Oil slick harms hundreds of birds off South Australia
A tanker spill coating about 95 000 gallons of oil into Spencer Gulf fouled hundreds of seabirds mainly cormorants and egrets. Wildlife crews set up a bird treatment center in a former factory as cleanup continued.
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Thyroid cancer spike among Chernobyl exposed children
WHO officials report an 80 fold rise in thyroid cancer among Belarusian children after the 1986 Chernobyl explosion. Since April 26, 131 cases have been found with one death and 10 already showing metastasis.
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