Last year, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs decided that the link between air-borne dioxin (an ingredient in Agent Orange, and also a common air-borne pollutant emitted by waste incineration, some chemical manufacturing processes, cars and trucks, and other industrial sources that burn fuel) and diabetes was so strong, it compensated 270, 000 veterans for diabetes linked to dioxin exposure.

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The "Jetpod" is an air-borne taxi that is quiet and environmentally friendly.

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It's important to remember that around half of the 25 billion tons of air-borne CO2 emissions humans produce each year also gets absorbed by the oceans.

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"We would put up our firefighting response against any airport in the country, as borne out by repeated citations in National Air Traffic Safety Board reports, " Port Authority PBA President Paul Nunziato said in a statement.

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