Effective June 19, 2009, the state of California has added marijuana smoke to its Prop 65 list of chemicals that are known to cause cancer or reproductive harm. Marijuana smoke was considered by the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) of the OEHHA Science Advisory Board at a public meeting. The CIC determined that marijuana smoke was clearly shown, through scientifically valid testing according to generally accepted principles, to cause cancer. Consequently, marijuana smoke is being added to the Proposition 65 list, pursuant to Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25305(a)(1) (formerly Title 22, California Code of Regulations, section 12305(a)(1)). Official proposition: http://www.oehha.org/prop65/prop65_list/Newlist.html
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The price of oil is down about 3% from yesterday, yet the price of a litre of gasoline keeps going up. The stations I passed on the way to work today were showing $1.019/L.
Has anyone been into a PetroCanada station in the last couple of days for gas? Did you notice the sticker on the pump that shows the breakdown of the cost of gasoline? Given that breakdown the price of gasoline should be in the $0.65 – 0.70 range. How can they justify the current pricing?
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More than 100 shippers in the US have formed a new pressure group to urge Congress to raise the legal vehicle weight limit on US motorways.
Kraft Foods, MillerCoors and International Paper were among the companies to join the Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP), which called for a change in the law to allow larger vehicles.
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