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Almost nowhere on Earth safe from PM2.5, says Melbourne study

Envirotec Magazine

Importantly while daily levels have reduced in Europe and North America in the two decades to 2019, levels have increased in Southern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and the Caribbean, with more than 70% of days globally seeing levels above what is safe. 5 from 2000 to 2019 was 32.8 concentration and high PM 2.5

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New research method reveals significant reduction in carbon footprint of British pig farms

Envirotec Magazine

Specifically, the increasing trend of replacing soya imported from South America (which has a high environmental footprint associated with deforestation) with home-grown crops such as rapeseed and sunflower meal to feed pigs was found to have a significant mitigating effect on environmental outputs.

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