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Alex Bevans checks the ingredient list on a bag of mini candy bars.
 
What You Need to Know About the Food Dye in Holiday Treats
Both California and federal health officials are probing the link between chemical food dyes and kids' behavior.
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A turkey on a platter.
For Those With Eating Disorders, Holiday Meals Can Trigger Panic
Family dynamics coupled with a lot of food can be extremely painful for people with eating issues.
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Plastics are sorted and crushed into bales in San Francisco.
Environmental Groups Ask EPA to Require Renewable Energy in Plastic Manufacturing
Environmentalists say plastic manufacturing is polluting the air and worsening climate change.
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Man leans down next to portable generator.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From Portable Generators Proves Predictable – and Deadly
Portable generator use increases in winter, raising the risk of deadly carbon monoxide exposure. Safety advocates say the issue transcends user error, but legislative and regulatory efforts stall.
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Transmission towers on PG&E's Caribou-Palermo line are seen adjacent to the Feather River in Butte County.
State Probe Says PG&E Missed Deadly Flaw on Line That Sparked Camp Fire
Regulators impose a moratorium on high-pressure steam injection, a technique linked to the uncontrolled release of hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude petroleum this year in the Cymric oil field.
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U.N. Chief Presses Developed Countries to Step Up Climate Change Fight
 
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that the world's efforts to stop climate change have been "utterly inadequate."
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Unprecedented Mission to Sun Reveals Strange Region of Space
 
The initial results from an ambitious mission to get a spacecraft close to the Sun are shedding new light on some old mysteries about our closest star.
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