HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- While lead has been phased out ofU.S. gasoline, paint and other products, lead levels in dirt -- maybeeven the soil in your yard or the local playground -- are still a publichealth hazard, warns an Indianapolis researcher.

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AP - Substandard science has hurt a federal agency's seven-year effort to document possible links between industrial pollution and health problems in the Great Lakes region, an independent review panel said Friday.

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AFP - Myanmar's military rulers provided a rapid response to victims of Cyclone Nargis last May despite criticism for shunning foreign aid, the World Health Organisation said.

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