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"Our study is the first ? to show that the contaminants are entering the home and are present on the floors and the house dust," said Tim Lambert, one of the report's authors, on Sunday. "This is the primary exposure for children and people."
"We don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that there is a link" between the tar ponds and illnesses in the area, said Ann Marie Ross, who spends a lot of time nowadays trying to get rid of dust in her home.' Toronto dispatch: So far, more than six Canadians have died from Sars. With so little known about the virus, it is hard to reassure the public, writes Anne McIlroy. [Guardian Unlimited] 'Toronto is now the North American epicentre of the outbreak that began last autumn in Guangdong and which Chinese authorities kept secret. Canada's largest city now has more cases of Sars than any place outside of Asia, and the number of suspected cases rises every day.' The title's a bit hyperbolic, if not misleading. 'Scared of death perhaps. But the subheading is downright strange. 'More than six'? Well, I guess nine is more than six. But it's 50% more than six.  < 2:41:14 AM>.ROMlife - The Secrets of Egypt's Everlasting Oasis 'Enjoy an illustrated talk on the Canadian-led archaeological dig in the Dakhleh Oasis, in Egypt's Western Desert. Archaeologists have uncovered an Old Kingdom capital, and in a Roman-era "desert Pompeii," Egypt's oldest churches, the world's two oldest books, and a priceless archive of 10,000 papyri. Home to humans for at least 400,000 years, we discover that Dakhleh and the desert have made a surprising contribution to the rise of pharaonic civilization along the Nile. Speaker Harry Thurston is one of Canada's leading science and environmental writers. He has written 12 books and feature articles for more than 30 magazines, including Audubon, Equinox, and National Geographic. He will be signing copies of his latest book, Island of the Blessed: the Secrets of Egypt's Everlasting Oasis.' This is where we'll all be this Friday evening. There was a half page ad in this week's Books section of The Globe & Mail. The week before there had been a long and very positive review of Harry's book. < 1:32:40 AM>.The Globe and Mail: Toronto hospitals delay most surgery 'Three of Toronto's major hospitals are performing only 5 per cent of their normal surgical caseloads, attending only to the most urgent cases and excluding many coronary bypass and cancer operations, as the SARS outbreak continues to spread.' |
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