[CC] WWF Newsletter: Are you a chemical dump? (fwd)

[Alan Sondheim]

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Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:49:37 +0100 (IST)
From: WWF International <WhatsNew at news.panda.org>
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To: sondheim at panix.com
Subject: WWF Newsletter: Are you a chemical dump?

Dear Reader
In this issue:

* Are you a chemical dump? - enter our blood testing survey
* Asia's river dolphins swim for survival - rare river dolphins on
brink of extinction
* Water crisis looms in Himalayas - global warming causing glaciers to
retreat too fast
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Are you a chemical dump?

You may not want hazardous chemicals contaminating your body - but
whether you like it or not they are probably already there.

Most people and wildlife are exposed to, and contaminated with, a
cocktail of toxic man-made chemicals. It's just a question of what and
how much.

Discover your levels of chemical contamination and help put a stop to
it. Put your name forward to take part in Europe's largest
blood-testing survey.

Are YOU brave enough to know?

Read more:
http://www.panda.org/campaign/detox/how_you_can_help/blood.cfm

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Asia's river dolphins swim for survival.

Coinciding with World Water Day (22 March), WWF warns that populations
of Asia's river dolphins are in severe decline and they now rank among
the world's most threatened mammals.

The main threats to river dolphins are from polluted water, dams and
entanglement in fishing nets. WWF also warns that the declining status
of the dolphins is a key indicator of reduced availability of clean
fresh water.

Read more:
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/freshwater/news/news.cfm?uNewsID=19175

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Water crisis looms in Himalayas

WWF warns that the glaciers of the Himalayas are retreating at an
accelerating rate as global warming increases.

This will eventually result in water shortages for hundreds of
millions of people who rely on glacier-dependent rivers. Himalayan
glaciers feed into seven of Asia's greatest rivers ensuring a
year-round water supply to millions in China, India and Nepal.

Read more:
http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/other_news/news.cfm?uNewsID=19111

Download the report(PDF): Impacts of Himalayan glacier retreat
http://www.panda.org/downloads/climate_change/glacierssummary.pdf
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