4 d. ago ‘There were eight of us, only two are alive’: the growing crisis of arsenic in Argentina’s water

In some of the country’s poorest, driest areas, people rely on water contaminated with arsenic 60 times over safe limits, causing crippling illnesses in familiesIt’s a cloudy winter’s day in El Chañaral, an old Indigenous Wichi community now inhabited only by the Bustamante family. It lies nine miles from San José del Boquerón and near Piruaj Bajo, in Argentina’s northern Copo department.As Batista Bustamante and Lidia Cuellar drink mate tea, their seven-year-old daughter, Marcela, climbs on to her purple bicycle and heads into the scrubland. She reaches a reservoir – a puddle of greenish-brown water – and pulls a pink pair of scissors from her pocket, which she drives into the earth to extract chunks of mud. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Can cuffing season make you ILL? Therapist warns how seasonal romances can cause a 'devastating emotional crash'

Hunting down a partner just for the colder months-a dating trend known as 'cuffing'-can have serious psychological repercussions, one senior therapist warned the Daily Mail.

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2 w. ago Flu symptom that's MUCH worse this year and makes horror new H3N2 strain more deadly

New H3N2 strain tends to cause more severe illness amid expectation that Britain is about to face ‘worst ever’ flu season

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3 w. ago Vandalized monuments, illegal base jumping and ‘bear jams’: The shutdown is causing havoc at national parks

Despite the warnings of advocacy groups, the Trump administration allowed many parks to be at least partially open with few staff and services

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3 w. ago Desecrated monuments, illegal base jumping and ‘bear jams’: The shutdown is causing havoc at national parks

Despite the warnings of advocacy groups, the Trump administration allowed many parks to be at least partially open with few staff and services

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3 w. ago Alloa crash: Man, 81, hospitalised after driver 'may have taken ill' causing three vehicle crash

Police are appealing for information as they investigate the cause of the crash.

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4 w. ago 'She used it to freshen up... it killed her': My wife died of cancer at 63. She never smoked or drank. This is the everyday item that I believe caused her illness

'We wanted to travel, enjoy life, maybe move to Spain,' says Mark, his voice cracking. 'I just wanted to be with Eva, to have fun, to spend time doing things we liked to do - together.'

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4 w. ago 'She used it to freshen up... it killed her': My wife died of cancer at 63. She never smoked or drank. This is the everyday item that caused her illness

'We wanted to travel, enjoy life, maybe move to Spain,' says Mark, his voice cracking. 'I just wanted to be with Eva, to have fun, to spend time doing things we liked to do - together.'

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