The Allegheny Front, Environmental Radio

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May 25, 2013

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Trendy Hair Treatment Raises Health Concerns

The Brazilian Blowout is one of the most popular hair de-frizzers on the market. But it turns out the key ingredient to getting those stick-straight locks is a known carcinogen that causes a host of ugly side effects

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Hikers Reach Last Leg of the Great Eastern Trail

Two people who are working to be the first to completely hike the 1,800-mile Great Eastern Trail are nearing the end of their journey.  For the third time, The Allegheny Front's Jennifer Szweda Jordan checks in by phone with Bart Houck and Jo Swanson.

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Loyalsock Forest--A Guided Tour of the Next Drilling Frontline

Loyalsock State Forest consists of more than 100,000 acres of pristine wilderness 120 miles north of Harrisburg. Now it's at the center of a fight between environmental groups and state regulators over whether, where and how Marcellus gas drilling should be allowed there.  

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Journalist Finds Other Cyclists on Bike to Work Day

The Allegheny Front's Jennifer Szweda Jordan got on two wheels for Bike to Work Day in Pittsburgh, and met some new friends along the way.

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