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First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

3,673 affected in 12 upazilas; 2 die so far

Arsenic toxicity taking toll on life in Comilla. UNB, ComillaArsenic poisoning is playing horrendous havoc on public life in Comilla district, seriously affecting health of people of all ages.There are 3,673 people attacked with arsenicosis, a health ... [Published The New Nation - May 16 2013]

Entities: Arsenic, Arsenic poisoning, Contamination, Surgeon, Kumar Roy

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Why I'm voting 'no' on fluoridating Portland's water: Guest opinion

By Mike LindbergI was honored to serve on the Portland City Council for 17 years. During that time I worked to protect our Bull Run water supply from logging and other degradations. If you have tried water in other major cities, you know that Portland's ... [Published Oregonian - May 15 2013]

Entities: Fluoride, Fluoridation, Drinking Water

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Police memorial wall comes with some tough calls

This year, the cases of two inductees highlight different challenges facing leaders of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, which holds a vigil Monday for 321 officers added to the wall in Washington, D.C.Detective Sgt. Caleb Embree Smith ... [Published Eureka Times-Standard - May 12 2013]

Entities: Kathleen Smith, Police, Poison

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

A look at women who have sat on death row

only 571 total women have been executed since 1632. This makes up only 2.9% of the total documented executions. is the youngest woman ever put on death row and is the only woman on death row in Tennessee. She was twenty at the time that she was convicted ... [Published Helium - May 10 2013]

Entities: Death Row, Frances Newton, Arsenic poisoning

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Apples for Grapes

Over 400 people signed a petition last week against Paul Hobbs Winery and its plans to convert an apple orchard into a vineyard surrounding five schools in rural Sebastopol.Hobbs is an international wine baron who owns vineyards in at least half a dozen ... [Published Bohemian - May 08 2013]

Entities: Pesticide, Arsenic poisoning, Herbicide, Asbestos

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Why arsenic is commonly found in poisonings

Arsenic: Is there any better way to subtly do away with your enemies? Everyone from Nero to the Borgias to Agatha Christie has been a fan of it at some point in time. In the literary world arsenic remains one of the most popular poisons of all time. In ... [Published Helium - May 08 2013]

Entities: Arsenic, Poison, arsenic trioxide

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Ex-JFBA chief Nakabo dies at 83

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Kohei Nakabo, former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, died of heart failure Friday at a hospital in the city of Kyoto, his family said Sunday. He was 83.He also served as the first chief of the Resolution and Collection ... [Published MAINICHI Daily News - May 06 2013]

Entities: Arsenic poisoning, Bankruptcy Administrator, Kyoto, Osaka, congestive heart failure

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

New Sweden Arsenic poisoning 10 year anniversary

NEWSWEDEN10YRPKG5313 from WAGM-TV on Vimeo.Ten years ago…the largest criminal arsenic poisoning in United States history rocked the small town of New Sweden. Media outlets from across the country flooded the town… And now 10 years later we take a look ... [Published WAGM TV - May 03 2013]

Entities: Arsenic poisoning, New Sweden (United States), Vimeo, Arsenic, Lutheran Church

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

New technique to reduce arsenic levels in rice

Delaware - Levels of arsenic in rice presents a major toxicity risk to millions of people. Scientists are experimenting with a new bacterium to see if the organism can reduce arsenic deposits down to a safe level. Rice is one of the main staple global ... [Published Digital Journal - May 03 2013]

Entities: Arsenic, Bacteria, Arsenic poisoning, Iron, Jane Austen

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Anwar the drama king

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) deputy president Dr Chandra Muzaffar revealed that he lost faith in Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim after several incidents that were orchestrated to convince the people that the latter was victimised by the ... [Published The Mole - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Arsenic, Poison, HIV/AIDS, Anwar Ibrahim, Virus

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Slow Poison

Sixty-nine-year-old Renubala Ari of Deganga village in West Bengal?s North 24 Parganas district is counting her last days. But it is not her death that worries her.Blind in both eyes and with painful lesions all over her body ? the effects of arsenic ... [Published Hindu Business Line - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Arsenic, Fluoride, Arsenic poisoning

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Scourge in Kolkata

Arsenic contamination of groundwater does not spare Kolkata either. According to Dipankar Chakraborti of SOES, 78 out of 141 wards in Kolkata are arsenic-affected. ?With more and more digging of ground water the number of affected areas is only likely ... [Published Hindu Business Line - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), Flagellum, Arsenic

Quotes

"Our job is not to exclude officers from the memorial, our job is to make sure we cross all the Ts and dot all the Is," Floyd said. "We err on the side of inclusion whenever there's any doubt at all." Follow Jeff Karoub on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeffkaroub

Police memorial wall comes with some tough calls [Published Eureka Times-Standard - May 12 2013]

...But the obvious issue rose from Amy Taganaski, who has two children at Apple Blossom School: "How can the school continue to be called Apple Blossom if there are not apples to be found nearby?"

Apples for Grapes [Published Bohemian - May 08 2013]

...the food chain with deadly arsenic," said Jonathan Evans, toxics and endangered species campaign director at the Center for Biological Diversity. "Arsenic in our food and waterways threatens public health and ecosystems."

Lawsuit Filed to Get Arsenic Out of Animal Feed, Protect Pub. . . [Published Equities.com - May 02 2013]

On the widespread fluorosis in Andhra Pradesh, Kanchukatla Subhash, Convener of Fluorosis Vimukti Porata Samithi, points out: ? "The condition will slowly deteriorate. This is quite normal in children.? Arsenicosis and fluorosis have their socio-economic and psychological fallout. People in the arsenic-hit districts of West Bengal face difficulties securing jobs, selling property and finding a bride or groom. In areas where awareness on arsenic poisoning is low, people are ostracised. Renubala?s community makes a living with bamboo products. Being poor, it doesn?t help at all that her family is ?arsenic affected?. Renubala?s eldest son - Pasupati Ari ? has lesions all over his body; he can?t walk or even hold a glass. Pasupati, who used to earn his living by working in the fields as a farm hand till about a few months ago, is forced to sit idle."

Slow Poison [Published Hindu Business Line - Apr 28 2013]

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3,673 affected in 12 upazilas; 2 die so far [Published The New Nation - May 16 2013]
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Police memorial wall comes with some tough calls [Published Eureka Times-Standard - May 12 2013]
A look at women who have sat on death row [Published Helium - May 10 2013]
Mothers and Allies Challenge Wine Industrialist [Published Dissident Voice - May 09 2013]
Mothers And Allies Challenge Wine Industrialist [Published Counter Currents - May 09 2013]
Apples for Grapes [Published Bohemian - May 08 2013]
Why arsenic is commonly found in poisonings [Published Helium - May 08 2013]
Ex-JFBA chief Nakabo dies at 83 [Published MAINICHI Daily News - May 06 2013]
New Sweden Arsenic poisoning 10 year anniversary [Published WAGM TV - May 03 2013]
New technique to reduce arsenic levels in rice [Published Digital Journal - May 03 2013]
Anwar delusion fuelled by Western media hype [Published New Straits Times - May 03 2013]
BICOL BREEZE: Political inbreeding [Published Bicol Mail - May 02 2013]
Lawsuit Filed to Get Arsenic Out of Animal Feed... [Published Equities.com - May 02 2013]
May 1, 2013 [Published Center for Biological Diversity - May 01 2013]
Anwar the drama king [Published The Mole - Apr 29 2013]
Slow Poison [Published Hindu Business Line - Apr 28 2013]
Scourge in Kolkata [Published Hindu Business Line - Apr 28 2013]
Empire of maladies: What ails urban India? [Published Times of India - Apr 28 2013]
Bulgarian Ministry of Environment inactive agai... [Published New Europe - Apr 25 2013]
Beijing air laden with arsenic, other heavy met... [Published Global Times - Apr 23 2013]
Quick Advice Intended for Herpes viru... [Published Al Bawaba - Apr 21 2013]
Arsenic and Lysenkoism [Published LankaWeb - Apr 20 2013]
Chamblee student honored for outreach [Published Crier Newspapers - Apr 10 2013]
Being Happy Is Hard [Published Bayside Patch - Apr 09 2013]
Amelia Dyer: the woman who murdered 300 babies [Published The Independent - Feb 22 2013]
Issue Brief: Water Resource Issues, Policy and ... [Published Brookings Latest From Brookings - Feb 12 2013]
Science models to resolve problems [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Jan 22 2013]

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Issue Brief: Water Resource Issues, Policy and ... [Published Brookings Latest From Brookings - Feb 12 2013] Editor’s note: Scott Moore is Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Research Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School. He was a guest researcher at Brookings’ John L. Thornton China Center and Brookings-Tsinghua ...