Pollution lower in Mexico City
Mexico City had its cleanest year of the decade in 1999, the government announced in newspaper advertisements. According to the city government, smog levels forced the declaration of an emergency
Mexico City had its cleanest year of the decade in 1999, the government announced in newspaper advertisements. According to the city government, smog levels forced the declaration of an emergency
Deep vein and thrombosis related to long-haul flights is killing 2,000 people a year in Britain, according to medical
Because of a European Commission ban imposed last month on common petroleum-based chemical agents in toys, the Hong Kong baby-toy industry has been forced to use a more expensive substitute, raising
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization announced it would set up a crisis center, to exchange information on health risks, if any, from depleted-uranium
Large numbers of American companies involved in manufacturing animal feed are not complying with regulations intended to prevent the emergence and spread of mad cow disease in the United States,
Only six states in US spend even the minimum amount on programs to prevent and stop smoking that is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids,
The crisis over mad cow disease threatened more chaos in France after farmers and meat packers lashed out against a new testing scheme for the affliction. The head of the powerful French farmers'
The AIDS virus is surging like a prairie fire through black communities in the United States. The epidemic is not getting anything like the attention it deserves. According to the Centers for Disease
More than 100 fishermen marched through the heart of a Hong Kong to protest dredging operations for a Disney theme park and a container terminal. Fishermen said dredging work paving the way for a
Melbourne is smothered by a thick haze as a result of faraway bushfires. The bushfires as far as away as 200 kilometres have been burning for days in the west and southwestern parts of the state of