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Although lead content in paint has been restricted in the United States since 1978, University of Cincinnati (UC) environmental health researchers say in major countries from three continents there is still widespread failure to acknowledge its danger and companies continue to sell consumer paints that contain dangerous levels of lead. In a new study, Scott Clark, PhD, and his team have found that approximately 73 percent of consumer paint brands tested from 12 countries representing ...

BANGS, Texas (AP) -- Bones accidentally unearthed by a city crew last month probably were that of a Columbian mammoth that roamed Texas 9,000 to 40,000 years ago, a paleontologist said. After three weeks of excavating at the site near Brownwood, Scott Clark and his crew found a 39-inch bone that indicates a prehistoric "elephant-type" animal. "The size of the bone, however, puts it well outside the norms of a mastodon," Clark said. Columbian mammoths, which weighed up to 9...