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.
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.
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Green Living Guy
APRIL 21, 2022
Established in 2001 by author T. Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes is a national award that celebrates inspiring, public-spirited young people from across the U.S. and Canada. Barron, the Barron Prize annually honors 25 outstanding young leaders ages 8 to 18 who have made a significant […].
Grist
APRIL 18, 2023
No one would expect to find pollutants in such a place,” said Professor Ronnie N. in 1979 and eventually worldwide in 2001. Today, they linger in the soil and cause problems when people are exposed to the compounds. PCBs, like other pollutants, are not water-soluble, which means they don’t break down in water.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
The Wildlife Trusts have been at the forefront of beaver reintroduction and projects in Britain ever since Kent Wildlife Trust released the first pair into a fenced area of fenland in 2001, followed by the Scottish Beaver Trial in 2009.
Clean Energy Canada
APRIL 16, 2021
Offsets offer a carbon polluter (like the operator of a steel plant) an additional option to comply with government rules that limit carbon pollution. How offsets are created and the extent to which they are used dictates their effectiveness at reducing pollution. WHAT ARE OFFSETS? REFERENCES. Thamo, T. & & Pannell, D.
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. McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives. In 2001, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) detected 12,635 cases of certification forgery.
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