Another Acanthaster Disaster

somalia famine, another predictable disaster in the new millennium

Somalia Famine, another Predictable Disaster in the New Millennium

Somalia has been one of the most politically unstable countries in the past two decades. Having no central government since 19 years ago, the country has lost most of its infrastructures during the domestic wars. This year, the problem of drought and famine has worsened the condition even further. It is estimated that half of the population in Somalia are now suffering from food insecurity, nea...

Another pandemic disaster looms: yellow fever spreading from Angola

Pan African Medical Journal. 2016; 24:107 doi:10.11604/pamj.2016.24.107.9921 This article is available online at: http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/24/107/full/ © John Payne Woodall et al. The Pan African Medical Journal ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

What must be done to prevent another humidifier disinfectant disaster?

The humidifier disinfectant disaster (HDD) was not a simple poisoning accident by biocides, but a singular disaster in history created by chemicals in household products. This disaster was a result of the failure of a system for the management of chemical and product safety. Since the management authority for chemical usage safety is different from those for chemical safety in products, many bl...

Disaster caused by Heavy Ion Collisions at RHIC? Another kind of a “Cup of Theory”

For some years some crackpots have claimed that there might be risks in doing experiments at particle accelerators every time when a higher range of energy becomes accessible than before. Especially the construction of the RHIC in Brookhaven again triggered such ideas. In order to answer such questions at BNL they ruled different catastrophe scenarios. Since despite the social importance of suc...