Etiket: pollution
More plastic than mammals: planet can no longer bear chemical pollution | Science & Planet
Before that, the scientists established a planetary boundary. That is the point where we as humans have polluted the planet to the point that it threatens the stability of the…
New UN report: “Pollution causes more deaths than Covid-19” | Environment
Pollution is responsible for more deaths worldwide than Covid-19, says a United Nations environmental report today. The author calls for “immediate and ambitious action” to ban some toxic chemicals. According…
Drug contamination reaches all the world’s rivers
Samples of drugs against pain, diabetes or epilepsy are found in waters around the planet A quarter of the analyzed rivers for a worldwide study have potentially toxic levels of…
Waterschap Vechtstromen helps with pure water factory in case of pollution in Twente soil: ‘I don’t think it can go on’
A small part of the board of the Vechtstromen Water Board wants to stop the NAM pure water factory for ethical reasons. According to them, it is inexplicable that it…
Dutch ship loses 30,000 liters of fuel off Canadian coast: “accidental pollution incident” | Abroad
According to CBC, a statement from the owner of the ship, Royal Wagenborg in Delfzijl, states that the leak was discovered after daylight on Thursday morning and the incident was…
Windmills cause noise pollution, but how much is too much?
How much nuisance can a windmill cause? The cabinet will have to answer this difficult question in the near future, because the judge has drawn a line through the national…
Peru declares state of emergency over oil pollution caused by volcano eruption
The Peruvian government has declared an “environmental emergency” for the next 90 days. The coastal area was hit by oil pollution a week ago after as many as 6,000 barrels…