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It's official: Traffic pollution can cause asthma in children
2013-03-21 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Researchers in Europe have confirmed scientifically what parents in traffic-congested Southern California have known anecdotally for years: Poor air quality associated with busy roads can cause asthma in children. The study, which examined children's health in 10 cities, concluded that 14% of chronic childhood asthma cases could be attributed to near-road traffic pollution. It is the first time that medical researchers have made such a direct link -- previous studies stopped at saying that traffic...
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Japan: Thyroid Abnormalities Found in Children Downwind from Fukushima
2013-03-10 20:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A doctor conducts a thyroid test during a rehearsal in October before the start of a Fukushima prefectural government program. Photo: Asahi Shimbun Thyroid abnormalities have now been confirmed among tens of thousands of children downwind from Fukushima. They are the first clear sign of an unfolding radioactive tragedy that demands this industry be buried forever. Two years after Fukushima exploded, three still-smoldering reactors remind us that the nuclear power industry repeatedly told the...
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Where children stay longer and play more often
2013-03-09 02:01:09| PortlandOnline
on KaBOOM!, March 5, 2013
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134m children in India to be online by 2017: Study
2013-03-04 12:32:16| Telecom - Topix.net
The number of children in the country expected to come online by 2017 is likely to more than triple to 134 million from about 40 million last year.
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NATO Shot Dead Two Afghan Children in Latest Attack on Civilians
2013-03-02 18:52:20| IT Services - Topix.net
Agence France-Presse reports that the children were 7 and 8 years old and were tending cattle when Australian soldiers fired at them in a "'mistaken' retaliatory attack." There have been a string of incidents in which Afghan civilians, including children, have been killed by NATO forces.
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