Category: Asia

Millions In China Face Arsenic Poisoning

Nearly 20 million people in China live in areas at high risk of arsenic contamination in their water supplies,

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Biblical Wormwood Arrives In India

Tubewells in seven wards of Chittagong City Corporation are pumping water with arsenic contamination 10 times higher than the

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34 Meter Tsunami Could Hit Japan

TOKYO (AP)—Much of Japan's Pacific coast could be inundated by a tsunami more than 34 meters (112 feet) high

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Water in Hanoi Contains Arsenic

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment in 2011 released a report about the underground water monitoring results

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Chinese officials probe unidentified pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan

Health officials in China are investigating the cause of a pneumonia outbreak in the city of Wuhan in Hubei

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Siberia’s Permafrost Is Exploding

Temperatures are warming faster in the Arctic than anywhere else on Earth, at twice the rate of the global

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China Air Pollution Kills 4,000 Every Day

Air pollution is killing about 4,000 people in China a day, accounting for one in six premature deaths in

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Flesh Eating Diseases Increase In Japan

The number of patients nationwide who contracted streptococcol toxic-shock syndrome (STSS) — a deadly condition popularly known as “flesh-eating

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6.1 Quake Hits Bali. No Tsunami.

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Bali today, shaking hotels and sending holidaymakers fleeing in fear. The undersea quake struck at

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Sulawesi Indonesia Tsunami 2018: Toll could reach 5000

The official death toll is 1,944 but this number could triple as authorities lose hope of finding survivors. About 5,000

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