Water and wind
23rd June 2008
World Travellers' Health Warnings
(Normally these warnings would be about water borne diseases)
Lead intoxication in Senegal
The informal recycling of lead batteries have caused lead pollution leading to the deaths of a number of children in the Ngagne Diaw area of the Thiaraye sur Mer district in Dakar, Senegal. Very high blood level concentrations of lead were found in the parents and siblings of the dead children.
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Comment
Global freshwater consumption rose sixfold between 1900 and 1995 - more than twice the rate of population growth. About one third of the world's population already lives in countries considered to be 'water stressed'
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We are water beings!
Why are we, as a species, obsessed with water? Strangely, whilst we live on land, as a species we are besotted with water.
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Climate Change
While researching wind strengths and directions around the UK and Ireland with electricity generation by wind turbines in mind it was apparent that change was afoot. Read more >>
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