Up to 77 million people in Bangladesh have been exposed to toxic levels of arsenic from drinking water in recent decades, according to a Lancet study.
The research assessed nearly 12,000 people in a district of the capital Dhaka for over a period of 10 years.
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In the Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of West Africa sits Cumbre Vieja an active volcano in the Canaries.
When this volcano erupts in the future it is likely that the west face will landslide into the sea. This will equate to a piece of rock twice the size of the Isle of Man hitting the water at 200 miles per hour.
This will create a dome of water 2,700 feet high, which will then collapse, rebound and generate a mega tsunami. Read More / Watch Video »
In the recent documentary “An Inconvenient Truth”, Senator Al Gore pointed out that the Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than anyone ever expected. More than this, once it has gone sea levels could rise by up to twenty feet. This would submerge Shanghai and displace about 40 million people crippling China’s economy.
The United States is also in line for catastrophic climate events. According to the Global Meltdown Domino Effect predictions, the eastern seaboard of the United States will be hit by a mega tsunami created by the eruption of Cumbre Vieja in the Canaries, and also will be subjected to a three feet deep blanket of ash caused by the eruption of Yellowstone. Read More / Watch Video »
A scientist has attacked the inaction over a threat from a dangerous volcano in the Canary Islands which could send a tidal wave crashing against the US.
Bill McGuire of the Benfield Grieg Hazard Research Centre said no one was keeping a proper watch on the mountain.
If Cumbre Vieja volcano erupts, it may send a rock slab the size of a small island crashing into the sea, creating a huge tidal wave, or tsunami. Read More / Watch Video »
The ecological phenomenon, known as Florida red tide, can be harmful for people with asthma. Florida red tides, an annual event in areas along the Gulf of Mexico, are blooms of the ocean organism, Karenia brevis. New research reported in the January issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), shows that Florida red tide toxins (known as brevetoxins) can impact respiratory function and increase respiratory symptoms in patients with asthma. Read More / Watch Video »
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