In May, the World Health Organization concluded that only a small group of people will face an additional cancer risk from the meltdowns, but more than 100, 000 people have had to evacuate towns surrounding the plant.

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But don't count on oil companies building more refineries across the country to spread the risk from hurricanes and other natural disasters.

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In the future, further lowering the risk of heart disease is likely to come not from more powerful cholesterol drugs, but from adding new pills on top of them.

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An even more market-friendly approach would be to fund these loans into an administered fund in the IMF, which would provide more flexibility for the loans, but would not guarantee that countries are willing to accept direct credit risk from recipient countries.

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