Leaded petrol era ‘officially over’
The era of leaded petrol is officially over, the UN has announced, eliminating a major threat to human and planetary health. UN experts have called the use of the fuel, …
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Indigenous groups oppose lucrative oil deal
NAMIBIA -A Canadian company wants to drill for oil in the Kavango Basin, despite environmental concerns. The Canadian company’s move to scour the Kavango Basin in the Kalahari desert for …
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E-Cig clouds aren’t ‘Vapour’, Scientists Warn. That word just makes them sound safer
Emissions from e-cigarettes are not harmless and calling them vapour is purposefully misleading, scientists argue. While the puffs from e-cigs aren’t exactly smoke, the term ‘vapour’ often brings to mind …
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Cigarettes kill wildlife
Credit: David Marinelli Smoking kills 7 million people a year globally, and it scars the planet through deforestation, pollution and littering. Details of the environmental cost of tobacco are …
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High neglect on environmental antimicrobial resistance
NOT much is being done to combat Environmental antimicrobial resistance as human and animal AMR is being focused on.This emerged during a National Association of Freelance Journalists (NAFJ) and …
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Air pollution affects brain development – but when does the damage start?
by Ian Le Guillou This epidemic in the 1980s might bear some striking similarities to the coronavirus pandemic, but there was no infection to blame. The city was suffering from outbreaks …
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