Dolphin Shortage Sparks Alarm Over Tuna Fishing Practices
San Francisco activist Stan Minasian founded the Save the Dolphin League to urge public awareness. He has pressed the government to release a Marine Fisheries Service film on dolphin deaths, waged a legal fight, and cites the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 as a constraint on dolphin bycatch amid limited industry progress. Sierra Club plans a boycott of light meat tuna until dolphin bycatch is cut significantly.
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Smallpox Near Wiped Out Says Health Institute
The Health Insurance News reports smallpox may be eradicated soon, possibly this year. WHO credits international cooperation including the United States and Sweden. US officials note no cases in the United States for 25 years.
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Fluorescent lighting boosts crop yields at Missouri field tests
Agronomists at the University of Missouri Columbia report double and even triple yields using fluorescent lights along and beneath plant rows. Dr. E R Graham says field adoption costs about 14 000 dollars per acre, but lighting raises photosynthetic rate guiding irrigation and forecasting crop production.
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