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Study by Laval University in Quebec City found six brands tested had germs

The FDA issued a ban on the over-the-counter Primatene Mist Asthma inhaler because of its damaging effects on the environment. Debbye Turner Bell reports.

Canadian researchers found that bacteria thrive on unused paper towels. Debbye Turner Bell reports

Researchers say even unused towels are culprits, and ones made from recycled paper are worst; No illnesses linked to them

Troops' increasing use of herbal mix called "Spice," which mimics marijuana high, raises concerns among Pentagon brass

Expert says shoes are the best place to put the tech to help locate people with the disease who wander

Two doctors arrested, accused of performing late-term abortions, including one in which woman was critically injured

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Dear EarthTalk : Is it true that gas furnaces cost less to run and burn cleaner than their oil counterparts? If I make the switch, how long should I expect it to take for me to pay back my initial investment? And are there any greener options I should consider?

Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the new book Coffee Is Good for You: From Vitamin C and Organic Foods to Low-Carb and Detox Diets, the Truth About Diet and Nutrition Claims (Perigee, 2012), by Robert J.

My picks for the most astounding animal videos of 2011 take us on a journey around the globe. They depict diverse animals in natural habitats living their everyday lives – and they are simply stunning.

A view from the ESWI meeting in Malta, where Ron Fouchier first described the contagious H5N1 strain. Katherine Harmon A controversy over whether the U.S. government should allow details of a deadly new flu strain to be published in scientific journals has recently caught fire in the media

Dr. Holly Phillips has tip to help prevent them - or treat them if you get one

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland has generated a lot of news of late, e.g. the announcement that a team had found what it believes to be a particle that traveled faster than he speed of light, an actual new particle, and of course the seemingly never-ending storyline associated with the hopeful discovery of the elusive Higgs Boson, now a physicist not associated with the project, has built a scale model replica of the ATLAS experiment; a particle detector that will likely serve as ground zero should the so-called “god particle” ever be observed.

A pair of NASA spacecraft is getting set to orbit the moon this weekend, a move that will kick off the probes' effort to study Earth's nearest neighbor from crust to core. [More]