FACTS ARROUND THE GLOBE
·
WORLD
The world health organization has
concluded that exposure to
diesel enginge exhaust “ is associated with an increased risk
for lung cancer” and possibly also for bladder cancer.
·
ANTARTICAR
Fossilized pollen and
spores recovered from seabed sediment reveal that the Antarctica once supported palms and
near-tropical forests. During the so-called “ Eocene green-house period”.
Winters were mild and “essentially frost-free” and temperatures at the poles
were not vastly different from those at the equator.
· EL
SALVADOR
In mid-april 2012, government
officials heralded El Salvador’s first murder-free day in almost three
years. Plagued by drug related violence, in 2011 the country had a homicide
rate of 60 per 100,000
_one of the
worst in the world
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