United Kingdom had its wettest April in over a century

Amy SilversteinApril 30, 2012 13:24

Previous studies have linked global warming with extreme rain.

Six Flags Magic Mountain accused of polluting river

Amy SilversteinApril 26, 2012 11:39

"Our investigation revealed that their discharges were polluting the Santa Clara River much more severely than we could have imagined,"

Amy SilversteinApril 18, 2012 15:03

Fisherman say that the BP oil spill has caused an enormous amount of deformities in seafood, including eyeless shrimp.

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Fresh fish is displayed for sale at Auckland's Fish Market in New Zealand. (Phil Walter/AFP/Getty Images)

The United States Food and Drug Administration announced last year that seafood from the Gulf Coast was perfectly safe to eat.

Amy SilversteinApril 17, 2012 12:13

Traffic pollution causes 5,000 premature deaths in the UK each year.

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Motorists sit stuck in the morning gridlock at one of Jakarta's main roads on September 22, 2010. (Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images)

If you have a fear of flying, people often reassure you that driving a car is much more dangerous than riding on an airplane.

But it turns out that breathing in air from cars and airplanes is yet even worse.

Traffic pollution is twice as deadly as traffic accidents in the United Kingdom, a new study has found.