quot;Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch&quot;</description>
        <link>http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115481</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">224318</guid>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: National Science Foundation</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Our Plastic Legacy Afloat</title>
        <description>Our Plastic Legacy Afloat</description>
        <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/opinion/27thu3.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: NY Times</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Every Story About Chemicals in Drinking Water Is a Gift to the Bottled Water Industry</title>
        <description>Every Story About Chemicals in Drinking Water Is a Gift to the Bottled Water Industry</description>
        <link>http://www.alternet.org/water/142231/every_story_about_chemicals_in_drinking_water_is_a_gift_to_the_bottled_water_industry/</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">224196</guid>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: AlterNet</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>A growing mountain of garbage | DSWA's landfill expansion is one controversy in decades of debate</title>
        <description>A growing mountain of garbage | DSWA's landfill expansion is one controversy in decades of debate</description>
        <link>http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090823/NEWS02/908230345</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: DE News Journal</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Bottled-water scam finally feels squeeze</title>
        <description>Bottled-water scam finally feels squeeze</description>
        <link>http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/08/25/bottled_water_scam_finally_feels_squeeze/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Boston Globe</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Another Gift to the Bottled Water Industry</title>
        <description>Another Gift to the Bottled Water Industry</description>
        <link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-royte/another-gift-to-the-bottl_b_267557.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Huffington Post</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Back to school with less plastic -- a teaching moment</title>
        <description>Back to school with less plastic -- a teaching moment</description>
        <link>http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-monosson24-2009aug24,0,5894887.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: LA Times</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Southern New Jersey boardwalk officials search for the right wood (or plastic)</title>
        <description>Southern New Jersey boardwalk officials search for the right wood (or plastic)</description>
        <link>http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/article_650a8552-905c-11de-8cb2-001cc4c002e0.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Press of Atlantic City</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Cigarette Lobbyists Working for Bisphenol A Industry</title>
        <description>Cigarette Lobbyists Working for Bisphenol A Industry</description>
        <link>http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/bisphenol-a-tobacco-lobbyists-47082401</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">223864</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Daily Green</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>New law requires in-store recycling for plastic bags</title>
        <description>New law requires in-store recycling for plastic bags</description>
        <link>http://www.capegazette.com/storiescurrent/200908/plasticbags21.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Cape Gazette</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>BPA Public relations blitz takes cue from tobacco companies' past tactics</title>
        <description>BPA Public relations blitz takes cue from tobacco companies' past tactics</description>
        <link>http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/54195297.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>A growing mountain of garbage</title>
        <description>A growing mountain of garbage</description>
        <link>http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090823/NEWS02/908230345</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">223770</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: DE News Journal</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Garbage in, energy out</title>
        <description>Garbage in, energy out</description>
        <link>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/garbage-in-energy-out/article1260457/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Toronto Globe and Mail</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Styrofoam degrades in seawater</title>
        <description>Styrofoam degrades in seawater</description>
        <link>http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/46620/title/Styrofoam_degrades_in_seawater</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Science News</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>It's Deja vu all over again with FDA's review of BPA</title>
        <description>It's Deja vu all over again with FDA's review of BPA</description>
        <link>http://www.ewg.org/BPA/newsrelease/Deja-vu-At-FDA-With-BPA</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Environmental Working Group</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Toxic Soup: Plastics Could Be Leaching Chemicals Into Ocean</title>
        <description>Toxic Soup: Plastics Could Be Leaching Chemicals Into Ocean</description>
        <link>http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/plasticoceans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Wired</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Scientists uncover new ocean threat from plastics</title>
        <description>Scientists uncover new ocean threat from plastics</description>
        <link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scientists-uncover-new-ocean-threat-from-plastics-1774337.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: The Independent</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Plastic Breaks Down in Ocean, After All -- And Fast</title>
        <description>Plastic Breaks Down in Ocean, After All -- And Fast</description>
        <link>http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090820-plastic-decomposes-oceans-seas.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: National Geographic</category>

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        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Recycle-friendly Seattle defeats plastic-bag fee</title>
        <description>Recycle-friendly Seattle defeats plastic-bag fee</description>
        <link>http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/53772577.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Philadelphia Inquirer</category>

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        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Study says plastic decomposes at sea</title>
        <description>Study says plastic decomposes at sea</description>
        <link>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090820/NEWS11/908209995</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Cape Cod Times</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Plastic Bag Wars Poised to Continue</title>
        <description>Plastic Bag Wars Poised to Continue</description>
        <link>http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/plastic-bag-wars-poised-to-continue/</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">223431</guid>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: NY Times</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>If voters in green Seattle can't pass a fee on disposable grocery bags, can any?</title>
        <description>If voters in green Seattle can't pass a fee on disposable grocery bags, can any?</description>
        <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-seattle-bag-fee,0,4656968.story</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">223407</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Orlando Sentinel</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Kicking the bottle will save you big, water experts say</title>
        <description>Kicking the bottle will save you big, water experts say</description>
        <link>http://www.enterprisenews.com/food/x1886170429/Kicking-the-bottle-will-save-you-big-water-experts-say</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">223338</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Enterprise News</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Seattle voters reject 20-cent grocery bag fee</title>
        <description>Seattle voters reject 20-cent grocery bag fee</description>
        <link>http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/seattle-voters-reject-20-cent-grocery-bag-fee-1.1378095</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">223294</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: LI Newsday</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Study says plastic decomposes at sea</title>
        <description>Study says plastic decomposes at sea</description>
        <link>http://www.newsday.com/study-says-plastic-decomposes-at-sea-1.1379626</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">223291</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: LI Newsday</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Seattle Voters Reject 20-Cent Grocery Bag Fee</title>
        <description>Seattle Voters Reject 20-Cent Grocery Bag Fee</description>
        <link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/19/us/AP-US-Seattle-Election.html?scp=7&amp;q=environment&amp;t=nyt</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: NY Times</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>FDA to reconsider BPA's use in food packaging</title>
        <description>FDA to reconsider BPA's use in food packaging</description>
        <link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/53515392.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Mixed-polymer recycling: The plastic sausage machine</title>
        <description>Mixed-polymer recycling: The plastic sausage machine</description>
        <link>http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/tm/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14255246</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Economist</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>FDA to Rule on Plastics Chemical in Coming Months</title>
        <description>FDA to Rule on Plastics Chemical in Coming Months</description>
        <link>http://www.ombwatch.org/node/10320</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: OMB Watcher</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Seattle voters deciding on 20-cent bag fee</title>
        <description>Seattle voters deciding on 20-cent bag fee</description>
        <link>http://www.newsday.com/seattle-voters-deciding-on-20-cent-bag-fee-1.1376687</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: LI Newsday</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>State bans BPA in plastics</title>
        <description>State bans BPA in plastics</description>
        <link>http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&amp;iew=article&amp;d=34486:state-bans-bpa-in-plastics&amp;atid=1:darien-local-news&amp;itemid=1323</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Hersam Acorn</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Plastic industry tackles bag fee</title>
        <description>Plastic industry tackles bag fee</description>
        <link>http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/53318077.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Philadelphia Inquirer</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Scientists sail off to study plastic trash in the Pacific and ways of recovering it</title>
        <description>Scientists sail off to study plastic trash in the Pacific and ways of recovering it</description>
        <link>http://pubs.acs.org/cen/business/87/8733bus3.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Environmental Science and Technology</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Ruling Lets State Collect Deposits on Bottles</title>
        <description>Ruling Lets State Collect Deposits on Bottles</description>
        <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/15/nyregion/15bottle.html?scp=7&amp;q=environment&amp;t=nyt</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: NY Times</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Fairfield Take Steps To Ban Plastic Bags</title>
        <description>Fairfield Take Steps To Ban Plastic Bags</description>
        <link>http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-web-fairfield-bags-0814aug15,0,6425038.story</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">222886</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Hartford Courant</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Modernizing BPA Standards in Food to Protect Public Health</title>
        <description>Modernizing BPA Standards in Food to Protect Public Health</description>
        <link>http://www.ewg.org/BPA/comment/Modernizing-BPA-Standards-in-Food-to-Protect-Public-Health</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Environmental Working Group</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Bottled water sales see a drought</title>
        <description>Bottled water sales see a drought</description>
        <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/la-fi-water14-2009aug14,0,889953.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Baltimore Sun</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>In war with bottler, it's fold-'em time</title>
        <description>In war with bottler, it's fold-'em time</description>
        <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-lklauren-ritchie-groveland-nia081409aug14,0,3407941.column</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">222770</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Orlando Sentinel</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Plastics soon illegal to dump</title>
        <description>Plastics soon illegal to dump</description>
        <link>http://www.jdnews.com/news/plastic-66586-bottles-north.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Jacksonville Daily News</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Ditch the Bottle? Microbreweries Say Can-Do</title>
        <description>Ditch the Bottle? Microbreweries Say Can-Do</description>
        <link>http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/alissa-walker/designerati/real-can-do-attitude-more-microbreweries-saying-no-bottles</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Fast Company</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle | Obama sips it. Paris Hilton loves it. Mary J. Blige won't sing without it.</title>
        <description>Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle | Obama sips it. Paris Hilton loves it. Mary J. Blige won't sing without it.</description>
        <link>http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/09/fiji-spin-bottle</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Mother Jones</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Luxury firms push &quot;eco-posh&quot; | Handbag-makers to hotels are luring a new kind of luxury consumer.</title>
        <description>Luxury firms push &quot;eco-posh&quot; | Handbag-makers to hotels are luring a new kind of luxury consumer.</description>
        <link>http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/08/12/luxury-firms-push-%e2%80%98eco-posh%e2%80%99/</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">222625</guid>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Christian Science Monitor</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Bottled Water Boom Appears Tapped Out</title>
        <description>Bottled Water Boom Appears Tapped Out</description>
        <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/12/AR2009081203074.html?hpid=moreheadlines</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">222564</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Washington Post</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Another BPA ban OK'd, this one in Schenectady</title>
        <description>Another BPA ban OK'd, this one in Schenectady</description>
        <link>http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=830114&amp;ategory=SCHENECTADY</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Albany Times Union</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Do we really need to ban plastic bags?</title>
        <description>Do we really need to ban plastic bags?</description>
        <link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/11/plastic-bags-welsh-assembly</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">222341</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: UK Guardian</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Debate Over Plastic Bags Heats Up In Seattle</title>
        <description>Debate Over Plastic Bags Heats Up In Seattle</description>
        <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111662657</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: National Public Radio</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Northern pike move into Sebago</title>
        <description>Northern pike move into Sebago</description>
        <link>http://www.sunjournal.com/node/81054</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">222213</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Lewiston Sun Journal</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>How Green Are Reusable Bags?</title>
        <description>How Green Are Reusable Bags?</description>
        <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111672574</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: National Public Radio</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>State issues public health warning on BPA</title>
        <description>State issues public health warning on BPA</description>
        <link>http://www.wickedlocal.com/woburn/news/lifestyle/health/x873439000/State-issues-public-health-warning-on-BPA</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">222088</guid>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Wicked Local</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Plastic bottles reshaping the wine trade</title>
        <description>Plastic bottles reshaping the wine trade</description>
        <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-wine-packaging-0810,0,1989107.story</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">222017</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Baltimore Sun</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Plastics: Green, greener, greenest</title>
        <description>Plastics: Green, greener, greenest</description>
        <link>http://www.mnn.com/the-home/recycling/stories/plastics-green-greener-greenest</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">221984</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Mother Nature Network</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Critters, Coffers and Plastic Bag Laws</title>
        <description>Critters, Coffers and Plastic Bag Laws</description>
        <link>http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/critters-coffers-and-plastic-bag-laws/</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">221957</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: NY Times</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Reduce fetal exposure to BPA and phthalates, experts say</title>
        <description>Reduce fetal exposure to BPA and phthalates, experts say</description>
        <link>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/reduce-fetal-exposure-to-bpa-and-phthalates-experts-say/article1243872/</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">221922</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Toronto Globe and Mail</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Recycling plastic bags can't do enough, ban 'em</title>
        <description>Recycling plastic bags can't do enough, ban 'em</description>
        <link>http://hamptonroads.com/2009/08/recycling-plastic-bags-cant-do-enough-ban-em</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">221885</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Virginian Pilot</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Best Reusable And Fashionable Non-Plastic Bags</title>
        <description>Best Reusable And Fashionable Non-Plastic Bags</description>
        <link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/06/best-reusable-and-fashion_n_248741.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Huffington Post</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>If Isle of Wight can't ban plastic bags, they'll recycle 'em</title>
        <description>If Isle of Wight can't ban plastic bags, they'll recycle 'em</description>
        <link>http://hamptonroads.com/2009/08/if-isle-wight-cant-ban-plastic-bags-theyll-recycle-em</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Virginian Pilot</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>BPA: House Tries To Put Feds On The Spot</title>
        <description>BPA: House Tries To Put Feds On The Spot</description>
        <link>http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/46133/title/Science_%2B_the_Public__BPA_House_tries_to_put_feds_on_the_spot</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Science News</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Voyage to study plastic 'island'</title>
        <description>Voyage to study plastic 'island'</description>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8184397.stm</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: BBC</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>BPA Warning Issued For Children Under 2</title>
        <description>BPA Warning Issued For Children Under 2</description>
        <link>http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/20266372/detail.html</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">221508</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: WCVB-TV</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>State warns on bottles with BPA</title>
        <description>State warns on bottles with BPA</description>
        <link>http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/08/04/massachusetts_issues_warning_on_bpa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Boston Globe</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Congress to FDA: Prove Bisphenol A Safe, or Ban It</title>
        <description>Congress to FDA: Prove Bisphenol A Safe, or Ban It</description>
        <link>http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/bisphenol-a-47080302</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">221346</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Daily Green</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Phthalates may increase risk of preterm births</title>
        <description>Phthalates may increase risk of preterm births</description>
        <link>http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/phthalate-exposure-associated-with-preterm-births/</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">221326</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Environmental Health News</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Markell vetoes the bottle bill; claims more should be done</title>
        <description>Markell vetoes the bottle bill; claims more should be done</description>
        <link>http://www.capegazette.com/storiescurrent/200907/bottlebill31.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Cape Gazette</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Hurt Sea Turtle Gets Plastic Flippers</title>
        <description>Hurt Sea Turtle Gets Plastic Flippers</description>
        <link>http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090803-artificial-turtle-flipper-video-ap.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: National Geographic</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>How bottled water impacts the environment</title>
        <description>How bottled water impacts the environment</description>
        <link>http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/article/21717/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Gainesville Times</category>

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	<item>
        <title>BPA-free story neglects children's health concerns</title>
        <description>BPA-free story neglects children's health concerns</description>
        <link>http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/blog/bpa-free-story-neglects-childrens-health-concerns</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Environmental Health News</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Some BPA-Free Bottles Still Leach Bisphenol A</title>
        <description>Some BPA-Free Bottles Still Leach Bisphenol A</description>
        <link>http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/bisphenol-a-47073002</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Daily Green</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>When BPA-free isn't</title>
        <description>When BPA-free isn't</description>
        <link>http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/46019/title/Science_%2B_the_Public__When_BPA-free_isn%E2%80%99t</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Science News</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Companies should get BPA out of packaging: Groups</title>
        <description>Companies should get BPA out of packaging: Groups</description>
        <link>http://www.canada.com/health/Companies%20should%20packaging/1519284/story.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: National Post</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Anti-water bottle film uncorks in NYC</title>
        <description>Anti-water bottle film uncorks in NYC</description>
        <link>http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090730/FEATURES/907300323/-1/NEWSMAP</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Pocono Record</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>What's in your water?   Pocono Record tests locally available water - tap and bottled - with surprising health-related results</title>
        <description>What's in your water?   Pocono Record tests locally available water - tap and bottled - with surprising health-related results</description>
        <link>http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090730/FEATURES/907300322</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Pocono Record</category>

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        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>'BPA-free' bottles leach chemical: study</title>
        <description>'BPA-free' bottles leach chemical: study</description>
        <link>http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/bpa-free-bottles-leach-chemical-study-52061922.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Winipeg Free Press</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>An Environmental Group's Campaign of Wry Lies Against Bottled Water</title>
        <description>An Environmental Group's Campaign of Wry Lies Against Bottled Water</description>
        <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/business/media/29adco.html?_r=1&amp;cp=3&amp;q=environment&amp;t=nyt</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: NY Times</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Plastic cutlery can be reused</title>
        <description>Plastic cutlery can be reused</description>
        <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/orl-livsaveonfood29072909jul29,0,77207.story</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">220639</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Orlando Sentinel</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Hurricanes and coral bleaching linked to changes in coral recruitment in Tobago</title>
        <description>Hurricanes and coral bleaching linked to changes in coral recruitment in Tobago</description>
        <link>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;udi=B6V7H-4WGK6PC-1&amp;user=10&amp;coverDate=10%2F31%2F2009&amp;rdoc=3&amp;fmt=high&amp;orig=browse&amp;srch=doc-info(%23toc%235843%232009%23999319995%231353056%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&amp;cdi=5843&amp;sort=d&amp;docanchor=&amp;ct=9&amp;acct=C000050221&amp;version=1&amp;urlVersion=0&amp;userid=10&amp;d5=5aa4838108b9c0b16060f7b1585087c4</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Science Direct</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Do disposable-bag fees change people's behavior?</title>
        <description>Do disposable-bag fees change people's behavior?</description>
        <link>http://www.philly.com/philly/business/51791172.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Philadelphia Inquirer</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Can Aluminum Bottles Replace Throwaway Plastic?</title>
        <description>Can Aluminum Bottles Replace Throwaway Plastic?</description>
        <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/25/business/energy-environment/25iht-spot25.html?_r=1&amp;cp=12&amp;q=environment&amp;t=nyt</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: NY Times</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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        <title>Evaluating the Dangers of Bisphenol A in Plastic Baby Bottles</title>
        <description>Evaluating the Dangers of Bisphenol A in Plastic Baby Bottles</description>
        <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/22/AR2009072200915.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Washington Post</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>BPA in Jarred Baby Food!? What Next?</title>
        <description>BPA in Jarred Baby Food!? What Next?</description>
        <link>http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/blogs/organic-parenting/bisphenol-a-baby-food-47072002</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Daily Green</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Desperate Bottled Water Industry Battles Trend Toward Tap</title>
        <description>Desperate Bottled Water Industry Battles Trend Toward Tap</description>
        <link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-kaas-boyle/desperate-bottled-water-i_b_241698.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Huffington Post</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Markell vetoes bid to cork up bottle law</title>
        <description>Markell vetoes bid to cork up bottle law</description>
        <link>http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090721/OPINION11/907210346/1006/NEWS&amp;eferrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: DE News Journal</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>NestlT: Draining America Bottle By Bottle: How NestlT Got Millions and Millions of Dollars From a $230 Permit.</title>
        <description>NestlT: Draining America Bottle By Bottle: How NestlT Got Millions and Millions of Dollars From a $230 Permit.</description>
        <link>http://www.dcbureau.org/20090720190/NRNS-Stories/nestle-draining-america-bottle-by-bottle-how-nestle-got-millions-and-millions-of-dollars-from-a-230-permit.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: DC Bureau</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Sending A City's Garbage Up In Flames</title>
        <description>Sending A City's Garbage Up In Flames</description>
        <link>http://www.environmentreport.org/story.php?story_id=4576</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: The Environment Report</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Keep reusable grocery bags clean</title>
        <description>Keep reusable grocery bags clean</description>
        <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1149351.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Miami Herald</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Let the Baby Have His Bottle?</title>
        <description>Let the Baby Have His Bottle?</description>
        <link>http://www.slate.com/id/2223217/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: The Slate</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Markell to veto bill that would repeal bottle-return law</title>
        <description>Markell to veto bill that would repeal bottle-return law</description>
        <link>http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090720/NEWS/90720025/1006/Markell-to-veto-bill-that-would-repeal-bottle-return-law</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: DE News Journal</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Markell vetoes 'bottle bill'</title>
        <description>Markell vetoes 'bottle bill'</description>
        <link>http://www.sussexcountian.com/news/business/x931240414/Markell-vetoes-bottle-bill</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Sussex Countian</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Bottled Water Makers in the Hot Seat</title>
        <description>Bottled Water Makers in the Hot Seat</description>
        <link>http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/bottled-water-makers-in-the-hot-seat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: NY Times</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>California won't warn public about bisphenol A</title>
        <description>California won't warn public about bisphenol A</description>
        <link>http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/07/bisphenol-a-california.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: LA Times</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Do reusable bags pose health risk? One study seems to think so</title>
        <description>Do reusable bags pose health risk? One study seems to think so</description>
        <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/health/sfl-reusable-bags-071609,0,3320400.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Orlando Sentinel</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Tracking trash - Project aims to raise awareness of how garbage impacts the environment</title>
        <description>Tracking trash - Project aims to raise awareness of how garbage impacts the environment</description>
        <link>http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/trash-0715.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Bottle Bill fate still hanging in balance</title>
        <description>Bottle Bill fate still hanging in balance</description>
        <link>http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090715/NEWS02/907150352</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: DE News Journal</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Plastic bags may be trashed in Fairfield</title>
        <description>Plastic bags may be trashed in Fairfield</description>
        <link>http://www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_12826813</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Connecticut Post</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Bags aid recycling effort</title>
        <description>Bags aid recycling effort</description>
        <link>http://www.thestate.com/breakingbiz/story/863192.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: SC The State</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>We need to reduce our use of plastic bags</title>
        <description>We need to reduce our use of plastic bags</description>
        <link>http://www.newsitem.com/opinion/we_need_to_reduce_our_use_of_plastic_bags</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: News Item</category>

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	<item>
        <title>BPA linked to cell damage in post-menopausal women but not men, younger women</title>
        <description>BPA linked to cell damage in post-menopausal women but not men, younger women</description>
        <link>http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/bpa-linked-to-cell-damage-in-post-menopausal-women-but-not-men-younger-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Environmental Health News</category>

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	<item>
        <title>What to do about those grocery store plastic bags</title>
        <description>What to do about those grocery store plastic bags</description>
        <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/1136163.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Miami Herald</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Bottled water world on tap in film Maine International Film Festival feature looks at down side of packaged liquid</title>
        <description>Bottled water world on tap in film Maine International Film Festival feature looks at down side of packaged liquid</description>
        <link>http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/6590142.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Morning Sentinel</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Movie About Bottled Water Impacts Premieres</title>
        <description>Movie About Bottled Water Impacts Premieres</description>
        <link>http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=106933&amp;atid=2</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: WCSH Portland</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>PAYT bag costs raise questions</title>
        <description>PAYT bag costs raise questions</description>
        <link>http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_191232957.html?keyword=secondarystory</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Gloucester Time</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Is tap water safer than bottled?</title>
        <description>Is tap water safer than bottled?</description>
        <link>http://blogs.consumerreports.org/safety/2009/07/is-tap-water-safer-than-bottled-water.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Consumer Reports</category>

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        <title>Fewer Regulations for Bottled Water Than Tap, GAO Says</title>
        <description>Fewer Regulations for Bottled Water Than Tap, GAO Says</description>
        <link>http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/09/09greenwire-fewer-regulations-for-bottled-water-than-tap-g-33331.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: NY Times</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Health Canada detects BPA in jarred baby food</title>
        <description>Health Canada detects BPA in jarred baby food</description>
        <link>http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090709/bpa_health_090808/20090709</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Canada TV</category>

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	<item>
        <title>What's in your bottled water?</title>
        <description>What's in your bottled water?</description>
        <link>http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/45436/title/Science_%2B_the_Public__What%E2%80%99s_in_your_bottled_water%3F</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Science News</category>

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        <title>Bag this bad habit - To alter behavior, charge a fee and say why it's needed</title>
        <description>Bag this bad habit - To alter behavior, charge a fee and say why it's needed</description>
        <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.bags10jul10,0,5206267.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Baltimore Sun</category>

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        <title>What's In That Bottle? Congress Says Water Unclear</title>
        <description>What's In That Bottle? Congress Says Water Unclear</description>
        <link>http://planetark.org/wen/53707</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Planet Ark</category>

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	<item>
        <title>10 Ways to Reuse Plastic Soda Bottles and Save Up to $3,000+</title>
        <description>10 Ways to Reuse Plastic Soda Bottles and Save Up to $3,000+</description>
        <link>http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/blogs/save-money/reuse-plastic-bottles-460709</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Daily Green</category>

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        <title>A Congressman with a Thirst for Truth: Rep. Bart Stupak vs. Bottled Water</title>
        <description>A Congressman with a Thirst for Truth: Rep. Bart Stupak vs. Bottled Water</description>
        <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/08/AR2009070803602.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Washington Post</category>

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        <title>Report: Regulate bottled water better</title>
        <description>Report: Regulate bottled water better</description>
        <link>http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/friday/health/ny-hswate0912952545jul09,0,2564852.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: LI Newsday</category>

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        <title>House votes to ban plastic bags down party lines...</title>
        <description>House votes to ban plastic bags down party lines...</description>
        <link>http://forums.starnewsonline.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1661088265/m/7861018498/r/7471098498</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Star News</category>

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	<item>
        <title>6 Indictments Against Bottled Water</title>
        <description>6 Indictments Against Bottled Water</description>
        <link>http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/bottled-water-47091001</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Daily Green</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>H2O Researchers: Drink Tap over Bottled</title>
        <description>H2O Researchers: Drink Tap over Bottled</description>
        <link>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/08/health/main5144349.shtml</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: CBS News</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Plastics chemical retards growth, function of adult reproductive cells</title>
        <description>Plastics chemical retards growth, function of adult reproductive cells</description>
        <link>http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-07/uoia-pcr070809.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: EurekAlert</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Stricter labeling urged for bottled water</title>
        <description>Stricter labeling urged for bottled water</description>
        <link>http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ny-uswater0709,0,4747456.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: LI Newsday</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Reports: Bottled water makers should reveal as much about product as tap water suppliers</title>
        <description>Reports: Bottled water makers should reveal as much about product as tap water suppliers</description>
        <link>http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-bottled-water-vs-tap,0,1483579.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: LI Newsday</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Most Bottled Water Brands Don't Disclose Information About Source, Purity and Contaminants</title>
        <description>Most Bottled Water Brands Don't Disclose Information About Source, Purity and Contaminants</description>
        <link>http://www.ewg.org/node/28099</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Environmental Working Group</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Fenty Signs Bag Bill</title>
        <description>Fenty Signs Bag Bill</description>
        <link>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dc/2009/07/fenty_signs_bag_bill.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Voices - Washington Post</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Food packaging leaks BPA, phthalates</title>
        <description>Food packaging leaks BPA, phthalates</description>
        <link>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/food-packaging-leaks-bpa-phthalates/article1208351/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Toronto Globe and Mail</category>

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	<item>
        <title>More evidence that BPA leaches from plastic bottles and into people</title>
        <description>More evidence that BPA leaches from plastic bottles and into people</description>
        <link>http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/more-evidence-bpa-leaches-from-plastic-bottles-into-people</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Environmental Health News</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Plastics ingredients may shrink babies</title>
        <description>Plastics ingredients may shrink babies</description>
        <link>http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/45138/title/Plastics_ingredients_may_shrink_babies</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Science News</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Collingswood widens effort on plastics</title>
        <description>Collingswood widens effort on plastics</description>
        <link>http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20090706/NEWS01/907060336/1006/Collingswood-widens-effort-on-plastics</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Courier Post</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Converting garbage into clean fuel</title>
        <description>Converting garbage into clean fuel</description>
        <link>http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090705/BUSINESS/907050325</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: DE News Journal</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Pawleys Island inventor sells better way to bag</title>
        <description>Pawleys Island inventor sells better way to bag</description>
        <link>http://www.thesunnews.com/news/local/story/965012.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Myrtle Beach Sun News</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Concerns over bisphenol A continue to grow</title>
        <description>Concerns over bisphenol A continue to grow</description>
        <link>http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/45214/title/Concerns_over_bisphenol_A_continue_to_grow</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Science News</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>The environmental toll of plastics</title>
        <description>The environmental toll of plastics</description>
        <link>http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/dangers-of-plastic</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Environmental Health News</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Hannaford offers free totes to encourage bring-your-own-bag</title>
        <description>Hannaford offers free totes to encourage bring-your-own-bag</description>
        <link>http://www.sunjournal.com/node/26173/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Lewiston Sun Journal</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Low Doses of Bisphenol A Promote Human Seminoma Cell Proliferation by Activating PKA and PKG via a Membrane G-ProteinûCoupled Estrogen Receptor</title>
        <description>Low Doses of Bisphenol A Promote Human Seminoma Cell Proliferation by Activating PKA and PKG via a Membrane G-ProteinûCoupled Estrogen Receptor</description>
        <link>http://www.ehponline.org/members/2009/0800367/0800367.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Environmental Health Perspectives</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>House votes to repeal 'bottle bill,' save a nickel</title>
        <description>House votes to repeal 'bottle bill,' save a nickel</description>
        <link>http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090701/NEWS02/907010375</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: DE News Journal</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Real men don't use plastic</title>
        <description>Real men don't use plastic</description>
        <link>http://obsentinel.womacknewspapers.com/articles/2009/07/01/politics/pols184.txt</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Outer Banks Sentinel</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Flaws in the Case Against BPA</title>
        <description>Flaws in the Case Against BPA</description>
        <link>http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/flaws-in-the-case-against-bpa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: NY Times</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
	</item>

	<item>
        <title>Seeking to bag plastic bags</title>
        <description>Seeking to bag plastic bags</description>
        <link>http://www.thedailyreview.com/articles/2009/06/30/editorial/tw_review.20090630.a.pg4.tw30edit_s1.2635600_edi.txt</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Daily Review (PA)</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Perinatal Exposure to Bisphenol A Alters Early Adipogenesis in the Rat</title>
        <description>Perinatal Exposure to Bisphenol A Alters Early Adipogenesis in the Rat</description>
        <link>http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2009/11342/abstract.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Environmental Health Perspectives</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Officials say bottle ban will be hard to police</title>
        <description>Officials say bottle ban will be hard to police</description>
        <link>http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/bottle-ban-will-be-hard-to-police-687155.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Elizabeth City Daily Advance</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>All plastics businesses have been hit by the recession; some will recover better than others</title>
        <description>All plastics businesses have been hit by the recession; some will recover better than others</description>
        <link>http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/87/8725cover.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Environmental Science and Technology</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Reduce usage of plastic bags</title>
        <description>Reduce usage of plastic bags</description>
        <link>http://www.scrantontimes.com/opinion/reduce_usage_of_plastic_bags</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Scranton Times</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Connecticut man gives new meaning to garbage truck with pickup modified to run on wood, waste</title>
        <description>Connecticut man gives new meaning to garbage truck with pickup modified to run on wood, waste</description>
        <link>http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-wood-fueled-truck,0,777670.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: LI Newsday</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Curious About Bisphenol A In Water Coolers</title>
        <description>Curious About Bisphenol A In Water Coolers</description>
        <link>http://wbztv.com/local/bisphenol.A.dangers.2.1060165.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: WBZT-TV</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Going into detox: Governments, consumers and retailers seem to be getting the message that toxins don't belong in our toys, bottles and bath products</title>
        <description>Going into detox: Governments, consumers and retailers seem to be getting the message that toxins don't belong in our toys, bottles and bath products</description>
        <link>http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/todays-paper/Going%20into%20detox/1729827/story.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Ottawa Citizen</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Recycled Plastics Market Begins to Stabilize</title>
        <description>Recycled Plastics Market Begins to Stabilize</description>
        <link>http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/40128</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: ENN</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Exposure to phthalates may be a risk factor for low birth weight in infants</title>
        <description>Exposure to phthalates may be a risk factor for low birth weight in infants</description>
        <link>http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/ehs-etp062209.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: EurekAlert</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Plastiki ship made of bottles to sail Pacific on voyage highlighting the perils of plastic</title>
        <description>Plastiki ship made of bottles to sail Pacific on voyage highlighting the perils of plastic</description>
        <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/sns-ap-us-bottle-ship,0,6918163.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Baltimore Sun</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Ship of plastic bottles to send eco-message</title>
        <description>Ship of plastic bottles to send eco-message</description>
        <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1113835.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Miami Herald</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Chemical Used in Plastics May Affect Newborn Size</title>
        <description>Chemical Used in Plastics May Affect Newborn Size</description>
        <link>http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=628376</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: HealthDay</category>

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	<item>
        <title>N.C. plastic bag ban awaits governor's signature</title>
        <description>N.C. plastic bag ban awaits governor's signature</description>
        <link>http://hamptonroads.com/2009/06/nc-plastic-bag-ban-awaits-governors-signature</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Virginian Pilot</category>

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	<item>
        <title>N.C. analysis - Lawmakers axe plastic bags on coast</title>
        <description>N.C. analysis - Lawmakers axe plastic bags on coast</description>
        <link>http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090621/ARTICLES/906209949/1177?Title=N-C-analysis-Lawmakers-axe-plastic-bags-on-coast</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Wilmington Star News</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Eco-news and discoveries û plastics made by microbes</title>
        <description>Eco-news and discoveries û plastics made by microbes</description>
        <link>http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/06/18/eco-news-and-discoveries-%E2%80%93-plastics-made-by-microbes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Christian Science Monitor</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Make plastic bags inconvenient</title>
        <description>Make plastic bags inconvenient</description>
        <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bal-ed.le.letters211jun21,0,2425180.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Baltimore Sun</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>When Studies Collide: Rethinking the Evidence on BPA</title>
        <description>When Studies Collide: Rethinking the Evidence on BPA</description>
        <link>http://www.newsweek.com/id/202791</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Newsweek</category>

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	<item>
        <title>A Chemical Found in Most Consumer Products May Cause Heart Disease in Women: BPA</title>
        <description>A Chemical Found in Most Consumer Products May Cause Heart Disease in Women: BPA</description>
        <link>http://www.alternet.org/environment/140665/a_chemical_found_in_most_consumer_products_may_cause_heart_disease_in_women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: AlterNet</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Water-quality concerns lead Seminole school district to buy bottled</title>
        <description>Water-quality concerns lead Seminole school district to buy bottled</description>
        <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-locchuluota-walker-school-water062009jun20,0,6713512.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Orlando Sentinel</category>

        <category>topic: 0</category>
        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Lure of Bottled Water May Not Be Health Driven</title>
        <description>Lure of Bottled Water May Not Be Health Driven</description>
        <link>http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=628213</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: HealthDay</category>

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        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>China Reports 66-Percent Drop in Plastic Bag Use</title>
        <description>China Reports 66-Percent Drop in Plastic Bag Use</description>
        <link>http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6167</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: WorldWatch Institute</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Education, not fee, is the answer for shopping bags</title>
        <description>Education, not fee, is the answer for shopping bags</description>
        <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bal-ed.le.letters190jun19,0,5570921.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Baltimore Sun</category>

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        <category>region: 0</category>
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	<item>
        <title>Bag tax is the only way to change behavior</title>
        <description>Bag tax is the only way to change behavior</description>
        <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bal-ed.le.letters191jun19,0,5964138.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Baltimore Sun</category>

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	<item>
        <title>N.C. House OKs plastic bag ban on Outer Banks</title>
        <description>N.C. House OKs plastic bag ban on Outer Banks</description>
        <link>http://hamptonroads.com/2009/06/nc-house-oks-plastic-bag-ban-outer-banks</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Virginian Pilot</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Garbage in, garbage out - We are the only species that overconsumes ù and the only one with a trash problem</title>
        <description>Garbage in, garbage out - We are the only species that overconsumes ù and the only one with a trash problem</description>
        <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.trash19jun19,0,2728620.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Baltimore Sun</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Forget Lightning. How Do We Catch Sunshine in a Bottle?</title>
        <description>Forget Lightning. How Do We Catch Sunshine in a Bottle?</description>
        <link>http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jun/18-forget-lightning-how-do-we-catch-sunshine-in-a-bottle</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Discover Magazine</category>

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        <title>American Chemistry Council Responds to Health Canada's Proposed Phthalates Restrictions</title>
        <description>American Chemistry Council Responds to Health Canada's Proposed Phthalates Restrictions</description>
        <link>http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=ind_focus.story&amp;TORY=/www/story/06-19-2009/0005047100&amp;DATE=</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: PR Newswire</category>

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        <title>Trash bag leads to death for whale, nursing calf</title>
        <description>Trash bag leads to death for whale, nursing calf</description>
        <link>http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/jun/19/trash_bag_leads_death_whale_nursing_calf86549/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Post and courier</category>

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        <title>Philadelphia Council rejects plastic-bag ban</title>
        <description>Philadelphia Council rejects plastic-bag ban</description>
        <link>http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/48591972.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Philadelphia Inquirer</category>

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        <title>NC House OKs plastic bag ban on Outer Banks</title>
        <description>NC House OKs plastic bag ban on Outer Banks</description>
        <link>http://www.thesunnews.com/564/story/944558.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Myrtle Beach Sun News</category>

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        <title>Endocrine Society Unveils First-Ever Scientific Statement</title>
        <description>Endocrine Society Unveils First-Ever Scientific Statement</description>
        <link>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/154462.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Medical News Today</category>

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        <title>Washington, D.C., Passes Bill to Reduce Plastic Bag Trash in Anacostia River</title>
        <description>Washington, D.C., Passes Bill to Reduce Plastic Bag Trash in Anacostia River</description>
        <link>http://www.chesapeakebay.net/news_dcbagbill09.aspx?menuitem=36810</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Chesapeake Bay Program</category>

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	<item>
        <title>No death by Bisphenol A</title>
        <description>No death by Bisphenol A</description>
        <link>http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=cd7425d1-0501-40f7-a885-9910cd654a32</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: National Post</category>

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        <title>The Pacific isn't the only ocean collecting plastic trash</title>
        <description>The Pacific isn't the only ocean collecting plastic trash</description>
        <link>http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/06/18/the-pacific-isnt-the-only-ocean-collecting-plastic-trash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Christian Science Monitor</category>

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        <title>Eco-news and discoveries - plastics made by microbes</title>
        <description>Eco-news and discoveries - plastics made by microbes</description>
        <link>http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/06/18/eco-news-and-discoveries-%e2%80%93-plastics-made-by-microbes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Christian Science Monitor</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Fee for plastic bags proposed, decried</title>
        <description>Fee for plastic bags proposed, decried</description>
        <link>http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/green/2009/06/fee_for_plastic_bags_decried.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Baltimore Sun</category>

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        <title>25ó fee for most plastic, paper bags opposed</title>
        <description>25ó fee for most plastic, paper bags opposed</description>
        <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-md.plasticbags17jun17,0,256796.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Baltimore Sun</category>

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        <title>Bangor protest targets unsafe baby products, chemical bisphenol-A</title>
        <description>Bangor protest targets unsafe baby products, chemical bisphenol-A</description>
        <link>http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/108571.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Bangor Daily News</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Disposable Bag Fee Gets Swift Final Approval</title>
        <description>Disposable Bag Fee Gets Swift Final Approval</description>
        <link>http://dcist.com/2009/06/disposable_bag_fee_gets_swift_2nd_a.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: DCist</category>

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	<item>
        <title>AG goes after opponents of bottle regulation</title>
        <description>AG goes after opponents of bottle regulation</description>
        <link>http://theday.com/re.aspx?re=be31d5c0-eed3-4d66-ab06-ebf11cf128cd</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: New London Day</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Court asked to modify decision -- Delaying state's bottle law until 2010 too costly, attorney general says</title>
        <description>Court asked to modify decision -- Delaying state's bottle law until 2010 too costly, attorney general says</description>
        <link>http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=810553&amp;ategory=STATE</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Albany Times Union</category>

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	<item>
        <title>E-Mails From the Great Pacific Garbage Patch</title>
        <description>E-Mails From the Great Pacific Garbage Patch</description>
        <link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurie-david/e-mails-from-the-great-pa_b_215456.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Huffington Post</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Teen Decomposes Plastic Bag in Three Months</title>
        <description>Teen Decomposes Plastic Bag in Three Months</description>
        <link>http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/05/teen-decomposes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Wired</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Plastic bag's legal turf may be thin</title>
        <description>Plastic bag's legal turf may be thin</description>
        <link>http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1696140</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: National Post</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Plastic makers oppose bag ban in three counties</title>
        <description>Plastic makers oppose bag ban in three counties</description>
        <link>http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/plastic-makers-oppose-bag-ban-in-three-counties-661523.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Elizabeth City Daily Advance</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Water bottles blasted - More studies cite BPA harm</title>
        <description>Water bottles blasted - More studies cite BPA harm</description>
        <link>http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2009_06_14_Water_bottles_blasted:_More_studies_cite_BPA_harm/srvc=home&amp;osition=also</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Boston Herald</category>

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	<item>
        <title>For better bottle bill</title>
        <description>For better bottle bill</description>
        <link>http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2009/06/13/for_better_bottle_bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Boston Globe</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Eco-friendly dry cleaning? It's in the bag</title>
        <description>Eco-friendly dry cleaning? It's in the bag</description>
        <link>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/style/eco-friendly-dry-cleaning-its-in-the-bag/article1179984/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Toronto Globe and Mail</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Bottle bill on hold in NYS while NYC art exhibit depicts water bottle pollution</title>
        <description>Bottle bill on hold in NYS while NYC art exhibit depicts water bottle pollution</description>
        <link>http://www.examiner.com/x-7963-NY-Hamptons-Community-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Bottle-bill-on-hold-in-NYS-while-NYC-art-exhibit-depicts-water-bottle-pollution</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Examiner</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Activists call for state to put lid on bottled water</title>
        <description>Activists call for state to put lid on bottled water</description>
        <link>http://www.projo.com/news/content/BOTTLED_WATER_06-12-09_FCEMMQU_v11.3db4559.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Providence Journal</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Today's electronics, tomorrow's garbage heap</title>
        <description>Today's electronics, tomorrow's garbage heap</description>
        <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bal-to.ecycle12jun12,0,1945565.story</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Baltimore Sun</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Paper or Plastic? A New Look at the Bag Scourge</title>
        <description>Paper or Plastic? A New Look at the Bag Scourge</description>
        <link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124473522987806581.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Wall Street Journal</category>

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	<item>
        <title>BPA exposure may be higher than safe dose</title>
        <description>BPA exposure may be higher than safe dose</description>
        <link>http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/06/11/BPA-exposure-may-be-higher-than-safe-dose/UPI-41701244768051/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: United Press International</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Hormone Experts Worried About Plastics, Chemicals</title>
        <description>Hormone Experts Worried About Plastics, Chemicals</description>
        <link>http://planetark.org/wen/53333</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Planet Ark</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Hormone experts worried about plastics, chemicals</title>
        <description>Hormone experts worried about plastics, chemicals</description>
        <link>http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE55A0JK20090611</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Reuters</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Medical group calls for reducing use of BPA</title>
        <description>Medical group calls for reducing use of BPA</description>
        <link>http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-06-10-BPAstudy_N.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: USA Today</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Chemical in baby bottles 'raises risk of heart disease'</title>
        <description>Chemical in baby bottles 'raises risk of heart disease'</description>
        <link>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1192238/Chemical-baby-bottles-raises-risk-heart-disease.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: UK Daily Mail</category>

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	<item>
        <title>More troubling news about BPA</title>
        <description>More troubling news about BPA</description>
        <link>http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/44577/title/More_troubling_news_about_BPA</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Science News</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Deadliest Catch for Wildlife? Cigarette Butts and Plastic Bags</title>
        <description>Deadliest Catch for Wildlife? Cigarette Butts and Plastic Bags</description>
        <link>http://cbf.typepad.com/bay_daily/2009/06/put-this-in-your-pipe-and-smoke-it-new-research-suggests-that-discarded-cigarette-butts-can-kill-fishthe-non-biodegradable.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Bay Daily - CBF</category>

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	<item>
        <title>City Council drops plastic-bag fee in favor of a ban</title>
        <description>City Council drops plastic-bag fee in favor of a ban</description>
        <link>http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/47754837.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Philadelphia Inquirer</category>

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        <title>EWG Calls on Coca-Cola to Protect Customers from BPA | Coca-Cola Rep Discussed &quot;Fear Tactics&quot; to Save BPA at Infamous &quot;Cosmos Club&quot; Confab</title>
        <description>EWG Calls on Coca-Cola to Protect Customers from BPA | Coca-Cola Rep Discussed &quot;Fear Tactics&quot; to Save BPA at Infamous &quot;Cosmos Club&quot; Confab</description>
        <link>http://www.ewg.org/node/28009</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Environmental Working Group</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Garbage Man | Was I wrong to recycle the junk-mail envelopes with plastic windows? WonÆt the &quot;Two Buck Chuck&quot; bottle just shatter? A guided tour of trash heaven</title>
        <description>Garbage Man | Was I wrong to recycle the junk-mail envelopes with plastic windows? WonÆt the &quot;Two Buck Chuck&quot; bottle just shatter? A guided tour of trash heaven</description>
        <link>http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2009/06/garbage-man</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Mother Jones</category>

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        <title>Bill would ban BPA in baby products</title>
        <description>Bill would ban BPA in baby products</description>
        <link>http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/47482847.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</category>

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        <title>Bisphenol A exposure increases risk of abnormal heart rhythms in female rodents</title>
        <description>Bisphenol A exposure increases risk of abnormal heart rhythms in female rodents</description>
        <link>http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/tes-bae_1060909.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: EurekAlert</category>

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	<item>
        <title>Bisphenol A exposure in pregnant mice permanently changes DNA of offspring</title>
        <description>Bisphenol A exposure in pregnant mice permanently changes DNA of offspring</description>
        <link>http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/tes-bae060909.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: EurekAlert</category>

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        <title>NC senator's bid to ban plastic bags rallies foes</title>
        <description>NC senator's bid to ban plastic bags rallies foes</description>
        <link>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/232/story/772134.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Charlotte Observer</category>

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        <title>Council Fee For Plastic Bags Out, Total Ban In?</title>
        <description>Council Fee For Plastic Bags Out, Total Ban In?</description>
        <link>http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/cityhall/47518012.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Philadelphia Inquirer</category>

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        <title>Scientists seek answers about plastics in oceans</title>
        <description>Scientists seek answers about plastics in oceans</description>
        <link>http://www.thestate.com/166/story/820495.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: SC The State</category>

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        <title>Just One Word: Bioplastics</title>
        <description>Just One Word: Bioplastics</description>
        <link>http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20090513/just-one-word-bioplastics</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Metropolis Magazine</category>

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        <title>Plastics, cigarettes, food packaging littering the world's oceans</title>
        <description>Plastics, cigarettes, food packaging littering the world's oceans</description>
        <link>http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2009/06/plastics-cigarettes-food-packaging-littering-the-worlds-oceans.html</link>
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        <title>Poor economy cuts out-of-state garbage in Va.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Virginian Pilot</category>

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        <title>Report: Danger in reusable fabric shopping bags</title>
        <description>Report: Danger in reusable fabric shopping bags</description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: LI Newsday</category>

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        <title>Menaces to oceans: CO2, plastic bags, overfishing</title>
        <description>Menaces to oceans: CO2, plastic bags, overfishing</description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Planet Ark</category>

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        <title>Decrease in Virginia garbage attributed to poor economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Virginian Pilot</category>

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        <title>U.N. environment chief urges global ban on plastic bags</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Miami Herald</category>

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        <title>Bottle vs tap grudge match hots up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Business Times</category>

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        <title>Defending BPA</title>
        <description>Defending BPA</description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: NPR Living on Earth</category>

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        <title>Garbage in, compost out</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Myrtle Beach Sun News</category>

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        <title>Connecticut first state to ban BPA</title>
        <description>Connecticut first state to ban BPA</description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: The Hour</category>

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        <title>Bisphenol A: The Goods on a Bad Plastic</title>
        <description>Bisphenol A: The Goods on a Bad Plastic</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Huffington Post</category>

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        <title>Battle over the baby bottle: Should containers with bisphenol A be banned?</title>
        <description>Battle over the baby bottle: Should containers with bisphenol A be banned?</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Christian Science Monitor</category>

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        <title>On Legislation to Ban Bisphenol A</title>
        <description>On Legislation to Ban Bisphenol A</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: San Francisco Chronicle</category>

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        <title>State's new bottle bill turns thoughts to other recycling efforts</title>
        <description>State's new bottle bill turns thoughts to other recycling efforts</description>
        <link>http://www.lohud.com/article/20090605/NEWS02/906050349/1025/NEWS09/State+s+new+bottle+bill+turns+thoughts+to+other+recycling+efforts</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: The Journal News</category>

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        <title>Connecticut bans bisphenol-A</title>
        <description>Connecticut bans bisphenol-A</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</category>

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        <title>Maine Moms Demand End to Toxic Chemical BPA on Store Shelves</title>
        <description>Maine Moms Demand End to Toxic Chemical BPA on Store Shelves</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Natural Resources Council of Maine</category>

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        <title>Coke and Del Monte plot to deceive mothers &amp;minorities about dangers of BPA</title>
        <description>Coke and Del Monte plot to deceive mothers &amp;minorities about dangers of BPA</description>
        <link>http://www.ewg.org/bpa/BPA-industry-plans-fear-tactics-to-save-toxic-chemical</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Environmental Working Group</category>

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        <title>Legislation Regulating Plastic Bags Takes A Step Backwards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Philadelphia Inquirer</category>

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        <title>Local designer has eco-friendly fashion in the bag</title>
        <description>Local designer has eco-friendly fashion in the bag</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Patriot News</category>

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        <title>Judge delays NY water bottle deposits until April</title>
        <description>Judge delays NY water bottle deposits until April</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: LI Newsday</category>

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        <title>New York State Ordered to Delay Deposits on Water Bottles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: NY Times</category>

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        <title>Phthalates may soften, weaken bones.</title>
        <description>Phthalates may soften, weaken bones.</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Environmental Health News</category>

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        <title>Conn. bill to charge for bags dies in Legislature</title>
        <description>Conn. bill to charge for bags dies in Legislature</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Connecticut Post</category>

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        <title>Review sought for chemical in baby bottles</title>
        <description>Review sought for chemical in baby bottles</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: DE News Journal</category>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</category>

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        <title>FDA reviewing decision on safety of BPA</title>
        <description>FDA reviewing decision on safety of BPA</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: AP - Google</category>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
		<category>source: LA Times</category>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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