Tag: Anthrax

Russia: the tinderbox in the struggle for a safe climate

Arctic, Environment, Health, Alcohol, Smoking, AIDS, Epidemics, Regions, Cities, Municipalities
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Russia is at the forefront of the global climate change struggle. We ignore it at our peril. (opendemocracy.net – Daniel Voskoboynik – September 20, 2016) Daniel Voskoboynik is a journalist and campaigner covering human rights, ecology and migration. The Russian region of Yamal rarely makes global headlines. Despite being larger than France, its remote location bordering the Arctic Circle holds […]

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NEWSWATCH: “Russia’s melting ice could release more threats to humanity” – AFP

Environment, Health, Alcohol, Smoking, AIDS, Epidemics, JRL NewsBlog
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Anthrax, small pox and giant viruses – Russian scientists are warning of a host of threats that could be unleashed on the world as global warming melts the frozen far north …. A recent anthrax outbreak on the Yamal peninsula left a child dead, 23 people infected and the government scrambling … The most likely source of the epidemic was […]

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