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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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Aging Farmer Population Threatens U.S. Food Supply
by on Apr.27, 2011, under Nutrition
Counting calories: Alcohol’s mysterious numbers game
WASHINGTON — The Cheesecake Factory bartender knows exactly where to draw the line between being customer-friendly and betraying her employer.
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Aging Farmer Population Threatens U.S. Food Supply
As the farmer population continues to age, young farmers face land availability and start-up costs as obstacles in becoming the next generation of farmers, according to an article in the April issue of Food Nutrition & Science. Â This two-part series examines the issues in replacing an aging farmer population, its effects on the U.S. food supply and the steps the government is taking to remedy …
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Funding threatens vaccination campaigns: Red Cross
by on Sep.15, 2010, under Health and Fitness
A four-billion dollar funding gap threatens vaccination campaigns that could save the lives of more than a million children a year, a Red Cross report published this week said.
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Global economic crisis threatens fight against AIDS
by on Jul.17, 2010, under Health and Fitness
The global fight against HIV/AIDS is threatened by stagnating economies around the world, which have caused governments to shrink their budgets and, with them, grants to fight the illness.
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