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Pesticide Lobby Spends Millions To Defend Chemicals Tied To Bee Deaths

Huffington Post (blog)
added Apr 4, 2013 13:30
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[Mexico] Birds use cigarette butts to line nests, St Andrews University study finds

BBC Online
added Dec 5, 2012 19:13
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[UK] Dogs sniff out fake cigarettes

SNIFFER dogs have been brought in to tackle counterfeit cigarettes in Notts. . . . The dogs discovered fake cigarettes hidden inside two vacuum cleaners at a shop during raids by Notts Trading Standards and HM Revenue and Customs this week.
This is Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) (uk)
added Nov 25, 2012 14:09
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[UK] 'Pet Smokers' poster warning

The school of veterinary medicine at the University of Glasgow – together with the NHS for Ayrshire and Arran – is working to produce a series of posters that aim to educate people about the issues that could potentially arise from pets breathing in seco
Minuteman Press International, Inc.
added Nov 9, 2012 12:06
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PETA to FDA: Don't Let More Animals Suffer and Die for Tobacco Products

Agency Poised to Finalize Its Guidance to Companies on Tobacco Testing
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
added Jun 8, 2012 17:19
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[UK] Sniffer dog helps to find 30,000 illicit cigarettes at three shops in Ilkeston

TENS of thousands of illicit cigarettes have been sniffed out by a police dog in three Ilkeston shops. Counterfeit tobacco was hidden inside wooden steps, the bottom of a drinks refrigerator and within security door panels.
This is Derbyshire (Derby Evening Telegraph) (uk)
added May 15, 2013 09:33
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[Virginia] The buzz around bee health

blaming is a type of insecticide that is a nicotine derivative called neonicotinoids. "In simplistic terms, the way it works, I believe it messes with pest's nervous systems. Kind of like if we took a huge dose of a nicotine derivative," Martinez explain
Staunton (VA) Daily News Leader
added Apr 4, 2013 13:41
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[Romania] National Customers Authority has eight new tobacco sniffer dogs

Eight sniffer dogs, recently trained at the Giurgiu Training Center in a program meant to help combat the smuggling of tobacco products, are now working for the National Customs Authority.
Business Review (ro)
added Jul 31, 2012 12:54
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[UK] Mary Beith, the journalist who broke the 'smoking beagles' story

The People picture of smoking dogs that shocked the nation in 1975
The Guardian (uk)
added May 20, 2012 11:47
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Animals that self-medicate: No booze but some cigarettes

For example, the authors note, “a recent study has suggested that house sparrows and finches add high-nicotine cigarette butts to their nests to reduce mite infestations.”
Los Angeles Times
added Apr 12, 2013 13:17
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