Article: Swiss lakes keep surprising secrets.(NEWS)

Article: Swiss lakes keep a volatile secret ; Munitions ...
International Herald Tribune;  August 14, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Tribune 08-14-2009 Swiss lakes keep a volatile secret ; Munitions submerged after World War II are still rising to ... the decades following World War II, the Swiss dumped ... the decades following World War II, the Swiss dumped ...

Article: Swiss lakes used to dump tons of unwanted ammo
The Sunday Telegraph London;  December 5, 2004 ;     682 words ... ... releasing all manner of substances, including nitrates. It is vital to decontaminate them." The practice began after the Second World War when Swiss army warehouses were full of unused and surplus military equipment. After several explosions at weapons stores ...

Article: "Too Clean" Swiss Lakes Threaten Fish Stocks
Xinhua News Agency;  August 8, 2001 ;     480 words ... ... decreased by 10 percent, despite improved water quality in Swiss lakes. The growing shortage of fish has been blamed on a lack of ... with the agency's assessment of water quality. He said Swiss lakes have become too clean. "They've cleaned our lakes too ...

Article: GENEVA, SWISS LAKES AND THE GOLDENPASS LINE; ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  July 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ...From Bristol Airport Sept 12 - 9 days from pounds 619 Featuring the "Best of Swiss Panoramic Trains" with 5 nights in Conan Doyle's resort of Meiringen. This Swiss holiday combines the country's finest city, Geneva, with its water-jets and interesting visits, with some of the country's finest lake

Article: Medicinal waters: Where ibuprofen goes.(the finding of clofibric ...
Science News;  August 21, 1999 ;     660 words ...Last year, when Swiss chemists were looking for pesticide residues in lakes, they instead turned up the heart drug clofibric acid (SN: 3/21/98, p. 187). Several months later, they identified another pharmaceutical in Swiss rivers and lakes: diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug. In both cases,

Article: WORLD WAR I TO WORLD WAR IV: A ...
Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT This paper analyses the idea that the world has not only experienced World War I and World War II but has also fought World War III and is currently waging World War IV. Socio-political and economic factors are applied ...

Article: World War I to World War IV: a ...
Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT This paper analyses the idea that the world has not only experienced World War I and World War II but has also fought World War III and is currently waging World War IV. Socio-political and economic factors are applied ...