Centuries before Americas hosted sophisticated agrarian civilisations

Book >> 1491, New Revelations Of The Americas Before Columbus by Charles C Mann Vintage Books 2006

COSTA RICA

Coffee - not for birds

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LATIN AMERICA

ST LUCIA

Making a killing

More revelations about how Africans are being used as guinea pigs for unethical drug tests

Done to death

Over fishing has ruined the coasts

Mercury-laced food

Sun, sea and snow bring mercury down to the Earth and in the food

Gas chambers

Air pollution levels rise drastically in Asia; push health costs

Trail of dust

Sink or elevator?

New evidence shows some plantations could actually increase global warming

Modified dangers

Bt maize can stunt the growth of caterpillars

Polynesians might have discovered the Americas before Columbus

Reduce pasta prices, say Italians

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