Etiket: pollution
Advice for Dutch fishermen: do not catch shrimp in the Western Scheldt due to PFAS pollution
The Nederlandse Vissersbond and PO Delta Zuid have advised fishermen not to catch shrimp in the Western Scheldt for the time being. The organizations have found PFAS values that are…
The egg and the hen
Before reducing the space to the car, we must first have good public transport!, we hear frequently. But what does good public transport mean? Surely, we will agree that a…
Light pollution leaves animals without camouflage
04/02/2022 at 08:23 EST The camouflage tactics of many animals, such as snails, are endangered by Light pollution. While humanity has found a formula to consume less energy in cities…
Petition ‘Rights for the Meuse’ to the House of Representatives | 1Limburg
A petition with about 8,000 signatures to give rights to the Maas will be presented to the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The initiative comes from Maas Cleanup, a movement…
Flanders wants 3M to compensate all damage caused by PFAS pollution in the Western Scheldt
The chemical company 3M, which has a branch in Zwijndrecht, Belgium, a few kilometers from Hulst, is responsible for the dumping of toxic substances in the Western Scheldt, according to…
Right to pollute? | Article by Josep Lluís Martí on the ruling against the ZBE
They have done it again. The Contentious-Administrative Chamber, section 5 of the TSJC, the same as last year forced to hold regional elections Against the unanimous agreement of the Generalitat…
Builders have to hire archaeologists, but sometimes find finds just as annoying as soil pollution
Archaeologist Kirstie Haakmeester walks through Huis van Hilde in Castricum, the provincial depot for archeology in North Holland.Statue Elisa Maenhout On a number of points, Dutch archaeology is not doing…
After Barcelona, 62 ZBE more
Yesterday, the Government of the Generalitat, the town councils and councils, the social agents and the managers of infrastructures such as ports and airports signed the Agreement to Improve Air…
PFOS pollution: “Remediation around 3M site needed to eliminate human risks”
According to the experts who compiled it, the new descriptive soil survey of the surroundings of the 3M site in Zwijndrecht shows that “remediation measures are needed to eliminate the…
Expensive clotting robots that catch pollution from drinking water
Researchers in the Czech Republic have used tiny robots to remove contaminants from water. These included the toxic substance arsenic. An international team of nano-robot researchers described in the lab…