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    Environment WATER SUPPLY

    Coping with water crisis in Cuba

    Cuba’s economic decline has led to a slow but steady deterioration of water supplies and sanitation services.

    Region
    Cuba
    Bangladesh
    Chile
    Costa Rica
    Nigeria
    Canada
    South Africa
  • Journal articles
    CHILDREN PESTICIDES BANANAS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Ecohealth ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

    Indigenous children living nearby plantations with chlorpyrifos-treated bags have elevated 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPy) urinary concentrations

    Results suggest that the general living environment of children from the banana village is contaminated with chlorpyrifos, detected in air, soil, surface water, mattress and house dust samples, and in all the hand and foot wash samples.

    Published date
    Thursday, August 2, 2012 - 04:00
  • Journal articles
    Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

    Thirty-five-million dollar boost for 'Barcode of Life'

    The International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project, received a funding boost of $35 million from Canadian agencies for a 26-nation effort to collect specimens, sequence their DNA, and build an informatics platform using digital bar codes to store an

    Published date
    Friday, April 2, 2010 - 04:00
  • Journal articles
    Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

    Barcode of Life Project expects $35M in new support

    The Canada-led International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project has received new pledges from its major supporters, raising totals from these funders to $80 million.

    Published date
    Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00
  • Journal articles
    Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL)

    International Barcode of Life Project gets $8.1 million

    Researchers are quickly amassing barcodes or identifiers for a database of life forms, and developing new informatics tools and technologies.

    Published date
    Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00