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...Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCCC) and the University of Massachusetts, Boston, were jointly awarded a $4.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health earlier this week. The grant, to be paid over five years, will be used to combat health disparities in the Boston area. “This marks the beginning of a bold new effort to solve one of health care’s most troubling problems—health disparities that affect so many Americans because of their backgrounds,” Sen. Edward M. Kennedy...
...notion that Thakur's skin color could qualify her as unattractive is hard to fathom. Hers is a universal beauty, and in the West, despite concerns about the sun's rays and skin cancer, people spend billions of dollars trying to duplicate her caf au lait tone. But Asia, from its geishas to its Ganesha gods, has always prized the pale. And in India the desire is a national obsession. You see it in the personal ads, which range from the general ("Whitish girl invites match") to the pinpoint specific ("Suitable alliance invited for ... fair, smart, only daughter having advanced...
DIED. CHRIS WHITLEY, 45, innovative singer-songwriter best known for his 1991 debut album, Living with the Law, and its radio hit, Big Sky Country; of lung cancer; in Houston. With its fresh, electrified take on country-blues, Law inspired glowing reviews and a cult following. Yet Whitley avoided formulas, going on to record 11 albums that touched on a range of styles, from grunge to jazz...
...Benzene, nitrobenzene and aniline, used to produce explosives, fungicides, dyes and shoe polish, are nasty substances to have in a river. Benzene and nitrobenzene can affect the nervous system, and long-term exposure to benzene can cause cancer and chromosomal aberrations. With luck, the problem will simply drift downriver and dissipate without doing much harm. The Songhua eventually flows across the Russian border, joining the Amur River and emptying into the Sea of Okhotsk near Vladivostok. China waited at least a week after the explosion to notify Russia about the toxins. The two countries are now conferring, but Russian politicians...
...along China's most polluted rivers?where factories simply dump their waste and sewage directly into the waterways and their tributaries?towns and villages record startling rates of cancer, stunted growth, diminished IQs and miscarriages. The economic costs are staggering, too. According to the Yellow River Conservancy Commission, river pollution costs China's economy about $1.9 billion annually. None of this should be surprising. China's State Environmental Protection Administration has repeatedly published reports indicating that more than 75% of the water flowing through China's urban areas is considered unsuitable for drinking or fishing, and 30% of the river...