Is Lake Baikal in deep danger?
Environmentalists accuse the Baikalsk Pulp and Paper mill of polluting Lake Baikal. An international campaign is seeking to close the plant, and the environmentalist group Greenpeace has begun
Environmentalists accuse the Baikalsk Pulp and Paper mill of polluting Lake Baikal. An international campaign is seeking to close the plant, and the environmentalist group Greenpeace has begun
Ireland considers suing tobacco firms : With bipartisan political support and a growing national awareness of public health issues, the government is taking aggressive steps that could result in
From poisoned rivers to choking cities, China bleakly assessed its environment but promised more would be done to reverse severe degradation. The State Environmental Protection Agency cited
Old Soviet technology has left a legacy of pollution in Azerbaijan. The damage that has been done to the land, air and water during the past century is severe. More than 3.9 million hectares are
While land and air pollution is severe in Azerbaijan, " it is even worse" in the case of water, according to Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hassanov. The main problem is contamination of the Caspian Sea.
Frito-Lay announced in January that it would stop using biotechnology-based corn in its chips. Germany has banned genetically modified ingredients from its baby food. And McDonald's has asked its
The government of Zimbabwe gave official notice that it would immediately begin seizing 804 mostly white-owned farms, in an announcement that created confusion and dismay in farming
Using a new stroke rehabilitation therapy, scientists have shown for the first time that the brain can be coaxed into reorganizing its circuitry so that people can regain nearly full use of their
Bayer AG, a German drugmaker, said that it planned to introduce an anti-impotence pill for men in two years that could take on Pfizer's lucrative Viagra
Concerned about the rising problem of obesity in the United States, the US government has made available a new tool designed to allow parents and padiatricians to gauge more accurately whether