40% Less Mercury in Fish Shows Success of US Coal Industry Caps
A new study shows mercury levels in bluefish off the U.S. Atlantic coast have dropped 43% since 1972, after coal-fired plants cut emissions in half.
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How Big Chains From Walmart to H&M Are Cleaning Up Chemicals
Today, retailers are defining a new role as agents for consumers–and, even more, as educators and partners for consumers and their health.
Businessman Saves Boyhood Friend's Home, Donates It to Habitat for Humanity
They were his neighbors but so much more. Now he has honored their memory by buying their family home and donating it to Habitat for Humanity.
At 70, Dedicated Classroom Grandpa Finds Purpose With 600 'Grandkids'
This isn't just any elementary school - this is a school watched over by the kind retired veteran Grandpa Dale.
SHE DID IT: Diana Nyad Completes Historic Cuba to Florida Swim
This time, neither storm, jellyfish, nausea nor utter fatigue could keep 64-year-old endurance swimmer Diana Nyad from achieving her lifelong ambition of conquering the Straits of Florida. Nyad today became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, willing her way to a Key West beach, victorious on her fifth try in 35 years.
988 Mile Walk, a Field of Dreams for Determined Cerebral Palsy Golfer
D.J. Gregory's parents were told he would never walk. But with their constant encouragement, D.J. became the master of his cerebral palsy, and last week, at age 30, he triumphed, achieving his dream of walking with underdeveloped lungs and twisted legs every hole of the entire PGA tour -- 988 miles in 11 months.
Pro Golfer's Honesty a Shining Example
J.P. Hayes gives new meaning to the description for, 'a good sport'. The latest candidate for most honest athlete in America is a 43-year-old golfer who hasn't won a PGA tournament in six years. No one knew but him, yet he turned himself in to officials for accidentally using an unsanctioned ball in tournement play, disqualifying himself from a chance to play with the pros next year.
Golf Course for Veterans Inspires Big Donation
Out of the hospital with a repaired heart and a new appreciation for life, millionaire businessman Gene Lynn was inspired to donate $200,000 to the American Lake Veterans Golf Course which caters to disabled vets.
Golf Accident Costs an Eye, but Recovery is Priceless
Martin Fine lost an eye - but not his passion for golf - after a shot he hit ricocheted off a tree with devastating effect. . . Doctors told him that if the ball would have hit an inch to the left it could have severed both optical nerves and fully blinded him. An inch to the right and it could have hit his frontal lobe and killed him.
Getting Back On Course: Golf Pro Serves Wounded Veterans
After golf professional Jim Estes met some wounded veterans, he was moved by "tremendous guilt". "I started thinking about how these young kids have been so traumatized. I kept thinking that I couldn't live with myself if I didn't do something to help their lives. It was just something that touched me, and I knew I had to get involved."
Japanese Golfer to Donate Annual Prize Money to Japan, $93K From Masters Alone
Ryo Ishikawa, the 19-year-old golf phenom who last week pledged all his 2011 winnings to disaster relief in his home country, jump-started his donation drive by winning $93,320 at the Masters Tournament.
Humble South African Golfer Comes Out of Nowhere to Win British Open on Mandela's Bday
Louis Oosthuizen at 2008 PGA, by Bob Stapleton CC licenseSouth Africa's Louis Oosthuizen, who had missed the cut in all his three previous Opens and was a 200-1 outsider before the tournament started, won the British Open Sunday on the 92nd anniversary of Nelson Mandela's birth.