Tag: Pollution
European children and teenagers particularly vulnerable to pollution
In Europe, at least 1,200 children and adolescents die prematurely each year due to air pollution, according to a report by the European Environment Agency, published on Monday 24 April.…
“We have failed our children” – up to 1,200 minors die in Europe every year from air pollution
The amount of air pollution in many European countries is above the recommendations of the World Health Organization, according to a recent report by the European Environmental Agency, EEA. Air…
serious economic consequences for fishermen
In Guinea, a hundred fishermen have been treated by the hospital, because of a mysterious skin disease causing cases of rashes, burns of the second and third degree. They would…
Thailand: Air pollution drives millions to doctors
News Published on 04/21/2023 at 11:55 a.m. Updated 04/21/2023 at 11:55 a.m. Reading 1 min. In Thailand, around 2.4 million people have suffered from health problems linked to air pollution…
a new report to charge on the “eternal pollutants”
The French government published yesterday, Friday April 14, a report eagerly awaited by defenders of the environment. The document analyzes the risks of pollution by PFAS (or perfluorinated and polyfluorinated…
New measures against automobile pollution in the United States
The US government’s plan has a very clear aim: to ensure that two thirds of the cars sold in the country in 2032 are electric. The US Environmental Protection Agency…
Faced with plastic pollution, the Economic, Social and Environmental Council gives some ideas
Plastic pollution is a growing problem. And plastic production is expected to double by 2050, according to global forecasts. In France, the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (Cese) votes this…
In Thailand, residents of Chiang Mai asked to stay at home due to pollution
In Thailand, the inhabitants of the big city in the north of the country, Chiang Mai, are asked to stay at home, while the city is classified, since Friday April…
water in France massively contaminated by chlorothalonil metabolites
The National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) is publishing this Thursday, April 6, the results of its latest campaign to measure emerging chemical compounds in…
Pollution under Griftpark greatly reduced thanks to bacteria
The contamination under the Griftpark in Utrecht that had spread before the polluted area was packed in the 1990s has been completely cleared up thanks to the so-called Griftpark bacteria.…