Tag: Pollution
Spray to reduce air pollution in India
When farmers outside Delhi burn leftover straw in their fields, huge clouds of smoke are formed that blow in and settle like a lid over Delhi. Together with car exhaust…
Sanofi targeted by a judicial inquiry for toxic discharges revealed in 2018
The public health center of the Paris court has instructed an investigating judge to investigate major toxic discharges from a Sanofi factory in Mourenx, in the south-west of France. It…
Air pollution and lung cancer: researchers reveal the mechanism involved
News Published on 09/13/2022 at 2:27 p.m. Updated 09/13/2022 at 2:27 p.m. Reading 2 mins. in collaboration with Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo) Medical validation: September 14, 2022…
France: rehabilitation of industrial wastelands
After the industrial decline in France, what are called wastelands, these abandoned lands, are the subject of renewed interest. And for good reason, the “climate and resilience” law puts a…
Lung cancer: how does air pollution make us sick?
The links between pollution and lung cancer have been known for a long time, but recently English scientists have deciphered some of the mechanisms underlying this observation. How do fine…
Pollution and lung cancer, the link is proven: “It is an obligation to act”
This is such an important subject that the organizers of the major oncology congress being held this weekend in Paris have chosen to present it at the opening of their…
Faced with rising waters, the inhabitants of an island take legal action
In Indonesia, the inhabitants of a small island have taken unprecedented legal action to try to save their habitats from the disappearance that awaits them with rising waters. From our…
Air pollution: women are more affected
News Published on 02/09/2022 at 2:02 p.m. Updated 02/09/2022 at 2:02 p.m. Reading 2 mins. According to a new study, breathing air polluted by exhaust gases would have more impacts…
The seaweed rush – Great report
It is a booming market which today weighs 15 billion euros in the world, and which is still largely untapped. Algae, potentially veritable green gold, suffer from a bad reputation,…
Research on air pollution in Istanbul from Dyson and National Geographic
Meteorology Specialist Benjamin Surmeli, Dyson and National Geographicsigned a remarkable collaboration. Bünyamin Sürmeli, known as the Man Sniffing the Air, includes a mobile air pollution measurement unit. Dyson Backpacks He…