Friday, November 16, 2007

Bug bits: News from around the 'net

BANGALORE: Twenty-six per cent of children aged below 18 in Bangalore
suffer from asthma, the causes varying from air pollution to pets and
cockroaches, H. Paramesh, director of Lakeside Medical Centre and Hospital, has
said.

[...]

Interestingly, 25 per cent of the cause for asthma was
because of cockroaches while only 7.5 per cent of asthma cases could be
traced back to pollen and fungi in the city, Dr. Paramesh said.