Influenza

These measures relate to the following simple calculation: if just one infected businessman dangerous to human strain of avian influenza overseas and will return to Japan, for 10 days commuting on public transport it infects about 224 thousand people. In two 640 000 die of the month, and from 530 thousand to two million are hospitalized. Could not respond to the alarming news and the Japanese government, which intends to give an indication of this connection, formed two years ago the ad hoc committee to work out countermeasures. Among the preliminary ways to prevent spread of the epidemic is supposed to close places of public entertainment, parks and schools. The Committee has already addressed the Ministry of Agriculture with a request for urgent development of antiviral vaccines. The Ministry will conduct an additional check of all farms where poultry are grown, and the Foreign Ministry again warn citizens about the rules of stay abroad.

China is struggling with packages. State Council of China announced that from June this year, the country's shops will be banned from offering customers free plastic bags. Consumers in China will be encouraged to use for grocery baskets or reusable cloth bags. This measure is aimed at reducing harmful emissions into the atmosphere, as well as saving natural resources and electricity. There will also be prohibited from manufacturing ultrathin plastic bags. The statement said the State Council, they have become a major source of pollution because they are easily torn, causing them 'Thoughtlessly thrown. " At stores that violate the new rule will be fined. They also face confiscation of the goods.

It should be noted that this is not the first time recently when the Chinese authorities to take koordinalno measures to protect the environment. This is due to the fact that in recent years, rapid economic development of China became a cause for concern over pollution and natural resources. However, as we see the power of the country in recent years have increasingly focused on environmental issues that can expect to reduce the harm caused to the environment of their industry. Vitamin D deficiency contributes to the development of myocardial American researchers concluded that vitamin D deficiency not only leads to bone fragility, but also increases the risk of cardiovascular disease Scientists Harvard Medical School studied vitamin D levels in the blood of 1739 people, whose average age was 59 years old. Participant observation was conducted over five years. They found that people with low vitamin D in their blood (less than 15 nanograms per milliliter), the risk of heart attack, heart failure and stroke was 62% higher than people with higher levels of this vitamin. Nevertheless, scientists are not yet ready to recommend acceptance vitamin supplementation for prevention of heart attacks. 'Should be a large randomized study to determine whether the correction will result in a vitamin D deficiency with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease' - said study leader Thomas Wang. Recall that the source of vitamin D are foods such as eggs and oily fish, as well as it is formed in skin exposed to sunlight. Discuss the material ECOportal.ru