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October 02, 2003

Kyoto Protocol or death

Global warming is already killing people, according to a story in Wired News. A new study, by scientists at the World Health Organization and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, claims climate change may already be responsible for as many as 160,000 deaths a year. Many of the deaths occur in developing nations in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia, hardest hit by the spread of malnutrition, diarrhoea and malaria in the wake of warmer temperatures, floods and droughts caused by global warming. It's a wake-up call. Read the full story at http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,60640,00.html/wn_ascii. Posted by belinda at October 2, 2003 10:34 AM
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