Tag: impacts
Chlordecone still impacts cognitive development in children
Despite the cessation of its use in the Antilles 30 years ago as an insecticide, chlordecone persisting in the environment continues to contaminate populations. An international research team, involving researchers…
Brant County council discusses impacts of Bill 23
News Local News The provincial government’s Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 was a topic of much discussion Tuesday evening as Brant County Council sat for the first…
a fund to support start-ups with social and environmental impacts
Ten start-ups with positive social and environmental impacts have just been selected out of more than 80 applications, to participate in a program co-financed by USAID – the American Agency…
Giant meteorite impacts at the origin of continents?
The question of the formation of the first continents is still and always strongly debated. In question, the difficulty of finding elements dating back more than 4 billion years. A…
Hospital staffing crunch will have lasting impacts, officials say
News Local News Mary Cardinal, vice president, people, and chief quality executive at the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance. Chris MontaniniStratford Beacon Herald jpg, SF Widespread staffing shortages affecting hospitals across…
Surge in mental health calls to police among pandemic’s impacts: Officials
News Local News The number of calls to St. Thomas police for mental health reasons nearly doubled in the first year of the pandemic, a new report by Southwestern Public…
Elections in France. What impacts on the financial markets?
(Finance) – Regardless of the results of April 24, “an increase in French interest rates is to be expected” in the medium term, but the time horizon and the extent…
Stratford-area family shares devastating impacts of fatal drunk driving collision in BC
News Local News A little more than a month after a 41-year-old man was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty in BC Superior Court to the drunk-driving…
Air pollution impacts cognitive performance
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Interview 1/5: air pollution is everywhere We are constantly confronted with an invisible and insidious threat: air pollution. Philippe Hubert, Director of Chronic…
Covid-19 impacts brain size
News Posted 1 day ago, Reading 1 min. A study conducted by British researchers and published in the journal Nature on March 7 shows that 80% of people infected with…