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  • May 2008
    • Fish Clean Up Mortgage Mess

      Fish Clean Up Mortgage Mess

      Stagnant pools bursting with mosquitoes have become a byproduct of the housing crisis, turning into breeding grounds for diseases like West Nile virus. But, the Wall Street Journal reports, there is a solution: Gambusia affinis , a natural predator, also known as the mosquito fish, that's hardy enough to police abandoned watering holes from Florida to California. More »

  • March 2008
    • 6-Year-Old Injured in Pool Accident Dies

      6-Year-Old Injured in Pool Accident Dies

      The little girl whose injury from a swimming pool drain spurred new safety laws has lost her fight for life, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. Six-year-old Abigail Taylor died Thursday evening after transplant surgery failed to restore the part of her intestinal track that was ripped out by a powerful drain in a golf club wading pool last summer. More »

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