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Using fun elements such as challenges, goals and rewards, games are playing a significant role in learning, lifestyle management and disease awareness.

The battle to reduce road deaths

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Workplace carcinogens increasingly a global problem

More people die of cancers linked to workplace carcinogens in Western Europe and Australasia than anywhere else.

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Punjab’s ‘cancer train’ runs on hope

Cases of cancer are widespread in Punjab and Haryana where groundwater is contaminated by high pesticide use.

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Arsenic kills by stealth in India’s villages

Public health interventions have been few and far between to check the continuing ravages of arsenic poisoning in India.

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Environmental carcinogens threaten our wellbeing

The increase in cancer rates globally has been linked to prolonged exposure to environmental contaminants.

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Asbestos: Singapore’s toxic past is catching up with it

The number of cancer cases in Singapore is on the rise even though the hazardous material was banned more than 30 years ago.

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Cancer: the hidden hazard in India’s construction industry

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How games can inform, educate and raise awareness

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Workplace carcinogens increasingly a global problem

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Arsenic kills by stealth in India’s villages

Environmental carcinogens threaten our wellbeing

Asbestos: Singapore’s toxic past is catching up with it

Cancer: the hidden hazard in India’s construction industry

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