Horse owners are encouraged to eliminate mosquito breeding sites around their animals by putting mosquito fish in horse troughs, unused swimming pools, ponds and fountains. The government coalition, which includes San Francisco, Oakland and several counties, believes the companies should pay for removing paint that is hazardous to children. City joins suit over lead-based paint San Diego has joined a growing list of governments suing the country's largest paint companies for selling...

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The reputation of one of Britain's top scientists came under fire yesterday when it emerged he had been secretly paid by chemical companies while investigating the cancer risks of their products. Sir Richard Doll became world famous when he first established the link between smoking and cancer, and so is credited with saving millions of lives around the world. It is claimed he was also paid a 15,000 fee by the Chemical Manufacturers' Association and two other companies ICI and Dow...

Started the season playing on a Major Medical Extension, but was unable to earn enough money to get back into the top-125 category with the eight events. Finished second on the money list with a career-high 15 top-10s, including his first victory at the Greater Milwaukee Open, five seconds and three thirds. Took up game at age 13, when family moved above a golf course in California. The fifth player in Masters history to win after not leading in the first three rounds. At age 41, became...

A RENOWNED British scientist failed to disclose that he was being paid by a chemical company for more than 20 years while investigating cancer risks in the industry, it emerged today. Sir Richard Doll, the epidemiologist who establ i shed that smoking causes lung cancer, was receiving consultancy fees of Pounds 750 a day in the mid-Eighties from Monsanto, then a major chemical company but today better known for its GM crops. Sir Richard said there was no evidence that the chemical caused...

Shoemaker is a former executive at Smithfield Foods, the Virginia firm that owns a large stake of the renamed company and is the world's largest pork producer. The company has become Butterball LLC, and after selling only to restaurants and grocery stores for decades, it no longer has to worry about developing a brand name as it expands its consumer business. Shoemaker has focused on ensuring a smooth transition -- one transparent to customers -- since the sale closed in October. Since...

A world-famous British scientist failed to disclose that he held a paid consultancy with a chemical company for more than 20 years while investigating cancer risks in the industry, the Guardian can reveal. Sir Richard Doll, the celebrated epidemiologist who established that smoking causes lung cancer, was receiving a consultancy fee of $1,500 a day in the mid-1980s from Monsanto, then a major chemical company and now better known for its GM crops business. Documents seen by the Guardian...