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  1. Earth

    Balloons, condoms release likely carcinogens

    Balloons and condoms that come in contact with body fluids discharge chemicals suspected of being human carcinogens.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Company pulls pain drug from market

    The Food and Drug Administration has asked Pfizer to stop selling its prescription pain medication valdecoxib (Bextra).

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  3. Obesity may aggravate flu

    At least in mice, obesity can greatly exaggerate the severity of flu by impairing the body's immune response.

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  4. Planetary Science

    A Martian haven for life?

    Images taken by two Mars spacecraft suggest that a volcano on the Red Planet erupted long ago at the confluence of two riverbeds, indicating that the region had two of the prequisites for life: heat and water.