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Nitrogen footprint warning from European agencyGuardian Unlimited | 10 Apr 2011New study says nitrogen pollution costs every person in Europe £650 a year in damage to water, climate, health and wildlife. Nitrogen pollution is costing every person in Europe up to £650 a year in damage to water, climate, health and wildlife, a study warns. Scientists behind the research said nitrogen was needed as fertiliser to help feed a growing world population - but suggested that eating less meat could reduce the amount of pollution caused by agriculture.
Agriculture and Fisheries | Biodiversity | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Health | Research South Korean schools close amid radiation fearsGuardian Unlimited | 08 Apr 2011More than 100 schools close in Gyeonggi province, despite the PM's office saying radiation levels in rain pose no health risk. More than 100 South Korean schools have cancelled or shortened classes over fears that rain falling across the country may show traces of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. The Education Office of Gyeonggi province said it allowed schools to decide whether to open on Thursday.
Japan | Korea | Republic of | Disasters | Health | Industry Fukushima soil contains plutonium traces, according to Japanese officialsGuardian Unlimited | 29 Mar 2011Government says levels are not harmful to human health as anxiety grows over leaks at stricken nuclear power plant. Traces of plutonium have been found in the soil at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japanese officials said on Monday, but not at levels considered harmful to human health. The discovery of plutonium - a byproduct of nuclear reactions - added to anxiety over the stricken plant, 150 miles north of Tokyo.
Japan | Disasters | Health | Industry | Responses Is the French public beginning to doubt nuclear?Guardian Unlimited | 23 Mar 2011Even before Fukushima, the relationship between France and its dominant nuclear industry was being tested for the first time. The presence of the Gravelines nuclear power plant in northern France is unmissable for miles around, where dozens of lines of enormous pylons march six abreast across the landscape, each hung with heavy cables that carry 7% of France's electricity across the country.
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