Other Human Disease -- Russia
Doctors in a Russian town treated dozens of children complaining of dizziness and nausea on [Wed 21 Mar 2018] because of noxious fumes coming from a local dump, authorities said.
Residents of Volokolamsk, some 120 km [approx. 75 mi] west of the Russian capital, have long complained about high levels of hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide from the Yadrovo landfill.
Riot police were called in this month to disperse a protest calling for the closure of the site.
Doctors treated 50 children
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5711805&promed&0
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