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Town has 'unwelcome visitor' -- a flood
LISMORE, Australia, May 22 (UPI) -- Officials in Lismore, an Australian town bisected by a river, said Friday they expect residents to take the worst flooding in 20 years in stride.

BPA may leach from polycarbonate bottles
BOSTON, May 22 (UPI) -- Those who drank for a week from polycarbonate bottles showed a two-thirds increase of the chemical bisphenol A in their urine, a U.S. researcher said.

No I.D. yet on body found in Ill. river
CHICAGO, May 21 (UPI) -- An autopsy on skeletal remains pulled from an Illinois river failed to determine whether they were those of a man or woman, police said Thursday.

Flood-weary Florida braces for more rain
ORLANDO, Fla., May 21 (UPI) -- Northeast and Central Florida, already besieged by heavy flooding, is expected to be hit by another wave of torrential rain, forecasters said Thursday.

ISS crew drinks water from recycled urine
HOUSTON, May 21 (UPI) -- The International Space Station crew toasted NASA's U.S. scientists this week with a special drink -- water recycled from their own urine.

Arsenic exposure aids the swine flu virus
WOODS HOLE, Mass., May 20 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found the ability to mount an immune response to the H1N1, or swine flu, virus is significantly compromised by arsenic exposure.

Report: High levels of toxins in river
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 19 (UPI) -- A study of the environmental impact of a massive ash spill in Tennessee has found fish in the river are close to losing reproductive capacity.

Study predicts worldwide coral catastrophe
BRISBANE, Australia, May 19 (UPI) -- An Australian-led World Wild Life study predicts worldwide catastrophic losses of coral by the end of this century due to climate change.

New North Atlantic circulation path found
WOODS HOLE, Mass., May 18 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have discovered a new pathway for the global ocean circulation known as the Great Ocean Conveyor.

Better phosphorus, nitrogen control urged
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., May 18 (UPI) -- A U.S. scientist urges that equal attention be given to phosphorus and nitrogen produced by human activity that are degrading water quality and aquatic life.

Lights, sound push baby salmon past pumps
TRACY, Calif., May 16 (UPI) -- Biologists say they're using sound, bright lights and bubbles to keep baby salmon from being sucked into pumps on California's San Joaquin River.

Water damage keeps solar house closed
TROY, Mich., May 15 (UPI) -- A $900,000 solar-powered house designed for the city of Troy, Mich., has never opened because of water damage caused by frozen pipes, an official said.

Widow says tainted water killed husband
CRESTWOOD, Ill., May 15 (UPI) -- The widow of a former Crestwood, Ill., resident charges contaminated drinking water was responsible for the lymphoma that killed her husband, a lawsuit says.

Venice urged to use more tap water
VENICE, Italy, May 15 (UPI) -- Veritas, the water utility for the Italian city of Venice, says it is attempting to increase tap water use by offering discounts on carbonators.

Seahorse has miracle escape
WEYMOUTH, England, May 14 (UPI) -- A British woman who lives 3 miles inland saved the life of a seahorse she found on her front lawn, apparently dropped there by a gull.

Bacteria creates aquatic superbugs
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 14 (UPI) -- A University of Michigan study has found bacteria in some U.S. wastewater plant discharge effluent is much more likely to resist multiple antibiotics.

Fibers can defend against water terrorism
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 14 (UPI) -- Israeli scientists say they have developed a technology that can monitor the safety of a building's or community's water supplies to detect chemoterrorism.

Hurricane forecasters expect fewer storms
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., May 14 (UPI) -- U.S. private meteorologists say they expect fewer hurricanes this year, but warn the East Coast could still be at risk of a major storm landfall.

Brazilian invader found in Ill. ponds
WAUKEGAN, Ill., May 13 (UPI) -- Biologists in northeastern Illinois are concerned about an invasive water plant from Brazil, one they found growing under a layer of ice.

Analysis: Iran moves to explore offshore Caspian
WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- The biggest diplomatic Gordian knot left over from the 1991 demise of the Soviet Union is how equitably to divide the Caspian Sea, until then partitioned between the Soviet Union and Iran.

JOHN C.K. DALY || UPI International Correspondent
Water-based face paints are recalled
WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says consumers should stop using certain water-based face paints because of possible skin reactions in children.

River Jordan's polluted waters decried
AMMAN, Jordan, May 11 (UPI) -- The Jordan River, revered as the baptism site of Jesus, is now only a sluggish, sewage-choked stream whose waters are unfit to bathe in, environmentalists say.

Calif. asks feds to reconsider water rule
SACRAMENTO, May 9 (UPI) -- California officials have asked the federal government to review rules that reduced water exports from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to protect a fish.

Basking sharks farther south than thought
WOODS HOLE, Mass., May 8 (UPI) -- Basking sharks spend their winters much farther south in the Atlantic than originally believed, U.S. scientists concluded.

Humans blamed for Australia's dengue risks
BRISBANE, Australia, May 7 (UPI) -- Australian scientists are blaming humans for their nation's dengue risks and say installing large water tanks in urban regions might make the problem worse.