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FDA: No Benzene Danger in Soft Drinks

The FDA says that there is no health risk from benzene levels in soft drinks, based on an FDA survey of more than 100 soft drinks and other beverages. “The vast majority of the products we were looking at had very, very low or not detectable levels of benzene, but …

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Game Geeks Shocked by PlayStation 3 Price

LOS ANGELES – The buzz at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo usually surrounds the latest new video games. This year, the hot topic isn’t a sneak peek at “Halo 3” or “Metal Gear Solid 4” but a price tag — namely, the $499 and $599 Sony Corp. (SNE) said it …

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Thawing River Releases More Pollution in Russian Far East

MOSCOW – Thawing river ice months after a Chinese toxic spill has released a “second wave” of pollution into waterways near a major Russian Far Eastern city, experts said Sunday. Residents in settlements up the Amur River from the city of Khabarovsk, population 580,000, have already started noticing a strong …

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