Tag: China
China cadmium spill threatens drinking water for millions
by on Jan.27, 2012, under Health and Fitness
BEIJING (Reuters) – A cancer-causing cadmium discharge from a mining company has polluted a long stretch of two rivers in southern China, and officials warned some 3.7 million people of Liuzhou in the Guangxi region to avoid drinking water from th…
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Bird flu claims another victim in China
by on Jan.22, 2012, under Health and Fitness
A man in southwest China who contracted the bird flu virus died on Sunday, state media reported, the second human death in the Asian country from the virulent disease in just under a month.
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AIDS killed 28,000 in China in 2011, study says
by on Jan.21, 2012, under Health and Fitness
AIDS killed 28,000 people in China last year, and another 48,000 new infections from the HIV virus were discovered in the country, according to an official report on Saturday.
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China driving schools teaching millions the art of war
by on Jan.20, 2012, under Health and Fitness
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is rapidly becoming a country on wheels and its crowded driving schools are racing to churn out licensed drivers as fast as cars roll off the assembly lines. But judging by the daily smash-ups and blatant disregard for ev…
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China cancer village tests reach of law against pollution
by on Jan.16, 2012, under Health and Fitness
XIAOXIN, China (Reuters) – Nothing in Wu Wenyong's rural childhood hinted he would end up on a hospital bed aged 15, battling two kinds of cancer. Born to poor farmers in Xiaoxin, a dusty village of low brick houses in southwestern Yunnan prov…
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China stops unapproved stem cell treatments
by on Jan.10, 2012, under Health and Fitness
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has ordered a halt to all unapproved stem cell treatments and clinical trials, state media reported on Tuesday, as Beijing seeks to rein in the largely untested stem cell therapies now on offer across the country. The Min…
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China says man dies of bird flu
by on Dec.31, 2011, under Health and Fitness
BEIJING (Reuters) – A man in southern China's Guangdong province died of bird flu Saturday a week after being admitted to hospital with a fever, state media reported. The 39-year-old bus driver living in Shenzhen, just across the border from H…
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New China food safety scandal widens to oil, peanuts
by on Dec.31, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Chinese authorities in a southern boomtown have detected a cancer-causing toxin in peanuts and cooking oil that was only recently discovered in milk, in the nation's latest food safety scandal.
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China to allow some foreigners to retire there
by on Dec.23, 2011, under Health and Fitness
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will allow some foreigners who sign up to a new social security system to retire there so they can claim their pensions, state media said Thursday, offering details of a new tax that foreign businesses fear will push up c…
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Violent protest against power plant in another South China town
by on Dec.22, 2011, under Health and Fitness
HAIMEN, China (Reuters) – Police fired teargas to break up demonstrations on Thursday over a proposed power plant in a southern China town, where protests have escalated into clashes with police this week and officials tried to calm tempers by sus…
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