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		<title>The Wildlife Trade in the US</title>
		<link>https://sciencematter.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/the-wildlife-trade-in-the-us/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Rosenthal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 22:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to a new study just released in the current issue of Science, “over half a million shipments of wildlife containing &#62;1.48 billion live animals have been imported by the United States since 2000…[and] the majority (92%) of imports were designated for commercial purposes, largely the pet trade.” Most of these imports were fish and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bio-fuel and waste management, all in one?</title>
		<link>https://sciencematter.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/bio-fuel-and-waste-management-all-in-one/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Rosenthal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wouldn’t it be great to get rid of animal (and maybe even human) waste in an eco-friendly way while also producing energy to run our cars? This scenario may be closer than we think. Researchers at North Carolina State University presented data at the annual conference of the Institute of Biological Engineering in Santa Carla, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>BrightHub</title>
		<link>https://sciencematter.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/brighthub/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Rosenthal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone! Again, sorry for the long delay in posting&#8230;I have recently been up to my eyeballs in work! I have also started posting on the Science and Technology Community BrightHub.com. Check out some of my recent posts regarding allergies and look for my new articles about what&#8217;s going on in cancer research. I will be [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>It&#8217;s been so long&#8230;</title>
		<link>https://sciencematter.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/its-been-so-long/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Rosenthal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sorry it&#8217;s been so long since I posted anything on my blog! I have been busy with grad school stuff. I was also working on an online science magazine that came out in the beginning of November.  Check it out at http://www.students.emory.edu/sciencewriters/inscripto.php Another issue is due out in Feb. I will start posting stories again [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Blog Action Day 2008 &#8211; Poverty and Health</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Rosenthal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Imagine not being able to buy a new pair of pants or even shoes that fit. Imagine not being able to buy lunch today. Or yesterday and the day before.  Imagine not being able to feed your children. Is this poverty? To some, yes. To others it is just the beginning. Now envision not being [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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