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Anthropogenic air pollution impacts health and climate in the Middle East

Envirotec Magazine

But now a research group seems to have shown that pollution from anthropogenic sources contributes to health risks and is an important climate factor across the region. Our study highlights how anthropogenic air pollution is a leading health risk and important climactic factor across the Middle East.”.

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

Envirotec Magazine

This challenge is associated with large health effects – effects that will continue to menace public health in the future”. The effect of poor air quality on the health and wellbeing of people is well documented. We know that air quality has a significant impact from both a sociological and health perspective.

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Precision toxicology consortium aims to protect human health from effects of harmful chemicals

Envirotec Magazine

Led by the University of Birmingham and involving 15 European and US organisations, PrecisionTox aims to protect human health from the toxic effects of chemicals found in people’s homes, food and the environment.

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Krishitantra secures seed funding to monitor India’s soil health

Impact Alpha

Kondaji launched Krishitantra in 2017 to develop a portable device to enable farmers to do rapid soil testing and avoid costly overuse of chemical treatments. The post Krishitantra secures seed funding to monitor India’s soil health appeared first on ImpactAlpha. The Mangalore-based company has.

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Doctors File False Advertising Complaint Over Hidden Health Risks of Gas

DeSmogBlog

Lem is president-elect of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, an advocacy and research organization which helped organize doctors, nurses and public health advocates to make the advertising complaint. But all cigarettes are bad for your health,” she said. .’ Source: Fuelling Canada Facebook page.

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Bloomberg’s new Electric Vehicle Outlook says sales of ICE vehicles peaked in 2017

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The authors see little danger that EV adoption will be derailed by the current health crisis, saying that ongoing cost and technology improvements will outweigh the temporary impacts of the pandemic. The 2020 edition predicts a promising long-term future for EVs, and makes a number of interesting predictions.

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Government accused of 'staggering' failure to invest in soil health monitoring

Business Green

The government has been accused of neglecting soil health in England and thereby potentially heightening the risks of flood, food insecurity, and biodiversity loss, after a freedom of information request revealed it spends just a fraction of its environmental monitoring budget on enhancing and protecting soils. With an estimated 2.2

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