Re: UN Warns of Severe Water Shortages

[Sabri Oncu <soncu@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael writes:

> Why would the International Atomic Energy Agency
> be so worried about water????  Could it rhyme with
> nuclear desalinization?

Apparently, these are very nice people. Also included among their
interests is protecting animals:

http://www.iaea.org/worldatom/Press/News/save_animals.shtml

PROTECTING ANIMALS:
New Test from Joint FAO/IAEA Research Can Help Countries Save,
Not Slaughter, Cattle Threatened by Foot & Mouth Disease
by L. Wedekind, IAEA Division of Public Information

More countries stand the chance of protecting, not destroying,
livestock threatened by Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), outbreaks
of which cost European countries billions of dollars last year.
New diagnostic tests developed through global research jointly
sponsored by the IAEA and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
are enabling veterinarians to differentiate between vaccinated
and infected livestock -- a breakthrough that would allow FMD
outbreaks to be controlled using vaccines with less reliance on
mass slaughter.

[snip]

Sabri