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The Kyoto Loopholes Directory

How emission targets can be met without effort

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Baised against the poor

Comparison of compensation in the US and in India

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Analysis of macrolide antibiotics

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The following macrolide antibiotics have been covered in this review: erythromycin and its related substances, azithromycin, clarithromycin, dirithromycin, roxithromycin, flurithromycin, josamycin, rokitamycin, kitasamycin, mycinamycin, mirosamycin, oleandomycin, rosaramicin, spiramycin and tylosin.

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Global epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or sexually transmitted infections (STIs), have been recognised as a major public-health problem for a number of years. In 1912, Prince Morrow, chair of the US committee looking into the problem of venereal diseases, was quoted as saying "it is a conservative estimate that fully one-eighth of all human suffering comes from this souurce". Despite medical advances, STDs continue to pose a threat to the health and welfare of individuals.

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Political conflict in Bangladesh

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Ever since the inception of Bangladesh in 1972 its politics have been featured by several types of seemingly endemic conflict, some of which have been associated with either periodic outbursts of violence or prolonged relatively low-key armed confrontations.

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Analysis of potentially toxic phthalate plasticizers used in toy manufacturing

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A plasticizer is a substance normally incorporated to a PVC resin or some other materials such as paints, to improve some of its properties as flexibility or processability. Phthalates, adipates, phosphates and some others are the main compounds used as plasticizers. Some of these compounds, as bis-(2-ethylhexyl)

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Detailed study of Samta, one of the arsenic-affected villages of jessore District, Bangladesh

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In Bangladesh, arsenic in groundwater above 0.05 mg/1, the maximum permissible limit laid down by WHO, was found in 41 out of 64 districts. People suffering from arsenicosis have been identified in 20 districts out of 21 districts we have surveyed so far.

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A farce of a face off

For 10 days in Kyoto the world saw highly moral arguments put forward by world leaders to save the planet. But behind all those arguments was murky national self interest.

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Heated exchanges

Global politics took an upper hand over planetary ecology in Kyoto

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Warm up to kyoto

The industrialise countries have released billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but want the south to play nanny to them and clean up the mess

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