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Dysentery

Dollars for Death, Pennies for Life

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Helmand Valley, Kabul, Pentagon, President Obama, Budget Priorities, Michael Kinnamon, Dysentery, George Hunsinger, Tents, Haiti, Unemployment, Martin Luther King Jr., Bob Herbert, Underemployment, Afghanistan, Typhoid, Deficit Hawks, National Council of Churches, Politics News
Norman Solomon

There is no shortage of bombs in Afghanistan, but there is a lethal shortage of tents in Haiti. The rainy season is fast approaching, with serious dangers of typhoid and dysentery.

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Long Before Earthquake Destruction in Haiti, A Drinking Water Crisis

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Purification, Dirty, International Action, Children, Knight Foundation, Malaria, Knight Center for International Media, Unhealthy, Corroded, Springs, Clean, Drilling, Lack, World Health Organization, Water-Borne, Miami, Uganda, Kampala, Die, Dysentery, Pan American Health Organization, Earthquake, Drinking, Haiti, Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, Port-Au-Prince, Diarrhea, Water, Well, Cholera, Crisis, Typhoid, Diseases, Bacteria, World News
Joseph B. Treaster

As the rebuilding of Haiti gets underway, billions of dollars are going to be spent. Some of those dollars, perhaps a billion or more, should be dedicated to cleaning up the country's drinking water.

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