Birds Information - January 9, 2009

Bird Species Contaminate Arctic

July 18, 2005 - Topics north america, birds, study and research
New research finds sea birds are responsible for the transportation of industrial and agricultural pollutants to the Arctic.

According to a recent study, the levels of one important class of industrial chemicals, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), are 30 times higher in Canadian Inuits living north of the Arctic circle, than in residents of temperate Quebec

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Asian Bird Flu Could Spread

July 6, 2005 - Topics flu, bird flu, asia, birds and europe

Christina Ficara - All Headline News Staff Reporter

NEW YORK (AHN) -

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Asian Bird Flu Outbreak Possible

July 6, 2005 - Topics outbreak, asia, flu, bird flu and child

Christina Ficara - All Headline News Staff Reporter

New York, NY (AHN) -

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Medical Experts Warn Of Bird Flu Pandemic

July 4, 2005 - Topics bird flu, flu, birds, vaccine and asia
The World Health Organization is sounding the alarm over H5N1 bird flu becoming human pandemic. Analysts are calling for immediate mass vaccinations of poultry.

The virus is already responsible for killing 54 people in Asia and appears to spread only by close interaction of humans with sick birds or infected poultry

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UN Warns China of the Severity of a New Bird Flu Outbreak

June 28, 2005 - Topics bird flu, flu, outbreak, h5n1 and asia

Christina Ficara - All Headline News Staff Reporter

The warning follows the deaths of 5,000 migratory birds in the outbreak, in Qinghai province; which is five times greater than China's official estimate

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