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India: PNB discloses $145 million additional exposure in fraud probe

ThePunjabNationalBankhastoldpolicethatithasuncoveredadditionalexposureofabout9.42billionrupees($145.2million)inconnectionwithamassiveallegedfraud,accordingtoaco

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Lead poisoning may hasten death for millions in US: study

Persistent,low-levelexposuretoleadoverdecadesisstatisticallylinkedtosome400,000prematuredeathsintheUnitedStateseachyear,farmorethanpreviouslythought,researchers

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China regulator launches rules on limiting bank exposure

China’sbankingwatchdogonFridayissuednewrulesoncommercialbankstocurbthesizeoflargeexposuresconcerningtheircapital.Alargeexposureisdefinedasthesumofallexposuresof

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Urbanization in China prevented 450,000 premature deaths since 1980

RapidurbanizationinChinaisnotcontributingtoairpollution,andmayhaveactuallybroughthealthbenefitsforthehundredsofmillionsofpeoplewhohavemovedintocities,preventing

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Japan: workers exposed to radiation at research center in Ibaraki

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.

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Japan: workers exposed to radiation at research center in Ibaraki

FiveworkerswereexposedtoradiationonJune6duringaninspectionatanuclearenergyresearchcenterhere,includingonewith22,000becquerelsofplutoniuminhislungs,thefacility’s

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Aussie researchers suggest lead leads to life of crime

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.

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Sunlight helps prevent diabetes, obesity

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.

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U.S. researchers calculate radiation exposure of Mars mission

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.