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A mom who wanted to help storm victims did so in a very personal way: by sending babies her breast milk after Hurricane Harvey.Danielle Palmer of Owensville, Missouri, had an excess because of her son’s medical condition that prevented him from consuming her milk. Six-month-old Truett has a complex congenital heart defect. “For the first big part of his life he was unable to take my milk,” Palmer told ABC News. “All the milk I was pumping was going into the freezer. I have always had an oversupply of milk. Truett has had eight surgeries to date and over time my stash has continued to build.” Earlier this month, Palmer sent more than 1,000 ounces of breast milk to Texas to help babies and moms affected by Hurricane Harvey. Mom’s Hilarious Mishap Shows Why Breast-Feeding and Spray Tans Don’t Mix Palmer, 31, found out about Milk Sharing though her son’s speech therapist, Nicole Edwin. Edwin is president of the non...

A dozen monkeys have been found dead in a forest in India - with veterinary experts claiming they suffered simultaneous heart attacks after they were scared by a tiger. Locals discovered the monkeys in a forest clearing and were initially baffled by the apparent mass death. Suspecting the mammals had been poisoned, postmortems were carried out which reportedly revealed they all had heart attacks at the same time. Vets in the Kotwali Mohammadi area of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh carried out investigations. Vet Dr Sanjeev Kumar said: 'It was confirmed in the post-mortem report that the monkeys died due to cardiac arrest. The monkeys could have died due to tiger's roar as tigers often traverse that area.' Forest department workers found the monkeys on Monday and an upsetting video shows them stuffing the bodies in polythene bags. Villagers reported tigers are often in the area and were heard roaring at the time of the deaths. The claim of ...

Flow station in Bille, River state   The Federal Government says the activities of illegal and artisanal oil refiners are threatening the $1 billion Ogoni cleanup project in Rivers State.   Addressing State House reporters at the weekend, the coordinator for the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, (HYPREP), Marvin Dekilby, said if not stopped, such activities could cause recontamination after the ongoing remediation.   Dekilby stated that the HYPREP had begun to engage with the artisanal oil refiners with a view to checkmating their activities.   He said: "We're also in the process of engaging with the ex-artisanal refiners. This is another key aspect of our activities. It's important that the artisanal refining activities in the area are stopped because it’s a source of worry in sense of, this is source of possible recontamination after cleanup.   “It'll make no sense if we w...

One of the houses flooded with water Convinced that the world’s response to global warming will define the legacy left for future generations, the Minister of State for Environment has reiterated the need to collectively address climate change and call for deeper care of the environment. The minister Ibrahim Jibril made the call when a delegation from the Federal Ministry of Environment to Benue state as part of Federal Government’s commitment to the ongoing intervention and support to Benue State flood victims. Speaking with the Governor Samuel Ortom on arrival, the minister commiserated with the people and government of Benue State on the flood that rendered over 100,000 thousands residents homeless.    He said: “Climate change has resulted in heavy rainfall and rising sea levels globally and leaving in it wake global and local consequences of flooding in Bangladesh, Mudslides in Sierra Leone and Hurricane Harvey in the USA and flooding across Be...

Flooding in Lagos Climate change has a direct effect on social and environmental determinants of health, says Amusa Temitope Victor, an environmentalist. He argued that local efforts with global perspectives must be encouraged; communities must stare down on pollution and other human activities capable of contributing to global warming. Some say it is a hoax, others argue it isn’t; some simply say natural disasters have no explanation as they are simply beyond human comprehension. But climate change has remained on the lips of the world and quite a lot of residents ask of what impact has it other than nature destroying itself and resultantly distorting human activities. Some people still feel there is no way the graph of global warming can be extrapolated to the health and well-being of residents of the earth and therefore find it difficult to see the sincere concern of world leaders across ...

'This is a storm that will kill you if you don't get of the way' 'We can rebuild your homes, but we can't rebuild your lives' Governor of Florida The largest evacuation in US history is underway as more than 5.6million people have been ordered to leave Florida before Category 5 Hurricane Irma strikes the Sunshine State. The state's Gov. Rick Scott urged people who hadnot left yet to leave as soon as possible on Friday. He warned those who plan to stay, that they may have to ride out the dangerous storm at their own risk. He explained that the biggest concern with the powerful hurricane is the predicted storm surge that will come along with the lashing winds and heavy rains. The storm has the potential to do $125billion worth of damage when it strikes Miami and possibly much more. Irma has caused devastation in the Caribbean, killing at least 24 and leveling entire islands. Extensive damage has been reported on Barbuda and St Martin, with over 90 per c...