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Pilot texting a factor in deadly copter crash
2013-04-10 04:24:25| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
But when he prepared for a medical flight in August of 2011 -- while simultaneously engaging in a private text conversation -- he set into motion events that led to the deaths of four people, including himself.
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After a Deadly Collapse in Mumbai, Thousands of Illegal Buildings Still Stand
2013-04-08 22:13:42| ENR.com: Headline News
An estimated 2,000 illegal structures still stand in the neighborhood of the tragedy.
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Researchers see link between deadly spread of diarrhea, more prolonged droughts in Africa
2013-04-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The mention of diarrhea is likely to elicit a vague squeamishness in the First World, where indoor toilets and clean water for washing are commonplace, but for thousands of children living in drought-plagued sub-Saharan Africa, the subject is one of life and death. Although the illness is both easily preventable and treatable, World Health Organization data show that close to 920,000 people in the U.N. agency's Africa region died of diarrheal diseases in 2008. Nearly three-quarters of these deaths...
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Deadly effects of certain kinds of household air pollution lead to call for biomarker studies
2013-04-02 01:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Almost four million people die each year from household air pollution (HAP) caused by exposure to the combustion of biomass fuels (wood, charcoal, crop residues, and dung), kerosene, or coal. These individuals are among the tens of millions who rely on such products to cook their meals, heat their rooms, and light their homes. Those in lower and middle income countries are among the hardest hit by the effects of HAP exposure, which also causes childhood respiratory infection, chronic lung disease,...
NV Energy Fined $43K Over Deadly Accident
2013-03-28 08:12:04| Semiconductors - Topix.net
NV Energy has been fined $43,000 following an investigation into a worker's death.
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