Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

A lack of pollution monitoring stations has meant a shortfall of data on local, national, regional and global PM 2.5 Now this study, led by Professor Yuming Guo, from the Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine in Melbourne, Australia, and published in Lancet Planetary Health , provides a map of how PM 2.5

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

In August 2022, the UFZ set up an interdisciplinary ad hoc working group together with researchers from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna (Vetmeduni) and the University of Birmingham. If the RQ exceeds the value of 1, the pollutant can affect aquatic life.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2023

New analysis of Environment Agency data appears to reveal a worrying level of chemical pollution in rivers and other freshwater sites across England. The actual numbers of chemical pollutants will be even higher 3 The chemical cocktails found across the 1,619 sites contained six different chemicals in five different hazardous mixtures.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

Study participants were equipped with HEPA air purifiers able to remove pollutants like dust and PM2.5. Led by researchers at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, the new research is described in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, and is a secondary study of a larger project, the “Clean Air study.”

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

An accredited online medical conference bringing together some of the country’s top air pollution experts will now be free to attend on 4 October, after event organisers announced they were waiving ticket costs so that more health professionals can benefit from cutting-edge insights to help improve patient outcomes.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Medicinal Leech Hirudo medicinalis (image credit: © Neil-Phillips) One of the rarest invertebrates in Scotland, the Medicinal Leech ( Hirudo medicinalis ), has been confirmed in Dumfries and Galloway for the first time, after a recent sighting was verified by Buglife this September. They can live up to 20 years.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Reduce environmental plastic pollution levels. By recovering and adding value to waste derived from lignocellulosic feedstock, the project aims to: Reduce the levels of waste being sent to landfill. Reduce the amount of suitable food-producing land diverted to first-generation sugar production.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Exposure to toxic air pollutants is linked to increased cardiovascular and respiratory death rates, according to a new, international study – said to be the largest ever of its kind to investigate the short-term impacts of air pollution on mortality. emitted from fires or formed through atmospheric chemical transformation.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

And we’re not starting from scratch: For years, Seattle’s transportation department and others in city leadership have been working to reduce the health-harming pollution from cars, trucks and other sources.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2023

Microorganisms began producing antibiotic molecules long before we started to use them as medicines. The authors conclude that favouring this development by polluting the environment with antibiotics is not a good idea. Accordingly, the ability of many environmental bacteria to defend themselves against antibiotics is ancient.

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Green Living Guy

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Most people get so used to treating their health conditions with pharmaceutical pills that the thought of using herbs as medicine seems outdated to them. The post 6 Reasons Why You Should Switch To Herbal Medicines appeared first on Green Living Guy. It’s important.

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The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 6, 2024

New report warns of deadly health risks from fossil fuel pollution, including alarming rise in neurodevelopmental issues Chemical pollution tied to fossil fuel operations poses serious risks to human health, warns a new analysis published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

A new online tool will help researchers to study the impact of pollution on Daphnia or water fleas – tiny freshwater crustaceans that are used as sentinels for water pollution like canaries were used in coal mines. It can help them understand how harmful chemicals affect specific tissues before causing death.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Discharges of treated water contributed to significant concentration increases in downstream waters for half of the medicines examined. It should include retrospective risk assessments for drugs already in use, assessment of breakdown products, as well as the effects of mixing medicines.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

As the dumping of untreated wastewater into the sea sparks pollution warnings, new research has identified a “significant risk” of increasing antibiotic resistance associated with wastewater systems across the UK. This research shows that antibiotic pollution could increase antibiotic resistance in sewage and in some cases, our rivers.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2022

According to the article , humans are consuming more pharmaceuticals than ever before; in 2020, the volume of medicines used worldwide reached 4.5 The pharmaceutical industry and its customers need to assess and adjust many aspects of the life cycle of medicines. billion doses, and consumption continues to rise.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

. “Combined with law,” says the group, “these approaches will open up a new field of precision toxicology that will transform approaches to chemical safety management in the same way that precision medicine is informing healthcare.”

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Causes of Indoor Air Pollution. The US Government’s environmental agencies report that indoor air pollution is currently America’s biggest pollution issue. Solutions for Indoor Air Pollution. Symptoms such as eye nose and throat irritation can arise in milder cases. These can lead to headaches and nausea.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2023

Industry Voice: Dow's sustainability director Jihane Ball argues the case for a flexible and ambitious UN treaty to tackle plastic pollution worldwide I've worked across many roles over the last 17 years with the materials science company Dow. What is the global plastic pollution treaty and why is it important?

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

” Key Pollution Facts and the Need for Sustainable Alternatives Diesel generators, while widely used for power generation, have a significant environmental impact. The pollution and carbon emissions they produce are a cause of serious concern.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2023

Microorganisms began producing antibiotic molecules long before we started to use them as medicines. The authors conclude that favouring this development by polluting the environment with antibiotics is not a good idea. Accordingly, the ability of many environmental bacteria to defend themselves against antibiotics is ancient.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Two years after landmark European Union legislation designed to curb the overuse of antibiotics on farms came into force, new analysis from DeSmog reveals eight key narratives the veterinary medicine and farming lobbies deploy to defend the billion-dollar market for the drugs. and Zoetis Inc.,

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2025

Partner Insight: Jihane Ball, lead sustainability director at Dow, discusses the importance of achieving a global treaty to end plastic pollution, and the role of meaningful stakeholder collaboration in enabling it I've worked across many roles at Dow, the materials science company, over the last 18 years.

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Grist

MARCH 22, 2024

As noted in a report published last month by the Endocrine Society and the nonprofit International Pollutants Elimination Network, or IPEN, exposure to endocrine-disrupting substances can occur throughout the plastic life cycle. A separate study from 2021 found that more than 2,000 chemicals can leach from a single plastic product into water.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

A complex water quality challenge is on the horizon for utilities as more becomes known about micro-pollutants, customers acquire the means to carry out analysis at the kitchen tap and the downward pressure on cost remains. This technique has been used in medicine for a very long time and I think it’s what we desperately need in water.

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Grist

APRIL 19, 2024

She and her family were living in Charlottesville, where Ahdoot is an assistant professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Dr. Moon sees patients in the South Bronx, nicknamed “Asthma Alley” for its air pollution. Samantha Ahdoot one summer day in 2011 when her son was 9 years old. There was a heat wave.

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Greenability Magazine

JUNE 15, 2021

Here’s what you need to know to protect your health and help reduce pollution. When ozone pollution is high, the air is unhealthy. Ozone pollution is formed when emissions from vehicles, lawn and garden equipment and other sources react in heat and sunlight. Reduce pollution: Carpool, bike or use public transit.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

Between four million and 12 million metric tons of plastic enters the oceans each year, threatening marine life and polluting our food. Reducing food waste, making precious medicines available to people in remote places, or indeed removing the use of plastic packaging?". A lot of plastic is produced from fossil fuels.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Chock-full of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, seaweed has been a staple of Asian diets and traditional medicine for centuries, and its various applications in food production and scientific research date back decades. Seaweed's potential as a solution to this crisis is two-fold, scientists and environmentalists say.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

One signatory, Associate Professor Tony Fletcher, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: “We have found effects on human health in the few specific PFAS which have been studied in detail, and exposure up to now is so widespread.” “As Signatories include most UN member states (although notably not the US).

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Grist

MAY 23, 2024

Seafood is a particularly significant source — perhaps because so much plastic pollution winds up in the ocean , where it breaks down and can be mistaken by fish for food. So how do the microplastics get into people’s bodies? The main pathways are through food, beverages , and air.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 19, 2022

The ethos was to design and develop a solution that would catch and kill pollutants, bacteria, and viruses before they entered our body “ – Chris Shahabi , founder of Creative Oxygen Labs , investor, and clean energy advocate. scientists and experts in virology, immunology, chemistry, and medicine.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In the 1970s, Dr. Bernard Goldstein, a young professor at the New York University School of Medicine, researched the health impacts of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) produced by gas stoves. This shaped federal regulation of both indoor and outdoor air pollution. Definitely. The science has also grown.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2020

The positive role that beavers could have in improving water-quality, with their dams acting as filters which trap soil and other pollutants from surrounding farmland. The beavers’ dam building activities had also helped reduce the risk of flooding to some flood-threatened human settlements.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The ride-sharing brand positions this as a radical shift that will benefit communities, partly by reducing pollution. He serves on the National Academy of Medicine and on boards including African Parks. The charismatic "unboss," as he has called his role, has been at Novartis since 2007, with a stint at Sandoz.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

per cent of the ocean floor they are home to at least a quarter of all marine species, providing critical habitat and a fundamental source of protein, as well as life-saving medicines. Although reefs cover only 0.2 The longer-term decline seen during the last decade coincided with persistent elevated SSTs.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2021

3,000 pollution incidents last year involved oil or fuel and with an average fine of £30,000 the penalties can be steep. It has been widely reported that a no deal Brexit will not impact fuel supply, but it could impact the routine delivery of food and medicines. The targets imposed will impact industries in different ways.

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