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

Envirotec Magazine

Calcutta, India: In southern Asia and eastern Asia, more than 90% of days had daily PM 2.5 Now this study, led by Professor Yuming Guo, from the Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine in Melbourne, Australia, and published in Lancet Planetary Health , provides a map of how PM 2.5

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History of the use of medicinal plants

Low Impact

This article explores the history of the legal rights of herbalists to practise, and looks particularly at the use of medicinal plants in wartime Britain. The documentation of the use of herbs in Britain in the two World Wars reminds us that we still have our own medicinal resources here in the UK.

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‘How did we miss this for so long?’: The link between extreme heat and preterm birth

Grist

As a researcher at the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Basu knew that other vulnerable populations, notably the elderly, were particularly susceptible to heat. Higher temperatures will also have knock-on impacts to gestational and fetal health. percent in South Asia.

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Can Asia’s infectious disease-producing wildlife trade be stopped?

Grist

On February 24, the government initiated a permanent ban with a decree titled, “ Comprehensively Prohibiting the Illegal Trade of Wild Animals, Eliminating the Bad Habits of Wild Animal Consumption, and Protecting the Health and Safety of the People.”. But will the ban simply drive a long-thriving trade underground?

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Major Animal Pharma Industry Group Forced to Remove UN Logo from ‘Misleading’ Briefing on Livestock Climate Impact

DeSmogBlog

The policy briefing document was released in early January by Belgium-based organization, HealthforAnimals (HfA), which represents some of the world’s biggest and best known animal pharmaceutical companies, including Zoetis, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, Merck Animal Health, Elanco Animal Health, IDEXX, and Ceva Santé Animale.

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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?

GreenBiz

A few tech companies are working to grow clean hydrogen in Europe and Asia and, lately, California. SGH2 CEO Robert Do, whose background is in physics, medicine and business, can’t name companies yet but said, "We have also had enormous interest from other buyers in California and globally. The image above describes SGH2's process.

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Fledgling Stories

Michael Grossman

What does honey have to do with saving elephants in Botswana, and why would I want to buy another pair of shoes made in Asia? Shoes made in Asia? And Briotech, the one local entry, has replicated a chemical made naturally in the human body to produce a disinfectant that has significant implications for global health.

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