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Article: ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Pollution and the `Asian Brown Cloud'.
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- August 12, 2002
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ADVISORY...
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 2002
TOPIC: A preliminary report from the United Nations warns the 'Asian Brown Cloud', a dense cloud of pollution that is two miles thick, could cause the death of millions of people in the South Asia region and pose a global threat, according to an article by CNN.com. Experts say thousands of deaths occur due to respiratory disease brought on from the pollution. The cloud has also reduced the amount of sunlight that reaches the ground by 10 to 15 percent, which changes the area's climate, the article says. Scientists also claimed that the cloud is creating acid rain, which threatens agriculture ...