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Air Pollution Stats Filtered in Ontario

It is believed that the air pollution stats provided by the Ontario health department is filtered . Air pollution is responsible for 1,700 premature deaths and 6,000 hospital admissions in Toronto each year, Dr. David McKeown said at a news release at the launch of the air quality health inde...

Cricket Science and Medicine Congress in Barbados

...or each type of bowler. Brief correlation with stats and physical development: Looking at statistics, * All test playing nations (except Sri Lanka) have scored their highest ODI scores in last two years. * They have scored 76 more runs than the highest scores for individual teams in 1980s. * T...

Cancer Research May Help Biofuels

...ts humans is shaky at best. "One of my favorite stats is that more people are killed by falling coke machines every year than genetically modified foods," he said. "Eighty percent of the corn and soy sold worldwide has biotech inside of it. You ate a transgene at breakfast this morning if you had cereal...

Children obesity has an option in the form of surgery

... nations as well as in India now//. According to stats about a third of children in the UK are now overweight. In new development guidelines have being proposed by the NHS treatment watchdog has allowed stomach surgery for children. Guidance has been developed by the National Institute for health and ...

French fries by McDonald's fries in another controversy

...versy which pertains to its French fries! Going by stats at least three lawsuits were filed in United States over its use of wheat and milk as flavoring ingredients in French fries. // The bone of contention is that these constituents might trigger allergy in some individuals. Earlier, McDonald's also ann...

Up to date information on estimates of AIDS/HIV epidemic in china soon!

...US dollars) in 2002 is proof enough. According to stats by the end of 2004, China had set up 247 country-level AIDS surveillance stations while the disease prevention and control institutions at all levels had establish special working groups for AIDS prevention. As a goal china aims at keeping the number...

Eat more vegetables and fruits

...een 1993 and 1998 (the latest period for which the stats are available). Among women, the percentage increase was from 20 per cent to 25 per cent during this time. Older people, white people, college graduates, those taking regular exercise, and non-smokers were more likely to be eating lots of produce. T...

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