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Toxic Waste on Par with Malaria as a Global Killer

By Stephen Leahy
Toxic waste sites in 31 countries are damaging the brains of nearly 800,000 children and impairing the health of millions of people in the developing world, two new studies have found.

New Brazilian Research Centre Focuses on Health Risks of Smoking

By Fabiola Ortiz
Brazil has taken another step to combat the harmful habit of smoking with the creation of the Centre for Studies on Tobacco and Health (CETAB).

‘Tsunami’ of Diseases Waiting to Hit

By Isolda Agazzi
A tsunami is looming on the horizon and the world is unprepared for it. This one won’t be a massive wall of water but a tidal wave of disease – and experts say the international community needs to act fast to keep it from crashing.

Smoking Kills Mostly the Poor in India

By Mauro Teodori
Mujeeb Rahuman (39), a mason in the Venjaramoodu village in Thiruvananthapuram, the southernmost district in India’s coastal Kerala state, has been a chain smoker for the past twenty years.