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About 16.2 bits of microplastic are inhaled by humans every hour — that constitutes a credit card for an entire week, according to research published by the American Institute of Physics.
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56 major companies responsible for 50% of world’s plastic waste: Study

HQ Team April 25, 2024: Plastic pollution is a global phenomenon with plastic nanoparticles and associated chemicals contaminating every corner of the earth,.

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Europe is the fastest warming continent, with temperatures rising at around twice the global average rate, according to the 2023 edition of Copernicus Climate Change Service’s European State of the Climate report.
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Europe is fastest fastest-warming continent in the world: Copernicus

HQ Team April 22, 2024: Europe is the fastest warming continent, with temperatures rising at around twice the global average rate, according to.

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Forty-five per cent of 82 urban areas in China, with a total population of about 700 million, are sinking — with 16% falling at 10mm a year or more, a study finds.
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Beijing, Tianjin among sinking cities in China, UEA researchers say

HQ Team April 20, 2024: Forty-five percent of 82 urban areas in China, with a total population of about 700 million, are sinking.

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If you are in a hospital, then at times, you get bacterial infections from one source — yourself.
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Warming oceans drive flesh-eating bacteria northward, increasing infections

HQ Team April 15,2024:Adding to the climate change worries is the fear Vibrio vulnificus, commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria, is expanding its territory.

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Global temperatures associated with climate change may result in a stroke leading to death and disability, a study found.
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Global stroke deaths may be linked to climate change: Study reports

HQ Team April 12, 2024: Global temperatures associated with climate change may result in strokes leading to death and disability, a study found..

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About 45% of the US tap water contains one or more types of   “forever chemicals,” found in the linings of fast-food boxes and non-stick cookware to fire-fighting foams, raising health concerns, according to a US Geological Survey study.
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Study maps US, China, Australia as hotspots for ‘forever chemicals’ in water supplies

HQ Team April 10, 2024:  The Environmental Protection Agency in the US has regulated for the first time that municipal utilities will have.

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57 companies responsible for 80% of recent world carbon emissions, says report

HQ Team April 10, 2024: A report released by the international non-profit InfluenceMap reveals that just 57 companies are responsible for 80 percent of the.

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PFAS found in leading brands of bandages, says report

HQ Team April 8, 2024: A study commissioned by the Environmental Health News and consumer watchdog site Mamavation, found that many bandage brands.

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Policymaking and planning should be inclusive, safe and flexible. The “sanity” of a city is the well-being of its residents, and it is time we focus on achieving it.
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Opinion: ‘Sanity’ is sacrosanct, city residents’ mental health sacred

By Aparna S April 3, 2024: Over the last decade and until 2022 about one-third of India’s 1.4 billion people have become city.

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Merck announced its experimental trial on patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension had led to an extension in walking distance and reduced exacerbating the condition by 84%.
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Common household chemicals linked to rising neurological disorders: Study

HQ Team April 1, 2024: The surge in neurological and neurodevelopmental conditions over the past decade has raised concerns among medical experts, who.

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