Tubewells in seven wards of Chittagong City Corporation are pumping water with arsenic contamination 10 times higher than the safe level.
The wards’ low-income group people are especially exposed to arsenic related diseases as they drink and use water from those tubewells to meet daily necessities.
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TOKYO (AP)—Much of Japan’s Pacific coast could be inundated by a tsunami more than 34 meters (112 feet) high if a powerful earthquake hits offshore, according to revised estimates by a government panel.
The panel of experts says any tsunami unleashed by a magnitude-9.0 earthquake in the Nankai trough, which runs east of Japan’s main island of Honshu to the southern island of Kyushu, could top 34 m at its highest.
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People in flood-ravaged Fiji have begun returning home after spending several days in evacuation centres.
The death toll from the floods has risen to five after some of the worst flooding the country has seen in decades.
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Mexico was shaken Monday afternoon by a strong apparent aftershock from a powerful earthquake late last month.
Officials said there were no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries from the quake, which had an initial magnitude of 6.3.
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A family of four has died under a landslide in Fiji, as forecasters predict lingering torrential rain in the flood-battered region.
Police told FBC News a 35-year-old father, 30-year-old mother and their two daughters, aged three and one, were buried alive under the landslide in Ba on the island of Viti Levu yesterday morning.
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Leading scientists on Thursday called on the upcoming Rio Summit to grapple with environmental ills that they said pointed to “a humanitarian emergency on a global scale.”
In a “State of the Planet” declaration issued after a four-day conference, the scientists said Earth was now facing unprecedented challenges, from water stress, pollution and species loss to spiralling demands for food.
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Climate change is amplifying risks from drought, floods, storms and rising seas, threatening all countries but small island states, poor nations and arid regions in particular, UN experts warned on Tuesday.
In its first-ever report on the question, the Nobel-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said man-made global-warming gases are already affecting some types of extreme weather.
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Lloyd’s of London insurance market on Wednesday posted its second-largest annual loss owing to record claims for catastrophes including Japan’s earthquake disaster and floods in Thailand.
The company suffered a pre-tax loss of £516 million ($822 million, 615 million euros) in 2011 on soaring claims, Lloyd’s said in a results statement. That compared with a profit before tax of £2.195 billion in 2010.
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The Kazakhstan government and environmentalists Tuesday sounded the alarm over the declining numbers of endangered Caspian seals after 35 animals were found dead over the weekend.
“During the inspection on March 25… 35 dead seals were found on the sea shore” near Bautino, a port town in the southwest, the agriculture ministry said in a statement.
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An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale has struck northeast Japan – the same region devastated by last year’s quake and tsunami.
There have been no reports of any casualties or damage and no tsunami warning was issued.
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An exclusion zone has been put in place around a North Sea oil and gas well, where a plume of gas was seen rising above the water after a “serious” leak.
The potentially explosive natural gas is escaping from Total’s Elgin platform , and officials have admitted it could take up to six months to plug the leak.
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British tourists looking forward to taking in the spectacular tropical wildlife of the Florida Keys this summer may be in for a shock – three-foot-long rats are invading the holiday hotspot.
A breed of giant Gambian rats have been rapidly reproducing in the area, despite a decade-long effort to wipe them out.
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A magnitude-7.1 quake has hit central Chile, rattling buildings in the capital and triggering evacuations along the coast.
Residents in the capital Santiago fled their homes as the tremor rattled television sets, kitchen cabinets and tables.
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A fishing boat lost during the Japanese tsunami disaster a year ago has turned up off Canada’s west coast.
The 65-metre vessel was first spotted on Tuesday last week by a Canadian Forces aircraft on a routine surveillance patrol, but an aerial inspection has since suggested there was no-one on board.
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Climate change has accelerated in the past decade, the UN weather agency said Friday, releasing data showing that 2001 to 2010 was the warmest decade on record.
The 10-year period was also marked by extreme levels of rain or snowfall, leading to significant flooding on all continents, while droughts affected parts of East Africa and North America.
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Authorities in Beijing say it will be at least two decades before they can get air pollution under control, after the Chinese capital almost topped a recent list of the world’s most polluted cities.
The city authorities in Beijing have been stung by a wave of criticism of the accuracy of their pollution figures.
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