http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/16844546

1 February 2012 Last updated at 17:40

IMPACT in the Red Zone: Extreme dangerous weather situation when continues for several consecutive days. Endangered lives of people and animals (high risk of body cooling, frostbites or even death), problems in thermal and electric power supply, road and river traffic problems, forestry damages and damages of other weather dependent sectors of economy

http://www.meteoalarm.eu/

ENGLISH translation about the Podkarpakie region of Poland (RED Area): Awareness type: Hard frost. Content: Locally predicted minimum temperature -31°C to -28°C. Maximum temperature -17°C to -13°C. The average wind speed 10 to 20 km/h.

http://www.meteoalarm.eu/index2.php?country=PL&day=0&lang=

http://www.meteoalarm.eu/index2.php?country=IT&day=0&lang=

YELLOW:   The weather is potentially dangerous. The weather phenomena that have been forecast are not unusual, but be attentive if you intend to practice activities exposed to meteorological risks. Keep informed about the expected meteorological conditions and do not take any avoidable risk.
ORANGE:  The weather is dangerous. Unusual meteorological phenomena have been forecast. Damage and casualties are likely to happen. Be very vigilant and keep regularly informed about the detailed expected meteorological conditions. Be aware of the risks that might be unavoidable. Follow any advice given by your authorities.

http://www.meteoalarm.eu/

ANTHRAX

By Sajjad Tarakzai (AFP) – 15 hours ago

ISLAMABAD — “Pakistani police said Wednesday they were investigating how and why an envelope containing anthrax was sent to the prime minister’s office in the capital Islamabad last year.

It appeared to be the first reported case of anthrax sent to the government in Pakistan, a nuclear-armed country of 174 million that is battling a Taliban insurgency and where Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was shot dead….”

http://www.caymannewsservice.com/health/2012/01/30/food-poisoning-outbreak-taste-cayman

Food poisoning outbreak at Taste of Cayman

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/01/BA891N1PQS.DTL

UCSF scientists declare war on sugar in food

Erin Allday, Chronicle Staff Writer

San Francisco ChronicleFebruary 2, 2012 04:00 AM

“……It’s going to require public policy that gently guides people toward healthier choices and uses brute force to remove sugar from so many of the processed foods we eat every day, said Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at UCSF.

“The only method for dealing with this is a public health intervention,” Lustig said in an interview. “Everyone talks about personal responsibility, and that won’t work here, as it won’t for any addictive substance. These are things that have to be done at a governmental level, and government has to get off its ass.”……”

Public health: The toxic truth about sugar

• Robert H. Lustig,  Laura A. Schmidt & Claire D. Brindis

Journal name:  Nature

Volume:

482,

Pages:

27–29

Date published:

(02 February 2012)

DOI:

doi:10.1038/482027a

Published online

01 February 2012

CNN

More than 200 rescued from Papua New Guinea ferry sinking