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Deadly landslide in Washington state - 0 views

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  • Anissa Eckhoff on 24 Mar 14
     
    At least three people have been killed and several badly injured in a huge landslide in a rural area of the north-western American state of Washington, officials say. The landslide destroyed six houses and covered a road near the town of Oso, about 90km (55 miles) north of Seattle.
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Lung cancer rates up among UK women - 0 views

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  • Anissa Eckhoff on 24 Mar 14
     
    Lung cancer rates among women in the UK have risen by 73% since 1975, while falling by 47% among men. Cancer Research UK, which has released the figures, says the changes are because of contrasting trends in smoking habits in men and women. Lung cancer is a disease of affluence
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BBC News - Japan Typhoon Wipha kills 17 people - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...world-asia-24531140 Izu Ooshima typhoon mudslides
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  • Tyler Adams on 17 Oct 13
     
    Typhoon Wipha kills at least 17 people Izu Ooshima hit hardest
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Preventive Care overview - 0 views

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  • Anissa Eckhoff on 05 Nov 13
     
    Some good examples mentioned!
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Nestlé is draining developing countries' groundwater - 1 views

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  • Anissa Eckhoff on 10 Nov 13
     
    Nestlé is draining developing countries' groundwater to make its Pure Life bottled water, destroying countries' natural resources. Now Nestlé is moving into Pakistan and sucking up the local water supply, rendering entire areas uninhabitable in order to sell mineral-enriched water to the upper class as a status symbol, while the poor watch wells run dry and their children fall ill.
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