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Measurement of persistent organic pollutants: Recent progress profiled

Envirotec Magazine

By Gauthier Eppe Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that pose a significant threat to human health and the environment. 5 New sensitivity in food contaminant analysis POPs pose a significant threat to human health and the environment.

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Revealed: Ads Urging Canadians to Oppose Climate Laws Paid for by Gas Industry

DeSmogBlog

A national industry group representing gas producers is quietly paying for digital advertisements urging Canadians to “speak up” to their elected officials against laws addressing climate change and public health, DeSmog can reveal. Screencap from ad that doesn’t disclose CGA’s connection.

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Time to get real?

Envirotec Magazine

It’s a general truism that you can’t manage what you don’t measure, an idea clear to Lord Kelvin over 100 years ago¹ and enacted by health & safety professionals when they carry out risk assessments (or check the effectiveness of controls). References. However, the Code has a special legal status.

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Top Fossil Fuel Ad Ban Critic Runs Group That Got $450K from Oil Company

DeSmogBlog

He compared it to the Indian Act of 1876, a notorious federal law that attempted to erase the culture of First Nations peoples. Credit: CNRL disclosures Neither Buffalo’s organization nor CNRL responded to detailed questions about the financial contribution. “I The IRC received $250,000 from CNRL in 2022 alone.

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Sensing evolution

Envirotec Magazine

Particulates and health. Hand in hand with gas levels comes particulate matter, more commonly referred to as PM, the health risks of which are understood to be especially acute with PM2.5 can also enter the bloodstream, with impacts on cardiovascular, respiratory, and other organ systems.

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Campaigners Sued an Oil Major For Climate Deception. Now the Company Is Preparing to Sue Them Back.

DeSmogBlog

Under Italian law, a request for mediation is a mandatory prerequisite for filing a defamation lawsuit. Total is seeking a judicial ruling that would force the organizations to withdraw their report and all references to it, with a penalty of 2,000 euros (around $2,200) per day for every day the materials remain publicly available.

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International Courts Take on Climate with Historic Hearings and Resolution

DeSmogBlog

The outcomes of the proceedings, experts say, could significantly advance climate justice and accountability as well as clarify the requirements under international law for governments to curb climate breakdown. Human rights organizations hailed the UN’s adoption of the resolution as a critical step in the fight for climate justice.