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Past incidents of aircraft trying to fly through volcanic ash clouds and suffering damage and engine failure led European officials to shut their air spaces rather than risk a catastrophe, said Joe Sultana, an official at Eurocontrol, the intergovernmental body that manages European air travel.
CNN: Air travel paralyzed as volcanic ash cloud lingers
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Damage to the grid: Power surges and electrical system failure due to high loads can cause power outages and damage to BC Hydro equipment and infrastructure, including the premature failure of distribution transformers.
FORBES: Electricity Theft: A Bigger Issue Than You Think
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Add to that the value of lowering bound tariffs and avoiding the institutional damage of failure, and the benefits do not look so puny after all.
ECONOMIST: World trade
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If they survive, they may still develop hemorrhaging, liver damage, heart failure and coma up to two days later, and liver damage may appear up to six weeks after the poisoning.
CNN: I R O N
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Heart attacks and strokes, kidney failure, nerve damage, blindness and vascular problems leading to amputation are among the long-term complications when the disease isn't well controlled.
WSJ: New Strategies for Treating Diabetes
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According to a Public Health Advisory from the FDA, the new study linked Trasylol to increased risk of death, serious kidney damage, congestive heart failure and strokes.
FORBES: Bayer's Big Mistake
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Without her bladder functioning properly, she could get urinary sepsis that could damage the organs and end in renal failure.
CNN: Iraq's Baby Noor: An unfinished miracle
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If left untreated, kidney damage can worsen and turn into kidney failure, which can have serious affects on the heart, brain, and bones.
CNN: Diabetes drug Byetta tied to kidney problems, says FDA
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This can damage the internal organs and lead to kidney failure and death.
BBC: NEWS | Health | 'We wanted our child's post-mortem'
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Mr Ginn is only too aware of the damage done to the American market by the failure to adopt a single digital standard, and is determined not to let the same thing happen again.
ECONOMIST: Telecommunications
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It results from the failure of a part of the brain to develop before birth or in early childhood or brain damage and affects one in 400 births.
BBC: Antibiotic 'cerebral palsy link'