The researchers estimate that more than 3.5 million people suffer from mercury - related health effects as a result of such artisanal gold mining, making it the world's worst toxic pollution problem in terms
of number of people affected.
Archbishop Sako responded to the letter and said: «Our Christian community in Iraq has endured massacres, atrocities and other human rights abuses by the terrorist armed group calling itself the «Islamic State» (IS), for the reason of their Faith... we ask your Highness to encourage the international community to preserve the lives and dignity of the
huge number of people affected by this disaster.»
Second, the graphic set the different examples apart from one another with color — by using purple, red, orange and other distinct shades for the
different numbers of people affected by each program, the designer (my NWCL colleague Beth Stover) created a visual presentation that's easy to interpret in a few seconds.
But the looming collapse of the multiemployer pension system is significant given the
sheer number of people affected and the potential for a devastating economic ripple effect: retirees losing the pension checks that keep them afloat and a potential wave of bankruptcies among the companies that once employed those workers.
«Although it was only a relatively
small number of people affected, we are also grateful to those passengers who were delayed this morning for their patience and understanding.»
A Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, former researcher Christopher Wylie, said last month that the
real number of people affected was at least 50 million.
The drop in prevalence after applying morbidity criteria is dramatic, but still suggests
huge numbers of people affected - around 1.8 million in the UK and 8.9 million in the U.S..
He had earlier told Citi News that because the victims were staying with friends and relatives, it was difficult getting the
exact number of people affected by the explosion.
The research has created the first detailed and up - to - date map of dengue distribution worldwide, enabling researchers to estimate the
total numbers of people affected by the virus globally, regionally and nationally.
The hacking was then regarded as the biggest known corporate data breach in history in terms of
the number of people affected — a title it usurped from an earlier breach of 500 million Yahoo accounts reported by the company just three months earlier on Sept. 22.
But Zuckerberg last week disclosed an even bigger data leak, at least in terms of
the number of people affected.
He posted a series of tweets about
the number of people affected by the breach:
In October, the tech giant revealed it had underestimated by billions
the number of people affected by a 2013 data breach (already the world's largest), in which thieves stole names, emails, phone numbers, and more.
Although Target previously stated the breach wouldn't compromise card holders» accounts, the dramatic rise in
the number of people affected called that assumption into question.
Three ARRA provisions were extended through 2017, while permanent changes to the estate tax and the alternative minimum tax reduced
the number of people affected and indexed those provisions for inflation.
But what Facebook didn't say may be more important:
The number of people affected by this aggressive form of data grabbing likely numbered in the tens of millions.
China's move is significant because of
the number of people affected.
The number of people affected by the Listeria outbreak in Australia has risen to 17, according to New South Wales (NSW) authorities.
The number of people affected by gluten intolerance is growing.
The shock that goes hand - in - hand with the UNC story is attached to the length of time and
the number of people affected, not the fact that star athletes were being given grades they didn't earn.
Amid the plans for 84 new road schemes are plans to spend # 300 million on an «environmental fund to mitigate carbon emission (sic) and reduce
the number of people affected by serious noise.»
Earlier this week the Department for Work and Pensions select committee published evidence that the reduced cap was leading to sharp rises in
the number of people affected outside London, with increased workloads for Citizens Advice and homelessness charities as people struggled to cope with the sudden loss of income.
Any progress on the prevention front would be welcome given
the number of people affected.»
Climate scientists gave first warning a year ago «We can look at Ethiopia and we can see the difference in terms of
the number of people affected,» Scribner said.
The number of people affected by droughts could increase by a factor of seven and coastal damage, due to sea - level rise, could more than triple.
A Nankai - induced tsunami is likely to hit there in the next few decades, says lead author Hannah Baranes at UMass Amherst, and has the potential to displace four times
the number of people affected by the massive Tohoku tsunami of 2011.
They found that
the number of people affected by Ragweed pollen is likely to more than double in Europe from 33 to 77 million people — by as soon as 2050.
Pooled data from nearly 250 studies performed between 1990 and 2010 were analyzed to estimate
the number of people affected by blindness and visual impairment due to URE, including trends in prevalence and differences by region.
However, because of population growth,
the numbers of people affected increased substantially.
There have been many studies looking at
the number of people affected by anxiety disorders and the groups that are at highest risk, and in an attempt to synthesise the various studies, researchers from the University of Cambridge's Institute of Public Health carried out a global review of systematic reviews.
«Studies have shown that more than 50 % of patients with perennial allergic rhinitis are sensitised to pollen allergens, and
the number of people affected by pollen allergy is on the increase worldwide.
«Remarkably little research funding has been made available to study the etiology, pathophysiology, and effective treatment of this disease, especially given
the number of people affected,» the authors noted.
As the global population ages, it is thought that
the number of people affected will increase.
The review also examined this effect, and the authors report that
the number of people affected by these changes is small and all resolved spontaneously without serious consequences.
If Norway is to achieve its target of reducing
the number of people affected by noise nuisance by 10 per cent by 2020, additional local measures must be put in place.
«One promising strategy to reduce
the number of people affected by pancreatic cancer is to identify and treat premalignant pancreatic lesions,» said first author Jennifer Permuth - Wey, Ph.D., M.S., assistant member in the Departments of Cancer Epidemiology and Gastrointestinal Oncology at Moffitt.
Blacksmith Institute compiled the list, which extends to 20 more sites in the «Dirty 30,» by comparing the toxicity of the contamination, the likelihood of it getting into humans and
the number of people affected.
In Europe, the figure is more than 40 million, and even in threshold countries like India and China,
the number of people affected is rising due to increasingly unhealthy lifestyles.
Allergy is widespread in the UK and worldwide and
the number of people affected and experiencing severe allergic symptoms continues to increase, particularly in the developed world.