Posts Tagged ‘ cleaning ’

Tooth cleaning leads to fewer heart problems: study 

November 15, 2011
Tooth cleaning leads to fewer heart problems: study 

A man receives dental work during the Remote Area Medical (RAM) health clinic at the Wise County Fairgrounds in Wise, Virginia July 24, 2009. Regular visits to the dentist for tooth cleaning may provide more than just a brighter smile. According to data compiled by researchers in Taiwan, people who had their teeth professionally scraped [...]

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Free-for-all garbage dumping dirties Phu Quoc Island 

November 8, 2010
Free-for-all garbage dumping dirties Phu Quoc Island 

Garbage from the Duong Dong River ends up on Phu Quoc sandbeach during low tide Ngo Van Giao wakes up early every day and earns VND20,000 from one hour of fetching plastic garbage from the Duong Dong River in his neighborhood. The 82-year-old said seven or ten people would come after him doing the same [...]

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Recession cuts pollution but also green investment

July 29, 2009
Recession cuts pollution but also green investment

The environment won a temporary reprieve in the recession as Americans slammed the brakes on one of their favorite pastimes: consuming stuff. But while the austerity brought by a battered economy has cut pollution, it has also hit investment in green technology, which could damage the environment in the longer term, experts say.“Certainly, in the [...]

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Testing begins to save legendary Vietnam turtle

June 13, 2009
Testing begins to save legendary Vietnam turtle

Researchers have begun testing mechanical “SediTurtles” they say will protect a legendary Vietnamese turtle while cleaning the historical lake in which the creature lives. Vietnamese and foreign technicians work at a lake inside the presidential palace in Hanoi on June 11, 2009 as they began testing a German water cleaning technology named SediTurtles after a [...]

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Garbage collectors outraged over tax hike

May 30, 2009
Garbage collectors outraged over tax hike

A garbage collector on Le Duan Street, Ho Chi Minh City. Dozens of Ho Chi Minh City garbage collectors have gone on strike and scores could do the same if the government doesn’t cut the newly-doubled taxes they have to pay. Ward and commune-level authorities previously taxed garbage collectors up to 10 percent of their [...]

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Water cleaning method shown to be limited

October 20, 2008
Water cleaning method shown to be limited

VietNamNet Bridge – Three months after young scientists of Hoa Lac High Tech Park used LTH 100 to clean the water of Van Lake in Hanoi, scientists have raised doubts about the effectiveness of the chemical substance. The scientists affirm that the method which has been used for Van Lake cannot be used for other [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...