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World News tagged with pollution

Lead Poisoning Sickens 600 Kids in China
World  (tags: world, China, lead poison, contamination, environment, pollution, children, illness, health, prevention, protection, risks )

Dee
- 103 days ago - abcnews.go.com
More than 600 children have been sickened with lead poisoning in a northern Chinese province where authorities shut a smelter earlier this week thought to have caused the contamination,
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Sign Petition: Tell Congress the World's Poorest Need Clean Water
World  (tags: world, humanitarian, relief, human, rights, water, humans, safety, risks, health, children, disease, illness, pollution, environment, culture, society, government, family, poverty, poor, cholera, typhoid, malaria )

Tom
- 178 days ago - humanitarianrelief.change.org
One in five people worldwide go without access to safe and reliable water sources every day. Double that number go without basic sanitation services, such as latrines or even a place to wash their hands, contaminating water supplies.
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Sign Petition: Marginalized People in Sri Lanka - Help Protect Their Human Rights
World  (tags: world, humanitarian, aid, human rights, women, children, sri lanka, water, humans, safety, risks, health, children, disease, illness, pollution, environment, culture, society, government, family, poverty, poor, cholera, typhoid, malaria )

Tom
- 179 days ago - change.org
The people of Sri Lanka have suffered immeasurable, untold violations of their fundamental human rights. The worst of these abuses are horrific acts of torture and the systematic abuse of women and children. Much work needs to done to get justice.
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Allegations of Corporate Crimes Against Humanity Going to Trial
World  (tags: world, business, Shell, oil, money, environment, crimes, humanity, nigeria, human rights, abuses, corporate, corruption, ethics, gas, flaring, pollution, humans, habitat, nature, ecosystems, health, illness, risks, death )

Tom
- 202 days ago - law.com
Possibly for the first time, a corporation goes on trial for crimes against humanity. Southern District of New York Judge Kimba Wood rejected all but one motion to dismiss by Shell Petroleum, N.V. and other defendants in Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Petroleum.
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Global Issues:So What Awaits the World of Women?
World  (tags: Women, world, pollution, environment, conservation, health, medicine, society, humans, activists, culture, children, freedoms, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!' )

Monica
- 268 days ago - internationalwomensday.com
48 different women total including cosmonauts, astronauts, payload specialists and foreign nationals have flown in space.So they can fly to the moon but they can't have equality in the boardroom, parliament or society. Surely this is rather parochial?
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Global Warming Effects Coming Sooner, Experts Say
World  (tags: climate, climate-change, globalwarming, environment, ecosystems, CO2emissions, pollution, humans, animals, plants, world )

Tom
- 275 days ago - thestar.com
An international team of climate experts has taken a new look at the threat of global warming, and they do not like what they see. The Earth won't have to warm up as much as had been thought to cause serious consequences, including more extreme weather.
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Greenpeace: China's Coal Use Cost It $248 Billion
World  (tags: world, china, asia, government, news, greenpeace, coal, energy, environment, pollution, health care, commodity market, economy, health, humans )

SirRobert
- 392 days ago - cnn.com
China's reliance upon cheap coal to fuel it's giant economy, has cost a hidden $248B last year through environmental damage, strain on their health care system, and by the manipulation of the commodity market prices.
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Polluted Ganges Must Be Cleaned, Gurus Demand
World  (tags: world, environment, pollution, asia )

Cal
- 476 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
A coalition of gurus has issued an ultimatum to India's fragile Government: purify the chronically polluted Ganges, the river revered by Hindus, or face protests and political ruin.
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Despite Reduced Driving Directive, Beijing Air Pollution Increases
World  (tags: Beiijing, China, pollution, air pollution, Olympics )

RC
- 488 days ago - washingtonpost.com
The International Olympics Committee says that endurance events for the 2008 Olympics may have to be postponed due to smog. Although the Chinese government has imposed an every-other-day driving regulation, Beijing's pollution index has risen all week.
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U.S. Team to Provide All Olympic Athletes With Masks
World  (tags: pollution, olympics, world, government, China )

Elena
- 491 days ago - olympics.thestar.com
Along with their array of world champions and specially imported food, the U.S. Olympic team will be bringing a "top secret" weapon to China - custom-designed masks.
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Olympians Air a Gripe About Beijing
World  (tags: pollution, world, environment, china )

Cal
- 622 days ago - latimes.com
Fearing the pollution, some will train offshore and may wear masks; others talk of skipping all or part of the Summer Games.
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Until All the Fish Are Gone
World  (tags: commercial fishing, oceans, overfishing, WTO, extinction, Sustainabililty, habitatdestruction, nature, pollution, protection, humans, conservation, destruction, UnitedNations, environment, consumers )

Rebecca
- 669 days ago - nytimes.com
Many fish species may soon be so depleted that they will no longer be able to reproduce themselves. Overfishing is degrading the health of the oceans and destroying the fish species on which much of humanity depends for jobs and food. The WTO can help.
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Human Greed Is a Threat to the Planet, Warns Williams - Independent Online Edition > This Britain
World  (tags: Archbishop of Canterbury, bushadministration, human greed, congress, ethics, climate-change, destruction, endangered, environment, globalwarming, greenhousegases, habitatdestruction, pollution, wildlife, humans )

TW
- 699 days ago - news.independent.co.uk
A stark warning that human greed is threatening to destroy the environment was issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury in his Christmas message, while the leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales appealed to people to be more welcoming to immigrants.
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China Pulls Bank Loans to 12 Major Polluters
World  (tags: china, environment, pollution )

Cal
- 739 days ago - reuters.com
Twelve polluting enterprises have had crucial bank loans recalled, suspended or rejected as China's new "green-credit policy" kicks into action, Friday's China Youth Daily said
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Global Warming Solutions
World  (tags: ClimateChange, conservation, destruction, eco-friendly, environment, globalwarming, government, greenhousegases, humans, science, weather, world, water, scientists, pollution, habitatdestruction, carbonemissions, endangered )

Mari
- 744 days ago - ucsusa.org
We have the technology and ingenuity to reduce the threat of global warming today. Solutions are already available that will stimulate the American economy by creating jobs, saving consumers money, and protecting our national security.
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