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Take a step back in time, to London in 1858, a time when Death stalked the Thames... Did you know November 19 was World Toilet Day? This spooky new animation highlights the global crisis in sanitation and water. Watch the film then head over to Link Removed due to 404 Error to tell the G8 to END...

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(Reuters) - Europeans are plagued by mental and neurological illnesses, with almost 165 million people or 38 percent of the population suffering each year from a brain disorder such as depression, anxiety, insomnia or dementia, according to a large new study Read Full Story: Link Removed

Link Removed The streets of New York are empty: Winds from Hurricane Irene have begun to hammer New York, bringing torrential rain and the threat of flooding in the financial district. New York City's public transport system has been closed and the mayor said it was now too late for people to...

(CNN) -- According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prescription drug overdose deaths in Florida are up a staggering 265% since 2003. But it's not just the deaths that have Florida officials Read Full Story: Officials fear for infants born to prescription...

TUESDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- Over the last two decades teen births have dropped 37 percent in the United States and are now at a record low, government health officials report. Read Full Story: Link Removed due to 404 Error

The government has discovered thousands of cases of workers at nuclear power plants outside Fukushima Prefecture suffering from internal exposure to radiation after they visited the prefecture, the head of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said. Most of the workers who had internal...

Radionuclides in seawater have been reported from the Fukushima plant's discharge canals, from coastal waters five to ten kilometers south of the plant, and from 30 kilometers offshore. "Levels of some radionuclides are at least an order of magnitude higher than the highest levels in 1986 in...

As best we know it, the shocking truth is that preventable disasters keep proliferating life destroying contamination globally. Yet news about them is suppressed, so few people everywhere are unaware how calamitously they're being harmed. As a result, distinguished environmental researcher...

Expert Answer: According to former University of Tokushima professor Jun Sekizawa, much of the radioactive material found on spinach can be eliminated by washing and boiling it. As for milk, Sekizawa says, “drinking even the most contaminated [1,500 becquerels] several times is still less than...

The owner of the Dragon Palace Chinese restaurant in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, has been fined £3,000 after live mice were found in a box of noodles. Inspectors also discovered decomposing bodies of rodents and mouse droppings, as well as congealed grease covering the ceiling at the...

A month has elapsed since the emergency at Fukushima began. But what exactly has gone on there and what are the priorities now? One way of looking at the drama that has unfolded around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors is as a narrative with one central plot, and a number of...

residents of Japan have good cause to mistrust the media, TEPCO officials, and members of their government when it comes to assurances about radiation levels, plutonium dispersal, and the related health risks. Americans also have good cause to mistrust these same sort of assurances issued to...

Charlie Sheen, whose well-publicized list of bad habits includes smoking, is being offered a hand in kicking the tobacco habit by an Ontario cabinet minister, media reports said on Thursday. Ontario Health Promotion Minister Margarett Best said she was personally willing to give Sheen a hand...

EPA’s Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA) plans to update its 1992 PAG, “governing radiation protection decisions for both short (and) long-term cleanup standards.” However, agency experts object, including Stuart Walker of the Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation...

How will the radiation affect fish and seafood that have not yet been fished or harvested? The great quantity of water in the Pacific Ocean rapidly and effectively dilutes radioactive material, so fish and seafood are likely to be unaffected. However, FDA is taking all steps to evaluate and...