October 16, 2008
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Water & Wastewater Newsletter October 16, 2008 |
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In the fight to save children’s lives, washing hands takes centre stage
Wednesday 15th October marked the first ever Global Handwashing Day, celebrated in over 70 countries across five continents in an effort to mobilize and motivate millions around the world to wash their hands with soap. Handwashing with soap is one of the most effective and inexpensive ways to prevent diarrheal disease and pneumonia, which together are responsible for approximately 3.5 million child deaths every year. The United Nations General Assembly declared 2008 the International Year of Sanitation (IYS). Global Handwashing Day reinforces the IYS’s call for improved sanitation and ... |
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Antarctic scientists to study ocean acidification
The effects of ocean acidification, caused by atmospheric carbon dioxide dissolving in the ocean, will be a focus of research at Antarctica`s Davis station this summer. Scientist Dr Andrew Davidson says that the research project will investigate the effects of ocean acidification on Antarctic marine microbes (phytoplankton, protozoa and bacteria). `These organisms play a vital role in the marine food web and they moderate global climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing dimethylsulphide, a natural chemical that influences cloud formation,` he said. `Ocean acidification is ... |
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