ammonia

Britain is shutting down its last remaining ammonia production plant. For the first time in a century this country will become entirely dependent on nitrogen fertiliser imported from abroad, says Ed Conway in the Times.
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Farmers are under pressure to downsize or relocate their farms, or quit, over nitrogen reduction targets set by the government. Politicians are pitting the public against farmers by placing limits on new homes, infrastructure building and energy projects until farmers cut nitrogen emissions.

Big Tobacco companies like Phillip Morris STILL have to make public statements about smoking’s harmful effects. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler said so in an 11-page court decision.  She also slammed the industry’s fraudulent tactics to promote smoking and called the companies’ request to rewrite the public disclosures “ridiculous.”

Is there a link between soda pop consumption and obesity? Sure there is, but that’s just the beginning of the story. If the threat of obesity isn’t enough to make you put down that Coke or Pepsi, here are 6 other health threats you might want to consider.