Last week’s earthquake only compounds Myanmar’s decades-long disaster of misrule by corrupt and brutal generals.

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Disasters can occur in our natural environment, as with hurricanes ... both for your own safety and to maximize the ability of first responders to do their jobs. In many disaster situations, there is ...

The Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone Oil sheen on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico A long-running man-made disaster persists in the Gulf of Mexico, where years of pesticide runoff, industrial waste ...

The Alar controversy has heightened people’s awareness—and anxiety—about cancer risks of. man-made chemicals in our environment. But little publicity is given to natural substances in our food that ...

Man-made disaster on National Geographic The series on National Geographic shows rare footage of how natural resources triggers disaster. One of its episodes includes a Chinese dam — weighing ...

An earthquake grabs headlines (until the next catastrophe occurs elsewhere and focus moves on) but this natural disaster has turned the spotlight on an ongoing, pernicious, man-made one. When tragedy ...

Even its natural rubber production may decrease ... of all other nations understand the realities of Sri Lanka’s man-made disaster. Mr. V Ravichandran owns a 60-acre farm at Poongulam Village ...

Living through a disaster, whether natural or man-made, can take a serious toll on one’s mental health, both in the immediate aftermath of the disaster and for months or even years to follow.

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Sadly, some of the leaders in my own country have promoted the widespread adoption of organic farming, or what they sometimes call “natural ... commit another man-made disaster, here or anywhere.