Knowledge equals empowerment. Understanding the environmental health issues and potential dangers of our most common, conventional practices helps us to make better choices for our health and the health of the environment...
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Chemical Hazards, and their Adverse Health Effects If one includes tobacco smoke as an environmental hazard then it probably represents the single biggest known airborne chemical risk to health, whether measured...
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Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Procter and Gamble baby care offices stand at P&G s headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. Many are asking whether P&G s troubles are theirs alone or challenges...
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�The pesticides that farmers use to protect textiles as they grow can harm wildlife, contaminate other products and get into the food we eat. �The chemicals that are used to bleach and colour textiles can damage...
Creating stronger connections between science and policy can get the most impact out of research investments. For example, Pew developed recommendations to help improve management of such forage fish as sardines...
The environment you work in can have an impact on how well you do your job and how well you feel. Working in a safe, comfortable environment helps to keep you focused on what s important: doing your job. But if...
To celebrate Earth Week 2017 and Earth Day, Dr Srimathy Sriskantharajah, the Associate Publisher of Life Sciences, and Chris McEntee, Journal Development Editor tell us how important engaging and educating the community...
Various nuclear power facilities can be viewed in Google Earth like any other building. In an open blog forum, users have posted screenshots of nuclear power facilities that they have found in Google Earth. Each...
Paradox in paradise: the Maldives economy runs on the natural beauty that development, climate change and other environmental problems threaten. Photograph: Sakis Papadopoulos Like the azure ocean waters, the challenge...
Even though you will not be individually mining the lithium used in your batteries, you should still be aware of the environmental concerns of this process. The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted...
The environmental challenges from coal mining include coal mine accidents, land subsidence, damage to the water environment, mining waste disposal and air pollution. These are either environmental pollution or landscape...
Most of the mainland Spain landscape is dominated by a high plateau called the Meseta Central. The Meseta is skirted and crossed by a number of mountain ranges such as: the Pyrenees (which extend into Navarre, the...
A new report details the sheer amount of fracking in the United States. CREDIT: AP PHOTO/BRENNAN LINSLEY, FILE The body of evidence is growing that fracking is not only bad for the global climate, it is also dangerous...
Amish populations follow most laws, but their religious convictions can sometimes make legal compliance a challenge. Daniel Walmer “Just totally wrong” There are about 3, 800 Amish living in Lebanon County, plus...
Donald Trump s transition team is asking for a list of Energy Department workers who have attended any United Nations climate change conferences in the past five years. | Getty Donald Trump’s transition team wants...
Swiss environmental policy has achieved many successes since the 1980s and reduced the pollution of the environment by certain contaminants. As a result, the country s air quality has improved considerably over...
Environment - current issues: industrial pollution; limited natural freshwater resources; limited land availability presents waste disposal problems; seasonal smoke/haze resulting from forest fires in Indonesia...
WATTS (CBSLA.com) – Amid growing environmental concerns, a groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday afternoon for the first phase of a $1 billion redevelopment of the Jordan Downs public housing project in Watts...
Workers water the Widu tree nursery in Senegal s Louga region, part of the Great Green Wall, a lush 15km (10 mile) wide strip of different plant species, meant to span the 7, 600km from Senegal to Djibouti to halt...
There are restrictions on the disposition of such wastes. Restrictions are imposed through legislation, regulation, and the commitments of plant owner/operators. From a public perspective, such restrictions represent...
Environmental problems in Southeast Asia include logging depleted rain forests and overfishing the once-plentiful fish supply in the Gulf of Thailand. The megacities of Southeast Asia can not adequately dispose...
Land near the property of Don and Irene Moffett in Glendive, Mont., where the Keystone pipeline will pass. The couple worries that Keystone will degrade the land.Nate Schweber GLENDIVE, Mont. — In the kitchen of...
Climate change. Renewable energy. Safe drinking water. Environmental attorney Nick Schroeck is concerned about all of those issues when it comes to the future of the Great Lakes and southeast Michigan. “It’s not...
Environmental issues are very harmful on human activity and also on biophysical environment. Environmentalism is a social and environmental movement and it acts on environmental issues. To reduce or prevent effect...
Michigan Envirothon presents environmental education in a unique, team based competitive format. The Michigan Envirothon program provides an exciting, hands-on experience to today s students and tomorrow s leaders!...
Bangladesh : Environmental Issues Environmental degradation and depletion of natural resources are often observed in Bangladesh due to poverty, over-population and lack of awareness on the subject. It is manifested...
Pixar s new animated feature Wall-E is more than a great movie. According to the critics, it s a trenchant social commentary. New York s David Edelstein calls it one for the ages, a masterpiece to be savored before...
In a nutshell, the north-south divide on environmental issues refers to the difference in opinion between the developed world (North America, western Europe, Japan etc.) and the developing world (most of Asia, S...
Lakes, wetlands and rivers bring life to Florida s most important natural features: the Everglades, Lake Okeechobee, and the state s mangrove forests and beaches. Florida’s waters are critically important to the...
Recently I cared for a veteran who shared with me that he had been exposed to many environmental factors throughout his service to our country, which have had a drastic impact on his health status. We talked about...
Environmental issues in pakistan NPR Music NPR Books NPR About . . . It makes me come alive, to show strength and passion and to feel useful. Music makes me feel like I m doing something . . . A lot number of forest...
While thinking about and writing my posts on natural groceries and organic delivery services, it came to my attention that the concept of food is not inherently an environmental issue in the minds of many people...
Gold, copper, diamonds, and other precious metals and gemstones are important resources that are found in rainforests around the world. Extracting these natural resources is frequently a destructive activity that...
The Bahamas is known for its picturesque waters and coastlines. They are part of its culture and are critical to its economy, as tourism-related activities employ around half of the work force. The livelihoods of...
“The environmental crises currently gripping the planet are the corollary of excessive human consumption of natural resources. There is considerable and mounting evidence that elevated degradation and loss of habitats...
Final Environmental Impact Statement FERC Staff Issues the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the PennEast Pipeline Project (Docket No. CP15-558-) The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission...
Antarctica is the most pristine place on earth although it is not as unspoiled as may be imagined. For more than a hundred years people have travelled to Antarctica and most parts have now been visited. More than...
Joe Kurian, W.L. Gore & Associates Sujata Bhatia, Harvard University Session Description: Consciousness of environmental issues, as well as compliance with environmental standards, are critical to a sustainable...
San Diego Audubon is active on many fronts, ensuring that protections for wildlife and habitat are secured throughout the County. We have been active in many local issues that affect our local wildlife communities...
Chills ran down Tomás Gómez Membreño’s spine when he first heard about the brutal murder of his renowned friend and ally, the Honduran Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres, six months ago this week. A fellow environmental...
On February 4, 1991, then Tennessee Governor Ned McWherter issued executive orders than merged environmental programs from the Department of Health and Environment with the Department of Conservation effective July...
Managing the soils on our timberlands is a key part of enhancing both productivity and long-term sustainability. Soil management can have a significant effect on water quality. That s why we follow each state s...
Haiyan, Thelma, Ike, Fengshen, Washi, Durian, Bopha, Trix, Amy, Nina. These are the ten deadliest typhoons of the Philippines between 1947 and 2014. What’s alarming is that five of the 10 have occurred since 2006...
With the coming on board of the Minister of Environment, Mrs. Laurentia Mallam, and her familiarisation tour of parastatals and agencies under the Ministry, expectations are high that the new Minister will take...
EPA s Clean Air Markets Programs address several environmental issues which are briefly described below with links to more information. Acid Rain Acid deposition, or acid rain as it is commonly known, occurs when...
Over the last decade, India’s strong growth has increased employment opportunities and allowed millions to emerge from poverty. India’s remarkable growth record, however, has been clouded by a degrading environment...
Environmental Sustainability and Behaviour Change In 2014 the special topic for this subject will be behaviour change for sustainability. It is perhaps obvious that many human behaviours impact negatively on our...
Wetlands are critical in supporting the healthy waters and diverse wildlife of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Located where land meets water, wetlands act like a sponge, soaking up storm surges and trapping polluted...
View of Bellagio Fountain, Bally s and Paris Casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. Photograph: Corbis Cattle ranchers, Native Americans and Mormons fear US state s chief engineer will allow 300-mile pipeline to tap...
I was privileged to represent SIN at a film screening ‘Nowhere to run’ recently hosted by the UK- High Commissioner to Nigeria- Paul Arkwright, at his British Residence highlighting environmental challenges in Nigeria...