Archive for ‘health’
Rainy season brings death in Bolivia
January 9th, 2008
Last year, flooding killed thirty-five people and tens of thousands of cattle. The damage was so severe that Bolivia was forced to cut its economic growth forecasts.
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Olsen Gremlins
January 9th, 2008
Frito Lay tries to go green, PRT isn’t what gave you that rash, and the Olsen twins slaughter small animals.
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Muck makes money — Naples garbage is mafia gold
January 9th, 2008
“For us, rubbish is gold,” is how one Italian gangster explained the mafia’s involvement in waste trafficking to an investigating magistrate in Naples. Areas of the southern city have ground to a halt this week because of piles of rotting rubbish and sometimes violent protests about what to do with it, and Italians are questioning whether organised crime …
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Kenya’s “sex tree” is flagging
December 14th, 2007
A short, scrawny bush found deep in Uganda’s rain forest and nicknamed the “sex tree” is rapidly approaching extinction as poachers are rushing to harvest it for its purported aphrodisiac properties. Experts say loss of the “sex tree” and other medicinal plants would not only do irreversible damage to the rain forest, but would also take a toll on local …
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Man Confesses To Poisoning Neighbor’s Black Lab
December 13th, 2007
A Bloomington, Minn. man faces felony charges after he confessed to poisoning his neighbors black lab
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Health care challenges fire up U.S. students
December 9th, 2007
One measure of the troubled state of U.S. health care is the hordes of idealistic young people lining up to fix it.
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Malaria climbs into warmer highlands
December 8th, 2007
In one New Guinea hilltop village the message was rooted deep in lore: If you hunt in the valley below and sleep there overnight, evil spirits will possess you, you’ll become sick, and you’ll die.
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River contaminates Greek town
December 6th, 2007
Toxic waste polluting a river in Greece has been blamed for a high death rate in the town of Oinofyta.
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River runs purple, contaminates Greek town
December 5th, 2007
The river started turning purple 10 years ago, but the people in the small Greek town of Oinofyta who were losing loved ones to cancer never thought of blaming the water.
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L.I. Vet Helps Save Sick Tiger Cub
December 5th, 2007
A sick tiger cub is on the mend this morning, thanks to a caring animal lover on Long Island. 12-week-old ‘Simba’ is a Siberian tiger who was so sick, veterinarians feared they would have to put her to sleep.
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Iraq will suffer from cholera for two years -govt
December 4th, 2007
Iraq will continue to suffer from cholera for the next two years until projects for providing sanitised water and a new sewage system are built, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Radioactive Material Found
December 4th, 2007
The radioactive device missing since late Monday has been located. Police say a man found it on the side of the road and took it to his home near Meacham Airport. His wife saw news reports this morning and called 9-1-1. There was no radiation leak.
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Search For Radioactive Material Called Off
December 4th, 2007
Crews will resume the search at daylight for a radioactive device that was missing from a delivery truck.
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West Placer Sewage Cleanup Continues
December 3rd, 2007
Authorities say it will take a few days to clean up the 100,000 gallon sewage spill near Roseville.
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Group Says Chesapeake Bay Is In Bad Shape
December 3rd, 2007
An environmental group gave the bay health a D grade for the ninth consecutive year.
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