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Health and Wellness: Discovering Malmo, Sweden

09/04/2017

Health and Wellness: Discovering Malmo, Sweden The cathedral in the heart of Malmo, St Petri Lutheran Church, is shown in a city etching dated 1580. It is the oldest surviving church and the oldest brick building in the city. The herring fishery of the thirteenth century was the start of Malmo developing into a flourishing commercial centre. As a result the people of Malmo came into contact with the Hanseatic League around the Baltic Sea. It gave inspiration to…

Polluted environments kill 1.7 million children each year, UN health agency reports

03/07/2017

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Polluted environments kill 1.7 million children each year, UN health agency reports 6 March 2017 – Unhealthy environments are responsible for one-quarter of young child deaths, according to two new reports from the United Nations health agency, which reviewed the threats from pollutants such as second-hand smoke, UV radiation, unsafe water and e-waste. According to the latest information, polluted environments take the lives of 1.7 million children under the age of five. “A polluted environment is a deadly one…