Health & Science

Friday, November 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
High ozone levels over Santiago linked to pneumonia rates

Recent Chilean Health Ministry study found ozone levels in the northeast parts of greater Santiago higher than normal during 180 days this year. The study also linked the high levels of ozone in Santiago's atmosphere with increased rates of pneumonia.
Monday, November 5th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Citizens willing to accept sacrifices to curb climate change

Canadians are among the world's leaders in being prepared to accept potential lifestyle changes and higher taxes in order to address climate change, according to a new poll released Monday.
Sunday, November 4th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Heated controversy in Chile over the “morning after pill”

Chile's National Association of Pharmaceutical Chains (Anacaf) met with Chile's Health Ministry (Minsal) this week to discuss fines imposed on those pharmacies that have refused to dispense emergency contraceptives to customers.
Saturday, November 3rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Week of rain leaves a million homeless in Southern Mexico

Massive flooding from a week of rain has forced hundreds of thousands of people in the Mexican state of Tabasco to abandon their homes and seek shelter from the muddy waters that on Friday covered an estimated 80% of this southeast Gulf state.
Friday, November 2nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Bat-transmitted rabies in Uruguay - Brazil border

Uruguay has ordered the vaccination of 90.000 livestock cattle in the border area with Brazil following an outbreak of bat-transmitted paralytic rabies that killed thirty head of cattle. Sanitary authorities have asked farmers and residents to help locate bat caves on both sides of the open frontier.
Thursday, October 25th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Wind fanned wildfires scorch California, half million evacuees

US President George W Bush has declared California a major disaster zone after four days of wildfires sparked the biggest evacuation since Hurricane Katrina. The fires have killed five people, injured 40 and burned 1.500 homes, causing an estimated one billion US dollars in damage.
Wednesday, October 24th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Lack of water conditions future of Chile's mining industry

Sergio Gonzalez, one of four Chileans working with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), warned this week that the economic future of Chile's mining industry cannot be sustained unless the nation deals seriously with its growing water shortage.
Sunday, October 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Climate change helps spider specimen move to Magallanes region

Climate change consequences in the entomologic field have reached Magallanes Region in the far south of Chile and local authorities are cautioning about the appearance of a small spider identified as the “false black widow”, which can be lethal for people suffering different allergies.
Sunday, October 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
“Patagonia without dams” activists gather momentum

One week after Chile's top environmentalists gathered in Santiago for the launch of a new book called “Patagonia Sin Represas” (Patagonia Without Dams), activists from Patagonia held a ground-level version of the event in Coyhaique, Region XI
Friday, October 19th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Ozone layer hole perimeter closing in on Punta Arenas

Since Wednesday this week Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile has been exposed to higher levels of ultra violet radiation because the perimeter of the ozone layer hole has moved over the region.