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Climate Change Threatens Sundarbans and World Heritage Sites

...since 1974 to alleviate the rapid siltation in the port of Kolkata. This barrage diversion induced a 40 percent decrease of the dry season flow. Jointly, the sea level rise and lower freshwater flow in winter will also result in increased salinity in the area, threatening the conservation of the Sundarb...

Chinese Food- a Global Risk?

...amount of food export reject lying in the American port has caught the public attention. The list of food is food is quite long. //It contains vague items like pesticide-laden pea pods, drug-laced catfish, filthy plums and crawfish contaminated with salmonella. This is enough to raise the hackles of the p...

Hong Kong Choked by Growing Pollution Problem

...own from a small fishing community into a thriving port and manufacturing hub of around seven million people, with huge environmental consequences. "A lot of buildings were put up in a hurry -- cowboy stuff -- with no connections to proper sewage plants, because it was cheaper and easier just to connect...

Sea Massage for French Wines

...10 metres (30 feet) under water off the Saint-Malo port of Solidor.As per custom, the six wine-buffs swirled, sniffed and savoured their way through a blind tasting of three whites and three reds. Two of the reds and two of the whites were brought up from the depths this month and compared with bottles of...

China Turning Tables on the US on Food Import

...ainted and dangerous. The food inspectors at the port of Ningbo and Shenzhen found bacteria and sulfur dioxide in products shipped by three American companies. The companies are K-Max Health Products Co. of Industry, Calif., CMO Distribution Centers of America, Inc., and Supervalu International Division...

China Repudiates Warning on Its Toothpaste

...ork Times traced this pipeline from the Panamanian port of Coln, back through trading companies in Barcelona, Spain, and Beijing, to its beginning near the Yangtze Delta in a place local people call chemical country. While Chinas laxity in enforcement of safety norms is almost notorious, its supporters ...

EU Pushes Asian Nations on Climate Change Goals

...India's - met European Union members in the German port of Hamburg for talks on world crises. The two-day Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) of 43 nations Monday was marked by a division between European countries seeking deep cuts in world carbon-dioxide emissions and Asian governments countering that they di...

British Doctors Want Indian Immigrants Screened for TB

...s were screened when they arrived at an airport or port or when they registered with a general practitioner. Students coming to Britain should also be tested. Cases of TB in Britain rose by 11 percent between 2004 and 2005....

Cosmetic Genital Surgery may Be Fuelling Womens Insecurity About Their Bodies

...ld be thought of as the last resort, not the first port of call, they argue. Initiatives involving health agencies, educational bodies, the voluntary sector and the media are needed to help women and girls deal with feelings of insecurity about their genitals and about their bodies in general, they say....

Sanctions Imposed On Zimbabwe Can Threaten International Health Security

...regulations for travelers. "We have well-trained port health authorities who are alert to zoonotic diseases like avian flu. At the same time, suspicious diarrhoeal diseases are screened, among other conditions," Dr Parirenyatwa was quoted....

101 Websites That can Change Your Life Enlisted

...t amount of content. Increasingly, it is the first port of call for people looking for information," he said. Websites tendering health-related information-Dr. Foster, NHS Direct and Patient Opinion, where patients can complain or compliment medical staff-have also been included on the list. Besides, th...

Kenyan Capital Bans Smoking in Public

...n effect in the Rift Valley town of Nakuru and the port city of Mombasa. Last year, the high court blocked the implementation of a nationwide ban introduced by the government, pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed by Kenya's tobacco growers. Smoking provides the Kenyan government with around five bil...

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