Air pollution is more harmful to the heart than cholesterol or being overweight
Air pollution is the fourth risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, ahead of cholesterol, being overweight or sedentary. Only having high...
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Spain pays an air and water pollution toll for becoming the world’s pig factory
Spain is paying the price to become the world's pig factory. The country already leads the sector in Europe by...
WHO toughens air quality recommendations to curb deadly pollution
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its new recommendations on air quality this Wednesday, stricter than those it had...
Catalonia denounces air pollution in Venice to create “green” places
Venice (Italy), May 21 (EFE) .- The Catalan architect Olga Subirós denounces the impact of air pollution to raise awareness...
Pollution is linked to an increased risk of blindness from macular degeneration
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the main causes of blindness in the developed world, and is the main...
Honey production is triggered by little contamination in confinement
Pollution has dropped so much, due to confinement by the coronavirus pandemic, and spring has brought such good rains that...
Pollution in China exceeds last year’s after return to activity
Pollution levels in China have risen above those of the past year as stricter measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic...
Air pollution in India drops 40-50% during confinement
The concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), one of the main causes of air pollution, has been reduced by 40-50% in...
Pollution and public transport increase the risk of contagion
Environmental pollution and the transport system of large cities increase the risks of contracting respiratory infections such as the coronavirus...
Colombia asks PAHO for help due to air pollution originating in Venezuela
The Colombian government said on Tuesday that it asked the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for help due to an...
Light pollution, the dangerous light that threatens biodiversity
Disorientation, routine disorders, displacement to other habitats, mismatches in the food chain or mortality, are some of the negative effects...
Coronavirus in the Canary Islands: the quarantine stop reduces contamination – La Provincia
If normally in Santa Cruz of Tenerife 40 microns per cubic meter of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are recorded, since the...
Pollution descends in China due to coronavirus impact – The Province
The observation satellites of the US space agency, NASA, and the European Space Agency (ESA) have detected Significant decreases in...
The Spanish invention that will end the pollution of cities
The environmental crusade against airplanes could fall into disrepute about the possibility of using those same airplanes to reduce pollution...
The train pollutes more than it seems
“Vi häller oss pa jorden” (We stayed on land), the Swedish movement against flying, has turned around the transport situation...
