Daily Roundup: May 22, 2009
Tough Times for Taz: Tasmanian devils were added to Australia's endangered species list. A contagious cancer has caused the marsupial's population to decline by 70 percent since 1996. CNN and AFP
BPA Bottles: A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health found a 69 percent increase in bisphenol A in the urine of subjects who drank from hard plastic drinking bottles for one week. Boston Globe
Feedback Is Back: EPA administrator Lisa Jackson announced that she would reestablish internal scientific review for air-pollution standards. Philadelphia Inquirer
Can Stand the Heat: Stanford researchers found corals that adapt to warmer waters by hosting a more heat-tolerant type of algae. New Scientist
Guns In: President Obama signed into law the credit card reform bill, which includes a provision that will allow people to carry loaded weapons in national parks. The law will take effect in February 2010. Associated Press and The Oval
--Della Watson
