When I learned that I couldn't eat sushi when I became pregnant, I was crushed. My husband and I got take-out from our corner sushi joint at least twice a week; how would I survive nine months without spicy tuna maki and yellowtail hand rolls?

Plus, I'd read about how the Omega-3 fatty acids in fish can help during pregnancy with the development of my baby's brain and nervous tissues. Not wanting my progeny to be a dullard (or insensitive, for that matter), I figured I was in store for a lot of tuna-salad sandwiches.

The open-pit gold mines that populate parts of Nevada are producing more than just precious metal. The mines are polluting neighboring states in the West