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The Environmental Impact Of Biomedical Waste And How To Reduce It

The Environmental Blog

This type of waste can be hazardous to human health and the environment if not managed properly. Additionally, it can pose health risks to humans and animals. Importance of Reducing Biomedical Waste Reducing the amount of biomedical waste generated is crucial for protecting public health and the environment.

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UK substantially underestimates its methane emissions from oil and gas production – and many other countries probably do too

Envirotec Magazine

Due to its climate and indirect health impacts (methane is a precursor for ozone which is an air pollutant that damages human health and crops), methane mitigation has recently become a global policy priority. These updates resulted in a total methane emission estimate more than five times larger than reported emissions.

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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

GreenBiz

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate. Environmental capacity.

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Part 2: The Dirty Dozen Documents of Big Oil’s Secret Climate Knowledge

DeSmogBlog

Stanford science historian Ben Franta and I continue our discussion of these key documents, what they say, how they were found, and what this means for the fossil fuel industry. Document 7: 1981. THACKER: What I love about this document is that you can see they’re kind of getting concerned. Document 8: 1981.

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Sustainability Guide for Commercial Cleaning: Finding Eco-Friendly Commercial Cleaning Products

Green Business Bureau

VOCs have a variety of adverse environmental and health effects. They have been well documented in causing respiratory and eye damage to those experiencing long-term exposure, along with less serious side effects such as dizziness, headaches, and nausea. These adverse health impacts affect not only your employees, but also customers.

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'Hidden emitter': Air pollution from domestic gas boilers expected to soar this winter as people work from home

Business Green

It's commonly known that nitrogen oxide pollution from road traffic harms health, and especially lung health," explained Dr Anna Moore, respiratory registrar and spokesperson for the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change. While it is important for our health ?to There's less awareness however of alternative ?sources

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Fenceline Community Groups in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Celebrate Mounting Victories

DeSmogBlog

The complaint calls out the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and Louisiana Department of Health (LDOH) for their handling of air pollution and associated health impacts in St. James Parish would violate the EPA’s standards for soot and ozone-forming nitrogen dioxide. John and the Sierra Club.