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Children in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, playing near industrial fuel containers. Credit: Sergio Dorantes.

Children in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, playing near industrial fuel containers. Credit: Sergio Dorantes.

Report

By Mario Osava

Lead Poisoning Is Not Child's Play

Children in Latin America can no longer play freely on the ground: industrial waste of heavy metals contaminate their bodies, stunting growth, causing deafness and even mental disabilities.

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By Patricia Grogg

Mango Bark Used in HIV/AIDS Fight

Cuban scientists discovered that the bark of some varieties of this tropical tree holds a potent antioxidant that can be used to improve the quality of life of people with HIV/AIDS.

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Credit: Mauricio Ramos

Credit: Mauricio Ramos

By Néfer Muñoz

8.6 Million People Face Hunger

Food insecurity affects the poorest residents of the Central American "drought corridor", alerts the World Food Program. They are the victims of natural disasters.

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Q & A

Jorge Drexler

Jorge Drexler

By Linda Dorow

" Mother Earth is a single mother"

The Earth is both a planet and a woman, and is "scorned for being feminine", says Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler. About the Earth's future, he told Tierramérica that he "would like to believe that the environment will someday be better than it is today.

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Childhood Lead Poisoning

Lead poisoning among children is a serious environmental health problem, says the World Health Organization (WHO). Although many countries have made major progress in reducing the use of lead in gasoline, the metal continues to be found in many industrial processes.

Source: US NOAA

Source: US NOAA

Hurricane Season

The annual hurricane season brings with it the fury of nature: a combination of powerful winds, giant ocean waves and torrential rains that almost every year leave their mark somewhere in the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico or even farther north along the coast of the United States.

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