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Great Barrier Reef: advisers call for cap on farm pollution
2016-05-25 06:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A cap on pollution from farms close to the Great Barrier Reef has been proposed by advisers to the Queensland government. The Great Barrier Reef water science taskforce, which advises the Queensland government on how to meet pollution targets on the reef, said sugar cane, grazing and other sectors should be given pollution load limits for their industries in each catchment. It also called for incentives such as auctions for pollution reduction, greater monitoring and regulation, along with significantly...
Air pollution could increase risk of stillbirth, study suggests
2016-05-25 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Exposure to air pollution may increase the risk of stillbirth, new research suggests. Stillbirths, classed as such if a baby is born dead after 24 weeks of pregnancy, occur in one in every 200 births. Around 11 babies are stillborn every day in the UK, with aproximately 3,600 cases a year. Researchers have called for tighter curbs on car exhausts and industrial waste emissions to reduce the risk of air pollutants after their research concluded that exposure to ambient air pollution heightens...
Air pollution exposure may raise heart disease risk
2016-05-24 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Exposure to air pollution can worsen blood sugar levels, cholesterol and other risk factors for heart disease, particularly in people with diabetes, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Cardiovascular and lipid disorders are the leading cause of death in the United States, according to the Society's Endocrine Facts and Figures Report. As of 2011, the total cost of cardiovascular disease nationwide was $320.1 billion. The total...
Peru Declares Emergency to Fight Mercury Pollution from Gold Mines
2016-05-24 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Fight Mercury Pollution from Gold Mines Marcin Nowak/Wikimedia Fishing boats on the Madres de Dios River. Peru has declared a 60-day emergency in the Amazon due to widespread mercury pollution from the regions booming gold mining industry, the country's environment minister announced this week. Several studies have confirmed dangerously high levels of the neurotoxin in waterways, fish, and people living in the Madres de Dios region, near Peru's southeast border. Members of the Harakmbut indigenous...
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These Tiny Robots May Be Key To Fighting Metal Pollution
2016-05-19 04:02:57| pollutiononline Home Page
Researchers have a new tool for attacking the problem of heavy metal contamination: tiny robots.
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