Other - Society & Culture - 29 January 2007

For the blame America first group....here is the list:

Linfen, China, where residents say they literally choke on coal dust in the evenings, exemplifies many Chinese cities;

Haina, Dominican Republic, has severe lead contamination because of lead battery recycling, a problem common throughout poorer countries [image];

Ranipet, India, where leather tanning wastes contaminate groundwater with hexavalent chromium, made famous by Erin Brockovich, resulting in water that apparently stings like an insect bite [image];

Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan, home to nearly 2 million cubic meters of radioactive mining waste that threatens the entire Ferghana valley, one of the most fertile and densely populated areas in Central Asia that also experiences high rates of seismic activity;

La Oroya, Peru, where the metal processing plant, owned by the Missouri-based Doe Run Corporation, leads to toxic emissions of lead;

Dzerzinsk, Russia, one of the country's principal chemical weapons manufacturing sites until the end of the Cold War [image];

Norilsk, Russia, which houses the world's largest heavy metals smelting complex;

Rudnaya Pristan, Russia, where lead contamination resulted in child blood lead levels eight to 20 times maximum allowable U.S. levels;

Chernobyl, Ukraine, infamous site of a nuclear meltdown 20 years ago; and

Kabwe, Zambia, where child blood levels of lead are five to 10 times the allowable EPA maximum

2007-01-29 10:28:47 · 4 answers · asked by Eldude 6

would u look like a beast but have good luck or have good looks and no luck? which would u prefer in your partner?

2007-01-29 10:25:35 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

thay bug me and they try to get..................... notess and be kool

2007-01-29 10:23:41 · 11 answers · asked by teardroplola 1

I have no desire to have children, yet I can see from a pragmatic viewpoint that it might be sensible to have children so there is someone to protect my interests when I am old and frail.
However from an ethical point of view I think that is a bad reason, so I won't.

But I wonder whether this is the case with many other men. Do most of them who want kids have them because they want the kids (the fun of bringing them up, playing with them etc), or are there a significant minority or even majority of them who only want them to look after them when they are old, but don't have my moral objection to this?

Following on from this, why do I, and I think many other young men these days not want to have children, when people of an earlier generation 30, 50 years ago were much more interested. Is it because there is so much more to do these days, like playing computer games etc that the appeal of children wanes into insignificance?

Yes I'm single and with no girlfriend.

2007-01-29 10:18:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-29 10:16:29 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know that it is VERY disrespectful, but our school had it upside down today. i seen it when i left the school. i am not sure if they know that it is upside down or not, but it looks bad!

2007-01-29 10:14:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-29 10:12:36 · 3 answers · asked by connorlovenoodles 2

please i need more information for my paper about violence in killing, =] thanks a lot!

2007-01-29 10:11:55 · 2 answers · asked by dookie 1

Why is it mandatory that many official state documents be written in both english and spanish?

2007-01-29 10:09:11 · 32 answers · asked by GobleyGook 3

ookay i have an essay to do on it..........ssooo? are their any similarities between us and the Bushman?

2007-01-29 10:05:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Anybody had this problem?

Are there moderators who look at each question and decide if it is worthy or not?

2007-01-29 10:03:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-29 10:01:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I once stole a pack of powder donuts out of the bread store. Im so evil. Mwuhahahahaha.

2007-01-29 10:01:22 · 3 answers · asked by The Zunester 5

just yes or no please, no in-depth answers!

2007-01-29 10:01:07 · 7 answers · asked by ¾ pErFeCt™ 4

2007-01-29 09:53:08 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-29 09:52:56 · 9 answers · asked by Bud's Girl 6

2007-01-29 09:49:17 · 15 answers · asked by Bud's Girl 6

2007-01-29 09:47:27 · 18 answers · asked by The Zunester 5

n your opinion why does it appear that American Christianity has become the love child of Capitalism, individualism and greed. I have purused the ghettos of Christian television and have become appalled at the heresy.

Prosperity Preachers like Creflo Dollar, Jamal Bryant, Keneth Hagin, Oral Roberts and Fred Price and etc depict God as a grand slot machine; If you tithe to the church GOD will bless you with a Benz, Bentley, new house, car and more bling bling.

It seems that the thesis of there message is that to have those things are a sign of divine blessings and favor. DOES THIS POP-CULTURAL MESS BOTHER ANYONE BUT ME??????

Does it even bother anyone that these beautiful celebraty preachers who dress like characters on soap operas are not even smart and do not have earned accredidated degrees? Can't congregants make a case to sue them for spiritual malpractice? I think the gospel that they preach is the equavelant of spiritual homocide. (murdering the spiritually weak)

2007-01-29 09:46:38 · 2 answers · asked by Andre L 1

ok.so.here's the problem.there's this girl in my college who has a huge crush on me. last term she came and told me how she felt abt me,plus she asked me if i felt the same way abt her.(she was sweet,quite pretty & a really nice person).i would have yes.but i wasn't looking for a relationship then,plus the fact i was still getting over another girl.i told her that & i also told her that we could still be friends.
now this term,she doesn't even talk to me as she used to before,though i know for a fact that she doesn't have any hard feelings on me(she told me she understands everything & that she's ok with it).we don't meet much since we don't take any classes together.(just during break & while passing through the hall)in the past,she used to sometimes come upto me,but not now.by what my friends have told me(she's even made a card for my b'day though i know for a fact that she's not planning anything special with me in mind for valentine's day)
i'm confused.why's she acting like this?

2007-01-29 09:46:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-29 09:43:13 · 6 answers · asked by m b 1

I'm naturally pretty pale, but not in a pasty way - think more Nicole Kidman's color. I was just wondering if guys liked that, or if you'd rather have someone who keeps tanning themselves a bit, even through the winter. Or maybe it doesn't matter at all to you. Just curious!

2007-01-29 09:42:36 · 6 answers · asked by citygirl 2

What will you like to be proud of or remembered for or like to tell your grand children about??

2007-01-29 09:41:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

In regards to the controversial K-Fed Superbowl ad with Nationwide Insurance that the media is simply over-hyping, would you feel offended if you worked in the restaurant industry after seeing this ad?

Personally, I wouldn't feel offended by the ad. The only thing I would feel offended by is K-Fed trying to represent us. Of all the available singers out there that they could have chosen, why the heck did they even choose this one?

This by far is Nationwide Insurance's worst ad campaign ever. They could have done a lot better than this considering that this ad will air on Superbowl Sunday.

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING???

Yahoo! Answerers...Your takes, please.

2007-01-29 09:39:58 · 9 answers · asked by Agent X-Factor 2

How can instuct whole world people on my country people s are on serious condition?
hai good hearts
my country srilanka on tamil region jaffna whole people cant get basic needness (food medicine babys needs etc )because of war whole the world does nt worry about that nobody still not doing any think whats the solution for instructing the whole world good hearts for helping my peoples basic needs

2007-01-29 09:34:36 · 3 answers · asked by karna 1

Nevada is a sinful place.

2007-01-29 09:34:32 · 6 answers · asked by Princess1988 1

Or how did it go...

Mine was ok...almost done for the day! I hate Monday's!!!

2007-01-29 09:33:29 · 7 answers · asked by ♥eLizAbEtH♥ 5

I find Chris Gardner the man portrayed in the movie The pursuit of Happyness an inspiration for me. My question concerns Chris, Jr. What happened to him? What is he doing now? Where is the daughter who was not portrayed in the film? Please send me an answerr or a reference.Thanks.

2007-01-29 09:31:29 · 4 answers · asked by aegtsedg 1

2007-01-29 09:22:40 · 8 answers · asked by jaggy thistle 2

everything indian including the movies. speak your minds please

2007-01-29 09:19:46 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous