Miscellany
§ - Earth's Vital Signs Show the Pain of Poverty - "The scope of the world's poverty is severe - almost half of humanity lives on less than $2 a day - and the 'world economy is rigged against the interests of the poor.'" (Environment News Service)
§ - Should I worry about SARS? - "As of this week over 700 patients worldwide have died from SARS and over 5,000 have been infected. This pales in comparison to the 30,000 to 40,000 people who die from influenza each year in the United States alone."
§ - Nicotine Takes Toll on Newborns - "The signs of distress reflected in the newborns' scores on a variety of behavioral tests were similar to those of children whose mothers used cocaine or heroin during pregnancy."
§ - US cigarettes 'higher cancer risk' - "More than 400,000 people in the US die each year from diseases caused by smoking, and it is the leading preventable cause of death in the nation, according to CDC statistics."
§ - Lung cancer to become top killer - "A lot of young women are binge smoking and are in denial. Many say they will give up when they are older, or when they get pregnant, but damage is being done with every cigarette." (NEWS.com.au)
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