Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 8, 2024
This catastrophe remains immediate and urgent for people whose own health is ruined, or whose children were born with disabilities or who are being poisoned now through the contaminated local soil and water,” said Mark Dummett, Amnesty International’s Head of Business and Human Rights.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
By Gauthier Eppe Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that pose a significant threat to human health and the environment. POPs are ubiquitous in our environment (water systems, soil, air and sediments) and they bioaccumulate, passing from species to species through the trophic chain, ultimately ending up in the human body.
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Grist
APRIL 18, 2023
The compounds were mainly used for building construction and electrical equipment but their health impacts only became clear decades after they were originally manufactured. in 1979 and eventually worldwide in 2001. Today, they linger in the soil and cause problems when people are exposed to the compounds.
Low Impact
NOVEMBER 1, 2020
Modern, large-scale agriculture destroys soil and wildlife, and uses vast amounts of fossil fuel energy. Industrial monocultures are destroying ecosystems, poisoning watercourses and removing soil, and don’t produce as much per hectare as small farms anyway. It’s not something that can continue if we want to survive, let alone thrive.
Green Business Bureau
DECEMBER 16, 2021
To this day, BP has still not recovered in value and has been branded a dirty oil company soiled in shame. In 2001, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) detected 12,635 cases of certification forgery. Legal conviction by The Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Green Business Bureau
DECEMBER 16, 2021
To this day, BP has still not recovered in value and has been branded a dirty oil company soiled in shame. In 2001, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) detected 12,635 cases of certification forgery. Legal conviction by The Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Grist
AUGUST 17, 2023
Since then, Pepperwood has provided a model of how combining science with local Indigenous research , knowledge, and practices can restore forest health and resiliency while mitigating the growing frequency and severity of fires. Between 2001 and 2019, the U.S. Prescribed-fire professionals ignite cultural burns.
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