Sugar Editorial Picks
Feb 26, 2009 -
Academy Award-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen are taking on the oxymoron that is "clean coal." The brothers directed the spot for the Reality Campaign to "call out the coal industry on their dirty lies." The group wants to spread the message that "clean" coal is like a healthy cigarette, while also pointing out that no clean coal plant actually exists in the US.
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Sep 25, 2008 -
At the fourth annual Clinton Global Initiative kicked off yesterday in New York City, Al Gore made a perhaps inconvenient call to action: civil disobedience. Gore, surrounded by Queen Raina, Clinton, and Bono painted a grim planetary picture:This is a rout. We are losing badly.
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Jun 05, 2008 -
Did you think I forgot to watch the season premiere of 30 Days, with all of Tuesday's Democratic nomination wrap up, and the accompanying speech mania? Well, don't worry, because even though this recap is a day late, I still caught the episode which had filmmaker Morgan Spurlock working under the earth's surface for 30 days as a West Virginian coal miner.
Morgan spent his 30 days living with 35-year veteran miner Dale Lusk and his wife Sandy.
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May 08, 2008 -
A new study claims that clean air may actually be worsening the drought in the Amazon rainforest — a region whose well being impacts the entire world's climate.
The scientists found that sun-reflective sulfate aerosols, released by coal-burning power plants, bounce light back to the sun, preventing it from hitting the Earth. Add a bunch of scientific mumbo-jumbo, and eventually the buffering impact of a concentrated amount of sulfates from the 1970s and 80s led to more rain in the Amazon.
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Other Search Results
Sep 04, 2008 -
Overview
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- When This Medicine Should Not Be Used
- How to Use This Medicine
- How to Store and Dispose of This Medicine
- Drugs and Foods to Avoid
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HEALTH GUIDE REFERENCE FROM A.D.A.M
Introduction
Coal Tar (kole tar)
Relieves drying, itching, flaking, scaling, or irritation of the skin caused by psoriasis or seborrheic dermatitis.
Brand Name(s)
Neutrogena T/Gel, Neutrogena T/Gel Extra Strength, Fototar, DHS Tar, DHS Targel, Tera Gel, Doak Tar Shampoo, Reme-T, Ionil-T, MG 217 Medicated Tar, Duplex T, Betatar Gel, Ionil-T Plus, Polytar, Polytar Soap
There may be other brand names for this medicine.
When This Medicine Should Not Be Used
You should not use this medicine if you have had an allergic reaction to coal tar.
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Jul 28, 2008 -
Each year the Remote Area Medical clinic provides free healthcare services to residents of Appalachia's coal mining counties, but people from as far as Indiana travel there for care. This region of the Eastern US is one of the nation's most impoverished, and this clinic-on-wheels wants to help the under- and uninsured.
Some of the 2,500 patients spend the night in their cars, hoping to see one of the 1,400 volunteer medical personnel.
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Sep 03, 2008 -
Overview
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- Causes, incidence, and risk factors
- Symptoms
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- Complications
- Calling your health care provider
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Lungs
Coal worker's lungs - chest X-ray
Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II
Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II #2
Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated
Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated #2
Respiratory system
HEALTH GUIDE REFERENCE FROM A.D.A.M
Definition
Coal worker's pneumoconiosis is a lung disease caused by breathing in dust from coal, graphite, or man-made carbon for a long time.
Alternative Names
Black lung disease; Pneumoconiosis; Anthrosilicosis
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Coal worker's pneumoconiosis occurs in 2 forms: simple and complicated (progressive massive fibrosis, or PMF).
Your risk of developing the disease depends on how long you have been around the coal dust.
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Sep 04, 2008 -
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This picture shows complicated coal workers pneumoconiosis. There are diffuse, massive light areas that run together in the upper and middle parts of both lungs. These are superimposed on a background of small and poorly distinguishable light areas that are diffuse and located in both lungs.
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Sep 04, 2008 -
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This picture shows complicated coal workers pneumoconiosis. There are diffuse, small, light areas (3 to 5 mm) in all areas on both sides of the lungs. There are large light areas which run together with poorly defined borders in the upper areas on both sides of the lungs.
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