Mittwoch, März 11, 2009

Police: 10 slain in German school shooting- Gunman dressed in black flees after opening fire at technical high school

BREAKING NEWS
STUTTGART, Germany - German police said at least 10 people were killed after a gunman dressed in black opened fire at a high school in the south of the country on Wednesday.
STUTTGART, Germany - German police said at least 10 people were killed after a gunman dressed in black opened fire at a high school in the south of the country on Wednesday.
Police spokesman Klaus Hinderer said the attacker had fled the Albertville technical high school in Winnenden, near Stuttgart, and police were searching for him. The school was evacuated. more....

German Spiegel:Mindestens zehn Tote bei Amoklauf in Realschule

Montag, März 09, 2009

Airplane Cabin Air: It’s Toxic

By Kimberly • February 26, 2008

Nausea, headaches, memory loss, neurological illness, paralysis… from flying?

Indeed. When you’re on a plane, you’re likely breathing in toxic fumes from the cabin air.

According to the Daily Mail, half of the air in your plane “comes from the blisteringly hot heart of its engines… [and] once it has been cooled down, that air, together with any toxins it might have picked up along the way, passes straight into the aircraft cabin totally unfiltered.” And this has been happening since 1962, when airlines realized it was cheaper to recycle engine air than to make air from the outside breathable. more...

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