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A ray of hope for the African descendants. Struggling with pesticide contaminated diseases for decades; the Africans can now breathe a sigh of relief about their children’s health. They may not have to fall victim in the hands of the demon reining the…

World temperature is rising. Ice sheets at the poles are contracting, leading to fears of rivers disappearing from the world map. We are aware of these consequences. But, are we prepared to face and resist them? Yes, global warming could lead to a…

Good news for the environmentalists and animal lovers. Want to watch an assemblage of gray wolves? It’s the Northern Rockies, where you can spot them wandering or relaxing in their peaceful gestures. They have increased to a larger community of more than.

We all are aware of the fact that global warming is bringing about radical changes in the earth’s atmosphere and layout. Researchers have exteriorized alarms that rivers may disappear; climate may change drastically leading to extinction of alarmingly…

Environment or economy? The tug-of-war are at odds. An eternal antagonism true, but its of great concern the Vietnam’s food bowl, the ecologically sensitive wetlands is now suffering over-exploitation. The food bowl that produces the country’s most of…

Victims of the Haiti’s cataclysmic floods has lived a year with the memories of the killer tropical storm that unleashed and swallowed the gritty city’s barren northwest. Along with the agonizing memories of the deluge and of the dear ones lost, the…

Kill to save! How do you go by this oxymoron?…. The California Department of Fish and Game is exactly banking on it, may be to serve their interest! The survival battle since the early 1980s, have been waged once again, in a new fire, between the…

We have heard of diseases caused by malnutrition or food crisis. But, dying slowly and silently consuming our most nutritious and favorite food! That exactly what is happening with our food and drink we are consuming everyday. No! no problem with their…

What do you do with your old and worn garments? Use for dusting or drop them at the waste van? Do neither ever after. Just meet Masahiro Nakagawa with your worn wardrobe at his inspiring boutique. He does with them all. He gives a new look to your reused.

It may be happening with you too! And that too without your knowledge! Find out if you are living in a region polluted with chemical and radioactive material much above the permissible limit. Do you know such pollutants lead to cancer, skin and…