Tag: Pollution
Tram beeps less, but noise pollution not yet solved: ‘As if it were driving through your house’
The problems with noise pollution started almost immediately when the new tram was put into use at the beginning of 2021. The province of Utrecht, owner of the tram, manually…
Indoor pollution: the majority comes from a particular room. Find out which one and how to fix it
News Published on 09/06/2023 at 3:59 p.m. Updated 09/06/2023 at 3:59 p.m. Reading 2 mins. “Indoor” air pollution causes several million premature deaths per year worldwide. And one part in…
Air pollution, more harmful than alcohol and tobacco, really?
“Air pollution worse than alcohol and tobacco”; “Health: air pollution deadlier than smoking and alcohol”; “Fine particles even more dangerous than tobacco and alcohol!”… It was difficult, these last days,…
Climate: heat waves worsen pollution… to the point of threatening life on Earth?
Heat waves, more intense and more frequent due to climate change, are concocting an “evil potion” of pollutants that threaten humans and all living beings, the UN warned on Wednesday,…
10 practical tips to protect yourself from pollution
News Published on 08/30/2023 at 12:32 p.m. Updated 08/30/2023 at 12:32 p.m. Reading 2 mins. A report by the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute (EPIC) on global air quality…
Air pollution, the world’s biggest threat to human health
News Published on 08/30/2023 at 07:36 Updated 08/30/2023 at 07:36 Reading 3 mins. Air pollution poses a greater risk to global health than smoking or alcohol consumption, and this danger…
Air pollution, the world’s biggest threat to human health, according to a study
Air pollution poses a greater risk to global health than smoking or alcohol consumption, and this danger is exacerbated in certain regions of the world such as Asia and Africa,…
Textile pollution, the other side of the “fast fashion” backdrop
The mass production of clothes of dubious quality, cheap and driven by fashion effects to release new collections very frequently – such could be the definition of “fast fashion”. One…
Health: air pollution poses a greater risk than alcohol or cigarettes
Air pollution is not sufficiently taken into account by governments. This is what a study published on Tuesday, August 29 points out, according to which it nevertheless presents a greater…
Research into soil pollution at the Demkabocht in the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal
Now that Rijkswaterstaat is going to widen the sharp bend, an investigation must first be carried out into the degree of pollution, after which remediation will take place. Due to…