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EA launches consultation on unlimited fines for the worst polluters

Envirotec Magazine

This follows the government announcing that it will lift the current limit of £250,000 that the Environment Agency can impose directly on operators, as well as expanding variable monetary penalties to cover more offences under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016.

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EEA reports poor air quality caused premature deaths of 400,000 Europeans in 2016

Inhabitat - Innovation

Coal-fired power plants, vehicle-clogged highways, and fossil-fuel spewing factories have contributed to the growing European air pollution dilemma. Industries, households and vehicles all emit dangerous mixtures of pollutant particulates that are harmful to human health. Air pollution.

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Can better monitoring and testing help to tackle nitrogen pollution?

Envirotec Magazine

By Dr Calum Preece Improving the monitoring and mitigation of major pollution trends is one of the most important areas of environmental research. Nitrogen pollution is one of the best examples of a major environmental issue for which reliable, accessible monitoring is required in order to solve the problem.

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Is global plastic pollution nearing an irreversible tipping point?

Envirotec Magazine

According to the authors, plastic pollution is a global threat, and actions to drastically reduce emissions of plastic to the environment are “the rational policy response” Plastic is found everywhere on the planet: from deserts and mountaintops to deep oceans and Arctic snow.

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Taking control of the harmful effects of air pollution to improve health outcomes

Envirotec Magazine

In 2010, the European Respiratory Society appealed to physicians to “recognise that air pollution is the largest environmental challenge for European citizens, one that currently limits the fundamental right of all individuals to breathe clean air. i] In the UK around 40,000 deaths are attributable to outdoor air pollution.[ii].

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Unhappy boomerang: PFAS pollution in ocean comes back to land

Envirotec Magazine

The findings suggest that this sea-to-air transport process is a significant contributor to PFAS air pollution in coastal areas. The findings indicate that these PFAS are transported from seawater to marine air by sea spray aerosols, which constitute a significant source of PFAS air pollution to coastal communities. 2016-00644).

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Government is “passing water pollution buck to the car industry”, experts warn

Envirotec Magazine

Poisonous particle pollution from brake and tyre wear is carried in runoff then enters rivers and streams. According to Highways England (HE) assessment tool (HAWRAT), more than 2500 outfalls in England pose a ‘very high’ or ‘high’ risk of pollution. Yet, urban runoff persists as a forgotten polluter.

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