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Do tiny quantities of drugs in drinking water pose a threat to human health?

By Chris Lydgate /
Pamplin Media Group
Thu, Jun 12, 2008, Updated Jun 12, 2008

One of the most unpalatable environmental stories of the year landed with an alarming splash in March, when The Associated Press reported that water supplies across America are contaminated by trace amounts of pharmaceuticals. Drugs detected in tap water range from mood stabilizers in Southern California to anticonvulsants in …

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Go with the flow at Tualatin refuge

Excursions • ‘Piece of preserved paradise’ offers plenty of hikes and fowl play

By Kelly Moyer /
Pamplin Media Group
Thu, Jun 12, 2008

When visiting the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, remember to meander and take things slow. Do otherwise and your visit will simply be a …

Healthy ambitions

Medical school wants Schnitzer campus to be the greenest in the nation

By Jim Redden /
Pamplin Media Group
Thu, Jun 12, 2008
Updated Jun 13, 2008

The Oregon Health & Science University has set some lofty goals for the satellite campus it is planning along the west bank of the Willamette …

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How to save the planet with a clothesline

Book offers seven cool tips to fight global warming

By Audrey Van Buskirk /
Pamplin Media Group
Thu, Jun 12, 2008

The premise of “Seven Wonders for a Cool Planet” reminds me of a game I used to play as a teenager. Lying on our backs while staring at …

Dilemmas: Cats vs. dogs

By ERIC BARTELS /
Pamplin Media Group
Thu, Jun 12, 2008

Pet lovers, by and large, are the kind of people who care about their environment. Anyone kindhearted enough to take responsibility for an animal …

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Gym rats achieve a ‘glow’

New Alberta facility will harness human hamsters for power

By Anne Marie DiStefano /
Pamplin Media Group
Thu, Jun 12, 2008

The human-powered gym is an idea is so transcendentally brilliant, you’ve probably thought of it yourself. “Probably 50 percent of the …

Farmers Markets

The Portland Tribune
Thu, Jun 12, 2008

PORTLAND Hillsdale Farmers Market • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays April 27-Oct. 26 Wilson High School parking lot, Southwest Sunset …

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