So scientists are studying the environment around tumors in order to invent drugs that will halt their spread.

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"I think in the 1970s, environmental protection was driven by people who believed in strong advocacy and focused political pressure, " said Paul Portney, economist and president of Resources for the Future, a nonpartisan institute studying the environment.

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Her work will focus on studying the fate of toxic and radioactive materials in the environment.

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An international team of researchers and scientists has been studying the impacts of the oil spill on the region's people and environment.

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As a student in Singapore studying engineering, Vivek decided to combine his interest in nanotechnology with his passion for the environment to attempt to turn carbon emissions from industrial plants and automobiles into carbon nanotubes, which are used for composites, nano-electronics, optics, energy storage, and other science applications.

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The new study promises to help investigators studying the health of Arctic peoples by providing a detailed record of heavy metal input to the environment over time.

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