Chemistry doesn't bite, it's friendly

Submitted on 31 January 2011 - 7:44pm

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2011 is the International Chemistry Year. Puerto Rico will begin to celebrate this month with the "Science Cafe", a series of seminars on the strong links between chemistry and our everyday lives. The chemistry festivities will reach their height later this year when Puerto Rico hosts the 43rd World Congress of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) from July 30 to August 7. This event will have the participation of seven Nobel Prize winners.

Scientific cafe in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 30 January 2011 - 11:16pm

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Updated Mortality Rates in Puerto Rico are Revealed

Submitted on 20 January 2011 - 4:20pm

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The Department of Health and the Institute of Statistics revealed the updated mortality rates in Puerto Rico, dating from 2000 to 2008.

Puerto Rico provides perfect conditions for asthma

Submitted on 18 January 2011 - 2:48pm

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Puerto Rico's geographic location, climate and weather patterns provide an ideal scenario for asthma to be one of the main public health problems in the Island.

Endangered bird seen at the Northeastern Corridor

Submitted on 18 January 2011 - 2:20pm

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A group of bird watchers and members of the Northeastern Corridor Coalition spotted the piping plover ("Charadrius melodus") in this threatened natural reserve, highlighting the importance of protecting the area. The piping plover is on the list of critically endangered species.

New coral reefs at the southwest area of Puerto Rico uncovered

Submitted on 6 January 2011 - 12:34pm

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They found an extensive and diverse ecosystem between 100 and 500 feet

Puerto Rico baffled by high asthma rate

Submitted on 6 January 2011 - 12:27am

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Puerto Rico has a per capita incidence of asthma among the highest in the world, and children are nearly 300 percent more likely to have the respiratory ailment than white non-Hispanic children in the continental United States.

Vía Verde pipeline plan faces federal hurdles

Submitted on 6 January 2011 - 12:25am

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Carl Axel Soderberg, the EPA’s top official in the Puerto Rico and Caribbean region, said in a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers this month that the Vía Verde plan as drawn up does not comply with the federal Clean Water Act and is lacking adequate mitigation for environmental damages.