Tag: Pollution
Air quality: Lyon, Paris… These cities affected by fine particle pollution
Fine particle pollution alert. Twenty-five towns located to the east of a Rennes – Marseille line are currently particularly affected by an episode of pollution, according to the Atmo France…
Electric cars would reduce respiratory problems linked to pollution
News Published on 02/12/2023 at 09:09 Updated 02/12/2023 at 09:09 Reading 1 min. Popular for their non-polluting aspect, electric cars could also have a positive impact on the respiratory health…
Superbugs also thrive on pollution, warns UN
News Published on 02/08/2023 at 6:13 p.m. Updated 02/08/2023 at 6:13 p.m. Reading 1 min. Reducing pollution from the pharmaceutical and agricultural sectors is essential to combat the proliferation of…
Say goodbye to pollution at home. Our best advice
Did you know that indoor air is five to ten times more polluted than outdoors? The findings are overwhelming, especially when we know that we spend most of our time…
Pollution: 2 hours in traffic exposes you to brain damage
News Published on 02/02/2023 at 1:22 p.m. Updated 02/02/2023 at 1:22 p.m. Reading 2 mins. Even brief exposure to diesel engine exhaust impairs the functional connectivity of our brain. We…
Complete remediation of the Overberg drug lab too complicated and too expensive: ‘The costs have already risen to 2.1 million euros’
The soil structure on the site turned out to be different from the initial investigations, says soil specialist Han de Rijk of the Utrecht Region Environmental Service: “We thought we…
Soil pollution around former drug lab Overberg much more serious than expected: ‘It is up to 7 meters deep’
The costs of the remediation were previously budgeted at more than 1 million euros, but are now likely to be much higher. Mayor Naafs said about this at the time:…
“Mermaid’s tears”, an omnipresent pollution with multiple origins
News Published on 01/31/2023 at 08:38 Updated 01/31/2023 at 08:38 Reading 3 mins. Sometimes called “mermaid’s tears”, plastic micro-beads have swept the French coast en masse in recent weeks. Far…
An app to measure London Underground pollution in real time
News Published on 01/29/2023 at 08:04 Updated 01/29/2023 at 08:04 Reading 2 mins. Which are the most polluted underground lines in London? It will soon be possible to find out,…
Metro: beware of atmospheric pollution!
News Published on 01/23/2023 at 3:01 p.m. Updated 01/23/2023 at 3:01 p.m. Reading 2 mins. According to a new study, the underground air of the Copenhagen metro, particularly polluted, would…