ThePunjabNationalBankhastoldpolicethatithasuncoveredadditionalexposureofabout9.42billionrupees($145.2million)inconnectionwithamassiveallegedfraud,accordingtoaco
Persistent,low-levelexposuretoleadoverdecadesisstatisticallylinkedtosome400,000prematuredeathsintheUnitedStateseachyear,farmorethanpreviouslythought,researchers
China’sbankingwatchdogonFridayissuednewrulesoncommercialbankstocurbthesizeoflargeexposuresconcerningtheircapital.Alargeexposureisdefinedasthesumofallexposuresof
RapidurbanizationinChinaisnotcontributingtoairpollution,andmayhaveactuallybroughthealthbenefitsforthehundredsofmillionsofpeoplewhohavemovedintocities,preventing
Five workers were exposed to radiation on June 6 during an inspection at a nuclear energy research center here, including one with 22,000 becquerels of plutonium in his lungs, the facility’s operator said.
FiveworkerswereexposedtoradiationonJune6duringaninspectionatanuclearenergyresearchcenterhere,includingonewith22,000becquerelsofplutoniuminhislungs,thefacility’s
Measures need to be taken to lessen exposure to environmental lead where environmental air levels remain high after Australian researchers found it leads children to higher levels of aggressive criminal behaviour in early adulthood.
Moderate exposure to the sun helps prevent obesity and diabetes and is important for good health, an Australian-led study published in the Diabetes journal on Friday revealed.
U.S. researchers have made detailed measurements of the radiation hazards associated with a trip that's long been the subject of science fiction: a manned mission to Mars.