China is shutting down a pair of smelting plants suspected of sickening several thousand children with lead poisoning, according to state-run media. At least 851 children living near a plant in northwestern China’s Shaanxi province were found to have excessive lead levels in their blood, according to the Xinhua news agency.
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Glaciers a canary in the coal mine of global warming
U.S. scientists monitoring shrinking glaciers in Washington State and Alaska reported this week that a major meltdown is under way.