Bush Chooses Utah Governor to Head the Environmental Protect

By Mario Ritter Broadcast: August 29, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Environment Report. President Bush has nominated the governor of 1)Utah, Mike Leavitt, to head the Environmen

U.S. Begins Chemical Weapons Burn

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: August 15, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Environment Report. In the United States, the Army has started to destroy old chemical weapons at a base in t

Weather and Plant Growth Study

by Caty Weaver Broadcast: July 4, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Environment Report. Scientists in the United States say plant life has increased on Earth in the past twenty yea

Fuel Cell Cost-Cutting

By Caty Weaver Broadcast: July 25, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Environment Report. Researchers say they have found a way to reduce the cost of some 1)fuel cell production. The

HEALTH REPORT - Guggulsterone & Cholesterol

HEALTH REPORT - May 22, 2002: Guggulsterone Cholesterol By Nancy Steinbach 21 May 2002, 20:20 UTC This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers say that a natural substance found in some

HEALTH REPORT - Foods and Health

HEALTH REPORT - April 3, 2002: Foods and Health By Nancy Steinbach Two new programs are replacing Science Report: -- On Wednesdays, Health Report will describe new research and information about stayi

Gene Linked to Stroke Risk

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: October 1, 2003 This is Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists in Iceland say they have identified the first gene linked to common forms of

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - UN Report on Africa

ENVIRONMENT REPORT -August 16, 2002: UN Report on Africa By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. A report by the United Nations Environment Program says Africa f

HEALTH REPORT - Sudden Cardiac Death

HEALTH REPORT -July 3, 2002: Sudden Cardiac Death By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Health Report. An American professional baseball player, Darryl Kile, died recently. He was thirty

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Saving Sea Turtles

ENVIRONMENT REPORT- March 29, 2002: Saving Sea Turtles By Cynthia Kirk Green sea turtle This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. Environmental groups in the United States are leading a camp

HEALTH REPORT - Bacteria in Food

HEALTH REPORT -August 7, 2002: Bacteria in Food This is the VOA Special English Health Report. An American food company recently recalled about eight-million kilograms of ground beef that is used to m

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Antarctic Ice Breaks Off

ENVIRONMENT REPORT -April 5, 2002: Antarctic Ice Breaks Off By Cynthia Kirk This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. A huge piece of ice the size of a small country has broken off Antarctic

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Mystery Squid

ENVIRONMENT REPORT-January 4, 2002: Mystery Squid By Cynthia Kirk Squid found in the Indian Ocean (Photo -NOAA/Science) This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. Scientists have discovered a

HEALTH REPORT - McDonald's Changes its Oil

HEALTH REPORT - September 11, 2002: McDonald’s Changes its Oil By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Health Report. McDonald’s says its fast-food eating places in the United States wi

HEALTH REPORT - Vasectomy Study

By Nancy Steinbach HEALTH REPORT -July 17, 2002: Vasectomy Study This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A major study has failed to find any link between a man having a vasectomy operation and

HEALTH REPORT - Post-Polio Condition

HEALTH REPORT –August 28, 2002: Post-Polio Condition By Jill Moss (Photo -WHO) This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In nineteen-eighty-eight, a major campaign to end the disease polio was

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Galapagos Oil Spill

ENVIRONMENT REPORT – July 26, 2002: Galapagos Oil Spill By George Grow (Photo -noaa.gov) This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. Scientists say that as many as fifteen-thousand marine ig

Lance Armstrong and Fighting Cancer with Exercise

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: August 6, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Health Report. American bicycle racer Lance Armstrong says he will attempt to set a record next year and wi

HEALTH REPORT - Melanoma Research

HEALTH REPORT - September 4, 2002: Melanoma Research By Nancy Steinbach (Photo - U.S. National Cancer Institute) This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists have discovered a genetic cha

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Yucca Mountain

By Jerilyn Watson ENVIRONMENT REPORT -July 19, 2002: Yucca Mountain This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. Last week, the United States Senate gave final congressional approval for a proj