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Your Choice Of Fruits Could Be Raising Pesticide Levels In Your Blood, Warns Study
A new study published by the Environmental Working Group highlights that your food choices may be increasing the pesticide levels in your blood. Here is how this is happening and why you need to implement practical tips to be safe.
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Water Contamination A Public Health Emergency: Bhopal Green Tribunal
The contamination of drinking water supply in Madhya Pradesh is a systemic environmental and public health emergency, the National Green Tribunal in Bhopal has declared.
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"Solving One Problem By Creating Another": Internet Reacts To Video Of Food Safety Officials Dumping Sweets In River
The method of disposal of adulterated sweets has drawn sharp criticism for potentially harming the environment.
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PFAS Chemicals Harm Freshwater Turtles in Australia, New Research Finds
Recent studies have highlighted the alarming effects of PFAS (forever chemicals) on freshwater turtles in Australia. The research, led by environmental biochemist David Beale and his team, discovered that PFAS exposure is causing serious health issues in both adult turtles and their hatchlings. The chemicals accumulate in key organs like the liver,...
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Microplastics Invade Human Brains, Researchers Call For Global Emergency
The global use of plastic has led to severe environmental contamination, with microplastics now found in air, water, soil, food, and human organs, including the brain.
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Couple In Brazil Investigated After Turning Waterfall Blue In Gender Reveal Stunt
A couple in Brazil is being investigated by the environmental ministry after reportedly contaminating a waterfall and river with blue dye in a gender reveal stunt.
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Peru Races To Save Seabirds After 6,000-Barrel Oil Spill Poisons Beaches
A Lima zoo is racing to save dozens of seabirds, including protected penguins, after 6,000 barrels of crude oil spilled off Peru's coast due to waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific.
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Wastewater Leak From Reservoir Risks "Catastrophic Flood" In Florida
Emergency crews in central Florida were working Sunday to prevent an environmental catastrophe at a leaking reservoir that risked sending millions of gallons of contaminated wastewater toward nearby homes and into the Tampa Bay.
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World Environment Day 2018: 6 Ways Your Environmental Conditions Affect Your Health
The World Environment Day is the most important day of the United Nations and observed on the 5th of June each year. Environmental factors like air pollution, noise, contaminated water and heat affect our overall health.
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6 Simple and Natural Remedies to Treat Asthma
With the increase in environmental pollutants, contaminants, obesity, ever increasing preservatives, adulteration of food and rising stress levels has led to a sharp rise in asthma, allergies and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
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Your Choice Of Fruits Could Be Raising Pesticide Levels In Your Blood, Warns Study
A new study published by the Environmental Working Group highlights that your food choices may be increasing the pesticide levels in your blood. Here is how this is happening and why you need to implement practical tips to be safe.
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Water Contamination A Public Health Emergency: Bhopal Green Tribunal
The contamination of drinking water supply in Madhya Pradesh is a systemic environmental and public health emergency, the National Green Tribunal in Bhopal has declared.
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"Solving One Problem By Creating Another": Internet Reacts To Video Of Food Safety Officials Dumping Sweets In River
The method of disposal of adulterated sweets has drawn sharp criticism for potentially harming the environment.
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PFAS Chemicals Harm Freshwater Turtles in Australia, New Research Finds
Recent studies have highlighted the alarming effects of PFAS (forever chemicals) on freshwater turtles in Australia. The research, led by environmental biochemist David Beale and his team, discovered that PFAS exposure is causing serious health issues in both adult turtles and their hatchlings. The chemicals accumulate in key organs like the liver,...
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Microplastics Invade Human Brains, Researchers Call For Global Emergency
The global use of plastic has led to severe environmental contamination, with microplastics now found in air, water, soil, food, and human organs, including the brain.
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Couple In Brazil Investigated After Turning Waterfall Blue In Gender Reveal Stunt
A couple in Brazil is being investigated by the environmental ministry after reportedly contaminating a waterfall and river with blue dye in a gender reveal stunt.
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Peru Races To Save Seabirds After 6,000-Barrel Oil Spill Poisons Beaches
A Lima zoo is racing to save dozens of seabirds, including protected penguins, after 6,000 barrels of crude oil spilled off Peru's coast due to waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific.
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Wastewater Leak From Reservoir Risks "Catastrophic Flood" In Florida
Emergency crews in central Florida were working Sunday to prevent an environmental catastrophe at a leaking reservoir that risked sending millions of gallons of contaminated wastewater toward nearby homes and into the Tampa Bay.
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World Environment Day 2018: 6 Ways Your Environmental Conditions Affect Your Health
The World Environment Day is the most important day of the United Nations and observed on the 5th of June each year. Environmental factors like air pollution, noise, contaminated water and heat affect our overall health.
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6 Simple and Natural Remedies to Treat Asthma
With the increase in environmental pollutants, contaminants, obesity, ever increasing preservatives, adulteration of food and rising stress levels has led to a sharp rise in asthma, allergies and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
