About: [The Project] [The ApocaDocs] [Equal Share]

The Six Scenarios: [Species Collapse] [Infectious Disease] [Climate Chaos] [Resource Depletion] [Biology Breach] [Recovery]

Explore:

Play: It's weekly, funny, and free!

---

SEARCH More than 6,000 stories! A great gift for crisis deniers! Humoring the Horror of the Converging Emergencies 94 color pages $24.99 now $15! Or read FREE online! Twitter Ping this story in social media: del.icio.us Digg Newsvine NowPublic Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon

Posted Tue May 7 2013: from Science News: Toxic waste sites may cause health problems for millions http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1367958083 Living near a toxic waste site may represent as much of a health threat as some infectious diseases, a study in three developing countries finds. Researchers analyzed 373 toxic waste sites in India, Indonesia and the Philippines, where an estimated 8.6 million people are at risk of exposure to lead, asbestos, hexavalent chromium and other hazardous materials. Among those people at risk, the exposures could cause a loss of around 829,000 years of good health as a result of disease, disability or early death, the team reports May 4 in Environmental Health Perspectives. [Read more stories about: contamination, health impacts, toxic buildup, heavy metals] This item will appear in our PANIQuiz! New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

'Doc Michael says: What doesn't kill you ... really kills you. NEXT> More stories: Climate talks end inconclusively, again Ocean Acidification Threatens Arctic Ecosystem, Study Shows ( Toxic waste sites may cause health problems for millions ) EPA to defend its greenhouse gas emission rules tomorrow The Keeling Curve Want to explore more? Try the PaniCloud!

Copyright 2010 The Apocadocs.com