 LONDON: Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi has said that efforts are being made to destroy his country’s team; but, the Pak nation would emerge with as much resilience as it is suppressed.While talking in a Geo News programme Captain’s Corner, allrounder Shahid Afridi said that a police case could have been filed against Jonathon Trott for his misbehaving with Wahab Riaz. He said that he was asked not to go for toss after a dispute between Trott and Wahab; but, the Pakistan team showed its greatness despite Trott’s misbehavior. Praising his team, Afridi said that the Pakistani players are |
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Pak cricketers mentally stronger than English players: Afridi
Chemicals in indoor swimming pools may increase cancer risk
LONDON: Swimming in indoor chlorinated pools may induce genotoxicity (DNA damage that may lead to cancer) as well as respiratory effects, but the positive health effects of swimming can be maintained by reducing pool levels of the chemicals behind these potential health risks, according to a new study published in a set of three articles online September 12 ahead of print in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP). This study is the first to provide a comprehensive characterization of disinfection by-products (DBPs) in an indoor pool environment and the first to study the genotoxicity of exposure to these chemicals among swimmers in an indoor chlorinated pool.
DBPs form in pool water from reactions between disinfectants such as chlorine and organic matter that is either present naturally or is introduced by
Anne Woods wins face-pulling competition
 BOGOTA: World female face-pulling champion Anne Woods collapsed and had to be taken to hospital - minutes after coming off stage from a championship-winning gurn.Anne, 62, had just finished pulling faces in a strenuous four-minute performance when she became ill outside the competition room at Egremont Crab Fair, Cumbria. Champion gurner Tommy Mattinson, who won the men's world title for the 12th time, said: "I came outside to get some fresh air and Anne was lying on the floor. I got help immediately and she was rushed to hospital. Being on stage is physically exerting and it also gets very, very hot. Anne is getting on a bit now, and this won't have helped." Anne was recovering at home in |
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