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Tool launches to help understand the environmental effects of human medicines

Envirotec Magazine

A new data visualisation tool “to help researchers better understand the effects medicines have on Scotland’s environment” has been launched by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) on behalf of the One Health Breakthrough Partnership (OHBP)*. Medicines in the environment.

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Study links EVs with real-world reductions in air pollution and respiratory disease

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Now a team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have begun to document the actual respiratory impact of EV adoption in a study that uses real-world data to link electric cars, air pollution and health. Source: Keck School of Medicine via CleanTechnica

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Pollution linked to high blood pressure in children, says study

Envirotec Magazine

Asian boy wearing mouth mask against air pollution (Beijing). A meta-analysis of 14 air pollution studies from around the world seems to find that exposure to high levels of air pollutants during childhood increases the likelihood of high blood pressure in children and adolescents, and their risk for high blood pressure as adults.

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Covid-19 risk greater in urban centres affected by air pollution

Envirotec Magazine

People living in polluted cities are more at risk from Covid-19, according to health experts cited in a 16 March report from the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), an advocacy group. Even the latest diesel engines emit dangerous levels of pollution. The European Respiratory Society (ERS) is an EPHA member.

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Rare leech recorded in Dumfries and Galloway

Envirotec Magazine

Medicinal Leech Hirudo medicinalis (image credit: © Neil-Phillips) One of the rarest invertebrates in Scotland, the Medicinal Leech ( Hirudo medicinalis ), has been confirmed in Dumfries and Galloway for the first time, after a recent sighting was verified by Buglife this September. They can live up to 20 years.

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Ocean oil pollution is growing — and not from oil spills

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Oil spills may be dramatic and devastating, but they’re not the biggest contributor to ocean oil pollution — not by a long shot. According to the report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, “ Oil in the Sea ,” these sources are by far the largest and fastest-growing contributor to ocean oil pollution.

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Leeds City Council waives ticket costs for air quality conference

Envirotec Magazine

An accredited online medical conference bringing together some of the country’s top air pollution experts will now be free to attend on 4 October, after event organisers announced they were waiving ticket costs so that more health professionals can benefit from cutting-edge insights to help improve patient outcomes.

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