by the El Reportero’s news services
The Electronic Cigaret (CE) as a method to stop smoking has been, for already some years, a controversial issue on a global scale, point out Argentinian pneumologists who insist today on the risks of its use.
Its commercialization in this country is prohibited since 2011, but many patients keep on asking about its effectivity to substitute the conventional cigaret, underline a bulletin of the Argentine Association of Respiratory Medicine (AAMR).
‘It is an aerosol that is inhaled and produces warm steam, with substances very similar to the cigarett but in lower quantities or doses. But we do not know what happens when anybody consumes it in a long term’, alerts the pneumologist Cristina Borrajo.
The specialist insists that ‘there is no certainty if it is effective to stop smoking’.
In Argentina, the National government of Medicines, Food and Medical technology prohibited its publicity and sale, meanwhile there is not more reliable information. Nevertheless, they are easily obtained through the Internet or people buy them in other countries, the AAMR regrets.
Colombia, Mexico foreign ministers lead commissions meeting
The foreign ministers of Mexico, Jose Antonio Meade; and Colombia, Maria Angela Hogluín, are leading the fifth meeting of the Permanent Binational Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
The ministers reviewed the bilateral agenda issues and will adjust the preparations for the state visit of the Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to Mexico, scheduled for May.
According to a statement from the Foreign Ministry, the meeting this Thursday includes a balance of the main topics of interest to both nations and advances in the negotiation of a strategic partnership agreement.
Both top officials from will also review trade, immigration, consular, security and defense topics, according to a press release.
They will also address issues related to education and culture, technical and scientific cooperation and possible cooperation in new areas of common interest.
Both nations are part of the Pacific Alliance, which also integrate Peru and Chile.
Colombia is the thirteenth largest world trading partner of Mexico and second in Latin America and the Caribbean. While Colombia is the eighth investor in the Aztec nation.
Mexican Farmworkers strike against work condition
Hundreds of farmworkers went on strike in Baja California, Mexico, to protest for low wages and poor working conditions currently prevailing in companies exporting to the United States.
The strike began in San Quentin once more -the epicenter of demonstrations of farmworkers who marched to the seat of government in Ensenada, Baja California- demanding salary increases.
The movement also commemorated the 96th anniversary of the death of Emiliano Zapata, and urged to support the boycott targeting Driscoll’s, the world’s largest berry distributor, which they are accusing of benefiting from the exploitation of agricultural labor.
Alert in Mexico because of stolen radioactive material
Mexican authorities issued a pollution alert following the theft of a radioactive source in the town of Cardenas, Tabasco.
Luis Felipe Puente, National Coordinator of Civil Protection of the Interior Ministry said that the source is category 2, so it’s important for people to make a call if you see the material.
“As the equipment is consolidated within its box, could not represent any danger, but if a person finds it, and manipulates and tries to open it, is now exposed and can cause damage to his health or somebody else’s health,” he said.
He explained that in several cases where there have been thefts, criminals take the vehicle without knowing what it carries, and so, leaving the material.
Puente also requested that in the states of Tabasco, Chiapas, Campeche and Oaxaca, must be alert and if anyone has the material, to call at telephone number 088.
Puente noted that he has asked companies who handle this material to follow a protocol to take every precautions in how to transfer it.
