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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 14 > Report warns of toxic clouds threatening Asia

Report warns of toxic clouds threatening Asia

U.N. says haze affects weather, climate, health

By Tini Tran and John Heilprin / The Bulletin
November 14, 2008

BEIJING — A dirty brown haze sometimes more than a mile thick is darkening skies not only over vast areas of Asia, but also in the Middle East, southern Africa and the Amazon Basin, changing weather patterns around the world, and threatening health and food supplies, the U.N. reported....

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