Disease: Race Against Time
Baghdad, Basra and other war-torn areas whose water supplies and sewage systems have been disrupted face a menacing deadline. According to a Red Cross health official in Amman, Jordan, there are only two more weeks until the average temperature in the region rises above 79 degrees Fahrenheit--THE TEMPERATURE AT WHICH BACTERIA POPULATIONS EXPLODE. If repairs are not made by that time, he said, Iraq’s urban populations face a health disaster.
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