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UN Predicts Global Rise of Food Prices

In the next ten years, prices for agricultural products in the world will grow in real terms by 15-40%, say experts from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. The reason for it is the increasing demand for food in developing countries and production of biofuels.

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Arsenic, Vitamin A, and blood cancer

Arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh and West Bengal (India) drinking water is a well-known issue in the last many years. Arsenic is a poisonous metalloid that naturally occurs in soils, and is soluble in water.

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Sainthood for Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa is soon going to be declared a “Saint” by the Vatican. The process, called ‘Canonization’, needs evidence of miracles performed by the deceased person. As far as it is known, Mother Teresa had two miracles where one woman with abdominal tumor and a Priest with kidney stone got cured. Both events took place […]

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