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A rural retirement in Chernobyl’s radioactive shadow

Apr 14, 2016

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By Vasily Fedosenko TULGOVICH, Belarus (Reuters) – Ninety-year-old Ivan Shamyanok says the secret to a long life is not leaving your birthplace, even when it is a Belarusian village poisoned with radioactive fallout from a nuclear disaster. On April 26, 1986, a botched test at a nuclear plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, then a Soviet republic,…

China citizens protest ChemChina-Syngenta deal amid GMO worries

Apr 8, 2016

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Around 400 Chinese citizens have signed a letter to protest the purchase of Swiss-based seeds and pesticides company Syngenta by state-owned ChemChina, saying the deal would eventually lead to genetically modified crops being sown across swathes of the country. Critics of genetically modified organisms argue the technology poses risks to public health and the environment,…

China citizens protest ChemChina-Syngenta deal amid GMO worries

Apr 8, 2016

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Around 400 Chinese citizens have signed a letter to protest the purchase of Swiss-based seeds and pesticides company Syngenta by state-owned ChemChina, saying the deal would eventually lead to genetically modified crops being sown across swathes of the country. Critics of genetically modified organisms argue the technology poses risks to public health and the environment,…

Poll: Some key gaps in Americans’ knowledge about Zika virus

Apr 8, 2016

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans don't know a lot about the Zika virus that is linked to birth defects and creeping steadily closer to the U.S., according to a new poll that found about 4 in 10 say they've heard little to nothing about the mosquito-borne threat.

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A rural retirement in Chernobyl’s radioactive shadow

China citizens protest ChemChina-Syngenta deal amid GMO worries

China citizens protest ChemChina-Syngenta deal amid GMO worries

Poll: Some key gaps in Americans’ knowledge about Zika virus