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Students make polluted water drinkable again, Japan
Publish Date : 8/29/2004 4:55:00 PM Source : SkinCareIndia Health News
Tsutomu Kawahira, 18, is one of the three students from Miyako Agricultural High School on Miyakojima island, Okinawa Prefecture, who recently received the Stockholm Junior Water Prize, beating out students from 26 other countries.
"I want to protect the nature of the island I've inherited from my grandparents and ancestors," he said.
With no rivers on the island, islanders have to rely on underground sources for drinking water.
Eight years ago, students from the high school found that due to the use of chemical fertilizers by farmers, nitrate levels in groundwater on the island were close to limits defined in environmental standards, prompting the school to launch a research project to make the groundwater potable.
After finding that farming on the unique soil on the island required a lot of nitrates, students identified a bacteria capable of turning the offending substance into a nutrient.
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Cervical cancer vaccine breakthrough
Publish Date : 11/15/2004 1:16:00 PM
Scientists say they have tested a vaccine, Cervarix, that protects women from two strains of HPV (human papillomavirus) which are responsible for 70% of cervical cancers.
Human mad cow disease, there are many different forms of it
Publish Date : 11/15/2004 1:15:00 PM
Depending on your genetic makeup, vCJD (Varian Mad Cow Disease) will manifest itself differently, say researchers. This means vCJD may be present in some areas without being detected (vCJD means the human form of mad cow disease).
New online tool kit on HIV/AIDS prevention for sex workers
Publish Date : 11/15/2004 1:11:00 PM
GTZ, WHO and sex work networks share information and lessons learned - The German technical cooperation (GTZ) and the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with sex work networks around the world.....
Anti-drug driving campaign wins award
Publish Date : 11/10/2004 7:34:00 PM
A road safety initiative to stop people driving under the influence of drugs has won an award at the THINK road safety conference.