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Smelting factories near villages in rural China are poisoning local Children with illegal heavy metal emissions.
Authorities in Hunan province have even imprisoned victims of lead poisoning who were on their way to receive health checks, according to an article in the Guardian:
The latest results, received on 24 February, revealed that 250 of the 397 children [...]
Dogs and cats are plagued by flea and tick problems every year. Unfortunately, the very products that are supposed to provide our animal friends with relief from those pests are actually causing them more harm than good.
The Environmental Protection Agency receives thousands of complaints every year about flea and tick control products, especially the [...]
People today are absolutely obsessed with green and healthy eating. And it doesn’t stop there. Manufacturers, stores and labels are all about the healthy eating (supposedly). You’ll see foods listed as any of the following: organic, fair trade, low cholesterol, no cholesterol, 0 trans fat, reduced fat, low fat, no fat, local, seasonal, low sugar, [...]
How many of you get a nice breath of smog-filled, polluted air every time you step outside?
Well, if you live in the UK, you’re in luck. The National Trust is distributing free jars of fresh air to London workers. Yes, that’s right: jars of fresh air. Care for a nice garden or walk through the [...]
Many felines across the globe are endangered, such as the Snow Leopard, the Sumatran Tiger, and the Asiatic Cheetah. However, none of them can compare to the situation of the Iberian Lynx.
The Iberian Lynx is the most endangered cat species in the world. It’s small in size—about 60-70 cm (23.6-27.5 inches) tall and 85-110 [...]
The main opposition to legislation connected to climate change seems to stem from a public and corporate outcry against paying higher taxes. This could in many instances be interpreted as a selfish reason to oppose any government-backed climate or environmental action. A more sympathetic take on the opposition to regulating global emissions could focus on [...]
According to an article from the Telegraph, a recent study shows that frozen vegetables often contain more nutrients than fresh vegetables.
The article states that up to as much as 45% of the nutrients in vegetables are lost by the time they are eaten. Although most people think that fresh vegetables from the supermarket are no [...]
The municipality of in the region of North Karelia in the east of Finland is home to a remarkably successful health program. Eastern Finland once had the highest death rate from heart disease in the world. In 1972 a Finnish government led project was launched in cooperation with the WHO to combat heart disease in [...]
Do you get to face the joy of getting stuck in traffic every day? Whether you’re going to work, coming home from shopping, or running errands, traffic has always been an annoyance to many commuters. It moves too slowly, people get cut off, and let’s not forget all the pile-ups and noise pollution it causes. [...]
Another storm is brewing. This one won’t only hit the southern US, western South America or Southeast Asia. It will travel across the globe; seasonal for some and a daily thing for others. Oh, and it might just be courtesy of climate change. What kind of storm am I talking about? Simply, an allergy storm [...]
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