BACKGROUND/AIMS A child presented with hepatic veno-occlusive disease after having been administered a short course of treatment with a traditional herbal remedy. The child subsequently died. Postmortem liver histology confirmed the diagnosis. This study aimed to investigate the hypothesis that the herbal remedy was the cause of veno-occlusive disease. METHODS Extracts of the traditional reme...

Provisions in the existing Clean Air Act (CAA) address both interstate and transboundary pollution; however, the effectiveness of these statutory mechanisms is subject to question. The act also provides affected parties with a means to seek remedy for interstate pollution not adequately regulated by existing control programs. It does not directly provide other nations a means of remedy for tran...