While the government claims at least 88 percent sanitation coverage, WaterAid Bangladesh said the actual sanitation coverage in the country is not more than 39 percent.

Many pesticides used in the European Union may damage brain growth in foetuses and young children, according to a study published on Friday.

The study urged the European Union to tighten restrictions.
"Toxicity to the brain is not routinely included in testing pesticides," Philippe Grandjean of the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Southern Denmark told Reuters.

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KFC and Pizza Hut have launched the World Hunger Relief Campaign in association with the World Food Programme (WFP) to raise wider awareness about hunger and support the WFP to provide meals to children in schools in order to help ensure that they complete basic education.

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Children being trained by a PECUC member at a children rights club in Bhogarai area of Balasore district. Hemant Kumar Rout I ENSFirst Published : 13 Oct 2008 09:21:00 AM ISTLast Updated : 13 Oct 2008 11:13:32 AM IST

SYDNEY: Asian consumers seeking a safer alternative to China's tainted milk products are turning to Australian dairy farmers, but their demands may be difficult to meet because Australia's grass-fed cattle can only produce so much milk.

BEIJING: Lawyers advising victims of China's spreading tainted milk scandal said Tuesday that they were under growing pressure from officials in central China to withdraw from the cases.

CHINA IS POSTING inspectors to monitor dairy companies and imposing new rules to improve accountability among milk suppliers, as it moves to restore consumer confidence after tainted baby formula sickened tens of thousands of children.

With news of 53,000 babies fighting renal failure in Chinese hospitals stunning the world, and authorities in countries such as Singapore, Philippines and Japan withdrawing Chinese milk products from stores, global consumer trust in products from China and, by extension all developing countries, has hit an all-time low.