Tag: Pollution
In Gabon, a competition for the best collector of plastic bottles
world environment day At the end of the challenge on June 10, the best collector in each district will receive a prize worth 500,000 FCFA, 200,000 FCFA for the second…
Air pollution has reached alarming proportions! It even affects the baby in the womb.
Turkish Thoracic Society Environmental Problems and Lung Health Working Committee Member Prof. Dr. Nilüfer Aykaç, in her statement, touched on the problems caused by air pollution. Aykaç said that air…
The tobacco industry is “one of the biggest polluters we know”, warns the WHO
News Posted 3 hours ago, Reading 3 mins. Beyond its impact on public health, the tobacco industry also causes a lot of environmental damage, contributing to climate change, the World…
The death rate is higher in places with high air pollution! Here are the dangerous places in Istanbul…
Istanbul is among the cities with the most air pollution. The health effects of air pollution are well known. Air pollution, which puts the health of asthma and COPD patients…
Organic eggs and milk affected by pollution
Organic milk and eggs contain more PCBs and dioxins than those from the conventional sector, reveals a survey of 60 million consumers who dissected 130 organic food products. The sector…
Why does air pollution affect our cognitive functions?
A great deal of data is available on the link between air pollution and people’s respiratory and cardiovascular health. Evidence exists for different compounds, whether short term or long term.…
Pollution behind every sixth death
Facts: The pollution The new report has been produced by a research association called the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution. It is about both air, water and soil where…
Pollution causes nine million premature deaths worldwide
News Published 14 hours ago, Reading 2 mins. According to a study published Wednesday in the journal Lancet, pollution has caused nine million premature deaths worldwide since 2019, a record…
Migratory birds threatened by public lighting
Migratory birds, essential links of biodiversity, face many threats during their journeys across the planet. Among them, light pollution, which causes the death of millions of birds every year. Reducing…
Radiative forcing: what is it?
The term radiative forcing is used in climatology to set the “difference between downward illuminance and upward illuminance”reads the glossary of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Understand, the…