Tag: Pollution
Beware of this dangerous pollution coming from your kitchen!
News Published on 08/11/2023 at 4:35 p.m. Updated 08/11/2023 at 4:35 p.m. Reading 2 min. According to the results of a pan-European study, more than half of French households cooking…
Groundbreaking study reveals link between air pollution and Parkinson’s disease
News Published on 10/31/2023 at 5:59 p.m. Updated 10/31/2023 at 5:59 p.m. Reading 2 min. If air pollution has many impacts on health; a new study indicates that it also…
an intense episode of pollution affects the north of the country – L’Express
Tens of millions of residents in the Chinese capital and its surrounding areas experienced one of the worst smog in months this week. This high level of pollution is expected…
an NGO denounces mining activities deemed “dangerous”
In Congo-Brazzaville, an NGO is concerned about mining activities – considered dangerous – carried out by Chinese companies. They take place in a biosphere reserve, in the south of the…
France: the A69 motorway project “aggravates global warming”
This Saturday, October 21, thousands are gathering in the southwest of France on the route of the A69 motorway project which will link Toulouse to Castres. A battle which divides…
Women exposed to air pollution give birth to small babies, study finds
Sources 1 – Abstract no: PA311 “Preconception air pollution/greenness exposure and pregnancy outcomes: The Life-GAP Project”, by Robin Mzati Sinsamala et al; Presented in session, “Determinants of lung health” at…
EU Commission proposes measures to reduce pollution from plastic pellets
(Finance) – The European Commission proposed for the first time measures aimed at prevent microplastic pollution due to accidental release from plastic pellets. This is the raw material used to…
Air pollution in planes: what is “aerotoxic syndrome”?
It is a 63-page legal expertise, produced in public hearing before the administrative court of Nice this summer, and revealed by The Parisian Friday September 29. It confirms the existence…
the Seine, now under close surveillance
In view of the Paris Olympics in 2024, the water quality in the Seine will be monitored to avoid a “hiccup” during the triathlon, para triathlon and open water swimming…
In Iraq, environmentalists are swimming against the tide
From the north to the south of Iraq, ecological awareness is gradually awakening in the face of environmental damage that has become difficult to ignore. But activists still feel very…