Tag: Pollution
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…
Light pollution is growing rapidly, study finds
News Published on 01/21/2023 at 8:07 p.m. Updated 01/21/2023 at 8:07 p.m. Reading 1 min. Light pollution is rapidly gaining ground and the number of stars visible to the naked…
thousands of anti-coal protesters want to save Lützerath
Following a compromise, the old abandoned village of Lützerath (western Germany) must be destroyed to allow the extension of an open pit coal mine. This Saturday, a large demonstration mobilized…
a Canadian company filmed dumping its waste in the ocean
Canadian mining company The Metals Company was filmed dumping its waste overboard. However, this company is today the only one able to exploit the mineral resources of the deep seabed,…
schools and nurseries in France still too exposed to pollutants
This is often the blind spot of environmental struggles. Environmental degradation has a significant impact on our health. The High Council for Public Health has examined 15 years of health-environment…
Danone sued by NGOs for its plastic pollution
A collective of NGOs demands that the multinational be forced to plan a ” deplasticization trajectory “. This procedure is launched on the basis of the law on the duty…