Tag: Pollution
Final waste in Alsace: what risks for drinking water?
The standoff continues between the Alsatians and the government around 42,000 tonnes of ultimate waste stored underground. Latest episode: the halt, on May 25, of the containment works of the…
Pollution, overfishing, seabed… the UN at the bedside of the oceans to preserve their future
The second United Nations Ocean Conference opened in Lisbon for the whole week. On the program, meetings between Heads of State, demonstrations by civil society and perhaps greater commitments to…
Pollution reduces the life expectancy of all humans by two years
The life expectancy of all humans is reduced by two years. Blame it on air pollution, according to the Air Quality Life Index report published by researchers at the University…
Pollution and health: poor air quality would increase cardiac arrhythmias
News Posted on 06/10/2022 at 3:37 p.m., Reading 3 mins. A recent study establishes a link between heart health and air pollution: the number of ventricular arrhythmias would be higher…
Measurement shows: residents of the Zuylenstede residential care center in Overvecht are right to complain about noise pollution
Research has shown that if people are exposed to noise for a long time, such as during a renovation that takes almost two years, the health consequences can be significant.…
Togo tackles noise pollution caused by places of worship
In Togo, the authorities banned “ the anarchic establishment of places of worship ” throughout the territory. The decision taken Friday, June 10 by the Minister of Territorial Administration aims…
after the Covid, return of the legendary traffic jams of Bangalore
It is a sign of economic recovery, but also an ordeal for the inhabitants of the city of Bangalore, in the south of the subcontinent. The legendary traffic jams of…
in Marseille, anger against the pollution caused by cruise ships
Cruise ships have become hell for some residents of Marseille. They expressed their fed up on Saturday in front of the town hall, as part of a demonstration against air…
Pollution: the air in the metro three times more loaded with fine particles than outside
News Posted 15 hours ago, Reading 2 mins. The National Health Security Agency (Anses) compared the air in the metros of the seven major cities that have one in France…
MEPs reject a “not ambitious enough” key text for carbon market reform
MEPs rejected this Wednesday, June 8 in plenary session a key text on the reform of the European carbon market, deemed not ambitious enough by the Greens and the left.…