Drinks articles
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How Widespread Is Underage Drinking?
How Widespread Is Underage Drinking? Alcohol abuse is a behavioral risk factor connected to 2.4 million deaths in 2019, according to the latest Global Burden of Disease study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation of the University of Washington. While consuming large quantities of alcohol over a long period might not necessarily lead to a shortened lifespan, it hampers cognitive and motor function in its consumers. Additionally, as Statista's Florian Zandt reports,...
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Don’t drink the water
Some 5,000 people who live in El Chaparral, Mijas, have been told not to drink the tap water as there is a “presence of higher values of trihalomethanes”, according to the analysis of the Junta de Andalucía. Trihalomethanes are a byproduct of the water treatment process. They are formed when natural organic material, such as […]
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Here's what people call soft drinks in each state
Americans aren't alone in having many different names for this bubbly drink; the sweet sippers have plenty of other titles abroad.