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 Stories About: Sri Lanka
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Pesticides up to no good, says new research |
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18 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 5:08 PM on 18 Sep 2007 A decrease in pesticide availability led to an associated decrease in suicide rates in Sri Lanka, researchers publishing in the International Journal of Epidemiology have concluded. In 1995 and 1998, restrictions were put into place on importation and sales of highly toxic pesticides in Sri Lanka; in 2005, the country's suicide rate was half what it had been in 1995. "Changes in the availability o ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, health, news, Sri Lanka, toxics (all these topics) |
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How Now, Brown Cloud
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12 Aug 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| How Now, Brown Cloud A dense blanket of pollution that is hovering over South Asia could cause millions of deaths in the region and pose a threat to the world at large, a group of 200 scientists announced today. Known as the "Asian Brown Cloud," the smog is an estimated two miles thick and covers the entire Indian subcontinent, from Sri Lanka to Afghanistan. The ... |
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| Topics: Afghanistan, air pollution, Asia, energy, health, India, Sri Lanka, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Elephants: Never Forget
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26 Feb 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Elephants: Never Forget A shocking 80 percent of wild elephants in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam fell victim to the ivory trade between 1988 and 2000, according to a report issued yesterday by Save the Elephants. The report blamed French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, and Chinese tourists for driving ... |
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| Topics: ... China, France, Germany, Indonesia, international government agencies, Italy, Japan, Laos, Nepal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, wildlife (all these topics) |
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