The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
Genetically modified crops are continuing to spread across the world, according to the leading annual survey of GM in agriculture, published yesterday. The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) said the global area of GM crops rose from 114m hectares in 2007 to 125m hectares in 2008, …
Multipurpose vitamin C also fights arsenic FROM common cold to cancer, the role of vitamin C in combating diseases has long been hailed. Recent research has shown that it can also alleviate arsenic-induced toxic effects. People living in high-risk arsenic contaminated areas can now use the cheap and easily available …
Date: 29-Jan-09 Country: UK/US Author: Nigel Hunt and Brad Dorfman LONDON/CHICAGO - As recession drives consumers to cut costs, their commitment to organic food has been tested with sales growth slowing -- but so far, sales are not falling. How green are our wallets? Grown without the use of synthetic …
A German research ship laden with 20 tonnes of iron sulphate has whipped up a storm of protest as it sails towards the Antarctic, where it intends to dump its cargo into the ocean late this week.
The French National Assembly adopted the Charter for the Environment in 2004 and integrated it into the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic by the amendment of March 1, 2005. On June 19, 2008, the French constitutional council, Conseil constitutionnel, in a landmark decision on the constitutionality of the statute …
More than 60 percent of the population of Nairobi lives in the numerous slums located around the city. Kibera slum is one of the 146 slums of the Kenyan capital and the second biggest slum in Africa (after Soweto in South Africa). Around one million people are currently living in …
climate change Poznan talks begin Delegates from 186 nations congregated in the Polish city of Poznan on December 1 to negotiate a new climate change treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. Ministers discussed their vision for long-term cooperative action and emphasized the economic slowdown should not overshadow the …
The current Sarkozy-Fillon Government, acting presidency of the European Union's Council of Ministers, has chosen to massively promote nuclear power even to newcomer countries like Algeria, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and United Arab Emirates. As President Sarkozy put it in a speech in Marrakech: "We have it in France, why …
Angelique Chrisafis Paris: They often wore only Army-regulation shorts and T-shirts to protect them from atomic explosions, and were stationed dangerously close to mushroom clouds or hosed-down contaminated equipment wearing just swimming trunks. The soldiers and civilians who worked on France
Europe's four big auto making nations have reached agreement on cutting greenhouse gas emissions from cars after Italy joined a deal between Britain, France and Germany, government sources in Rome and Berlin said. The deal will help ease Italian opposition to ambitious European Union plans to lead the world in …
A French court has ruled that power grid RTE must pay 390,000 euros (US$493,200) to a farming family after a high-voltage line caused its animals to fall sick, a prosecutor said on Monday. State-run RTE, an arm of EDF, said it would appeal against the decision, a first for France …
Poland's prime minister said on Thursday he believed a deal in December on a European Union climate package had come closer following his talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the issue. Poland and other ex-communist EU members are worried that the package, which aims to slash emissions of greenhouse …
PARIS: French scientists say they have discovered a new species of gecko, after hatching an egg 19,000 km from its South Pacific island home. Given the Latin name Lepidodactylus buleli, the gecko makes its home near the tops of the trees that line the west coast of Espiritu Santo, one …
PARIS: French scientists say they have discovered a new species of gecko, after hatching an egg 19,000 km from its South Pacific island home. Given the Latin name Lepidodactylus buleli, the gecko makes its home near the tops of the trees that line the west coast of Espiritu Santo, one …
A Microbe Found In Rain Forests Can Synthesize The Fuel From Cellulose Paris: A reddish microbe found on the inside of a tree at a secret location in the rain forests of northern Patagonia could unlock the biofuel of the future, say scientists. Its potential is so startling that the …
Here the authors report the first worldwide reconnaissance study of the presence and occurrence of pesticides in fruit-based soft drinks. While there are strict regulations and exhaustive controls for pesticides in fruits, vegetables, and drinking water, scarce attention has been paid to highly consumed derivate products, which may contain these …
