UN Periodico English No. 6

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Society Alienated in terms of food

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Health Drug for cholesterol could attack osteosarcoma

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Ecology Forest in Chocó Would be Fragmented within 40 Years

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Innovation Software Makes it Possible to Predict Abnormalities in the Human Body

http://www.unperiodico.unal.edu.co/en • un_periodico@unal.edu.co Bogotá D.C. - Colombia • Issue 6 • January 2012

Published by Universidad Nacional de Colombia • ISSN 1657-0987 • www.agenciadenoticias.unal.edu.co/english-news

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Excess of Chemicals

Detected in Potato Crops Improper and excessive fumigation with pesticides makes the most widely consumed tuber in the country a potential cause of serious diseases. A study in the rural zone of Cuidad Bolivar, in Bogotá, shows the contamination levels of potatoes consumed by people in Bogotá.

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Rescuing the Amazon forest A severe dry season in 2010 in the Amazon Rain Forest killed many trees in the Amayacu parcel. Tons of carbon dioxide were released into the atmosphere, according to forest experts who study the natural dynamic of these forests to find out what their response has been to abrupt climate changes.

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Photo: Víctor Manuel Holguín/Unimedios

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