Category: Health

Death Hangs Over Homecoming at Chernobyl

Zoltán Dujisin PRIPYAT, Chernobyl, Apr 25 2011 (IPS) – It was almost 6am on April 26, […]

Germany Pledges Nuclear Shutdown By 2022

DOHA, Qatar, May 30 2011 – Germany has decided to shut all its nuclear reactors by […]

Eleven Million at Risk in Horn of Africa

Denis Foynes UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 2011 (IPS) – I have never seen anything like it. […]

Keeping Healthy Veggies from Turning Deadly

Emilio Godoy* – Tierramérica MEXICO CITY, Jul 13 2011 (IPS) – Fatal outbreaks of food poisoning […]

Serving the Homeless, One Falafel Sandwich at a Time

WASHINGTON, Aug 15 2011 – You may walk past a Pret A Manger shop every day […]

SOUTH AMERICA: “Drug Addicts Are Sick, Not Criminals”

Fabíola Ortiz RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 22 2011 (IPS) – Drug dealers in the favelas of […]

Toxins Rob More Than a Decade of Life from Millions

Stephen Leahy Many small-scale methods for extracting gold involve the use of mercury, which is both […]

KENYA: Medical Waste Poses Serious Threat to Scavengers

David Njagi Correspondents * – IPS/Al Jazeera NAIROBI, Dec 28 2011 (IPS) – For Collins Otieno, […]

Trust Deficit – Worst Fallout of Fukushima

TOKYO, Feb 22 2012 (IPS) – Kazuya Tarukawa, 36, left a secure job in the Japanese […]

U.S.: Forming Coalitions, Tea Party Continues to Brew

Matthew Cardinale ATLANTA, Georgia, Mar 30 2012 (IPS) – In the three years since its inception, […]