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WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR), a Japanese scientific body that studies whales, today accused Animal Planet and Discovery Communications of deceiving their viewers in a new television series "Whale Wars", due to be broadcast in the United States starting tomorrow. Whale Wars purports to be a reality TV program, but instead it shows staged events directed by the Animal Planet filmmakers themselves, in a "tail wagging the dog"...

By Joe Napsha, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Jun. 17--Allegheny Technologies Inc. announced Monday that it has developed a hardened steel armor that will do a better job of protecting military personnel and their equipment from armor-piercing rounds and explosions. It is the first high-hardened steel armor developed in the United States since the Vietnam War, according to the Downtown-based company. It uses steel melted at the company's Allegheny Ludlum mill in Brackenridge that is rolled...

By Wilson, Adrian Brands such as Kevlar, Nomex and Tyvek have historically linked the DuPont name with protective clothing required across a range of industries. Today the company continues to develop products in response to market needs, reports Adrian Wilson. Nomex, DuPont's heat-resistant fibre which is employed in a wide range of protective apparel, is 40 years old this year. It was introduced in both nonwoven and woven forms in 1967 after scientist Wilfred Sweeny found a way to make a...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Army said on Friday U.S. soldiers can only use body armor provided by the Pentagon even though some have bought their own because they felt what the military provided was insufficient. "There is, obviously, sufficient body armor for every deployed service member," said Bryan Whitman, a senior Pentagon spokesman in outlining the new policy. Whitman said military leaders had decided to require soldiers to use Pentagon issue armor because they did...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nine people, some of them U.S. Marines, have been arrested for stealing bulletproof vests intended for American troops in Iraq and trying to sell them to international arms merchants, Homeland Security officials said on Wednesday. Authorities said they had busted a group that stole ballistic vests, helmets and protective plates from the Camp Pendleton Marine base in San Diego, California, and sold them on the Internet. Several additional suspects are believed...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wearing a helmet while skiing, as many competitive alpine skiers and snowboarders are required to do, could reduce injuries among recreational skiers, Norwegian researchers said on Tuesday.Head injuries are the most common cause of death among skiers and snowboarders, yet most ski resorts do not require helmets, according to a study from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in Oslo.About one-third of U.S. skiers and snowboarders wear helmets on the slopes, according to...

By Vicki Allen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. troops in Iraq are using body armor that strikes a balance of protecting them while allowing movement to do their jobs and withstand hot temperatures, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. The Senate Armed Services Committee summoned defense officials to a closed briefing to explain a Pentagon report disclosed last week that said more complete body armor could have prevented or limited about 80 percent of the fatal torso wounds suffered by Marines...

By Will DunhamWASHINGTON -- Better body armor could have prevented or limited about 80 percent of fatal torso wounds suffered by Marines killed in Iraq, a report by U.S. military medical experts obtained on Friday said.The report, conducted for the Marine Corps by the Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner and not released to the public, examined the cases of Marines fatally wounded from the start of the war in March 2003 through June 2005, and found weaknesses in the torso protective...