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Feb 21 2023February 21, 2023

World-first study shows car pollution can dull human brains within hours

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, Global Warming, Pollution, research / By SLSV / February 21, 2023 February 21, 2023

Even brief exposure to pollution emitted by internal combustion engine vehicles can be enough to cause damage to the human brain, a new study has found. The world-first study by Canadian researchers from the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria has shown that common levels of traffic pollution are capable of impairing …

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Feb 13 2023February 13, 2023

Study Finds that Air Pollution Causes Depression amongst Older Adults

4 Comments / Climate Change, Global Warming, Health, Pollution, research / By SLSV / February 13, 2023 February 13, 2023

More and more research is showing that those who live in polluted places have a higher risk of depression when compared to those who don’t. One of the first studies to look at associations between longtime exposure and a high risk of depression after the age of 64 is this one. The research has been …

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Feb 3 2023February 3, 2023

Rich nations pledged to pay for climate damages. Where’s the money?

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Pollution / By SLSV / February 3, 2023 February 3, 2023

Many agree that developing nations need help to cope with a warmer world. Some call the current effort a ‘placebo.’ There were high hopes in November when a global climate summit in Egypt adjourned with the creation of a fund to help poor countries cope with the ravages of global warming. But less than three …

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Jan 30 2023January 30, 2023

How supermarket freezers are heating the planet, and how they could change

1 Comment / Climate Change, Global Warming, Pollution / By SLSV / January 30, 2023 January 30, 2023

Grocery chains under pressure to switch from HFCs to natural refrigerants to curb climate change Climate-conscious shoppers may buy local food and try to cut packaging waste, but those efforts could be negated by potent greenhouse gases leaking from supermarket fridges. Refrigerants called hydrofluorocarbons or HFCs are widely used to keep food cold or frozen at …

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Jan 19 2023January 19, 2023

Climate change is adding to a growing infectious disease burden – we need coordinated action now

1 Comment / Climate Change, Health, Information, Pollution, research, Save Earth / By SLSV / January 19, 2023 January 19, 2023

Tuberculosis (TB) is curable and preventable. Yet in 2021, around 1.6 million people died from the disease. Worldwide measles cases spiked by 79% in the first two months of 2022, despite a licensed vaccine against the disease being available since 1963. In refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, an outbreak of diphtheria – another disease preventable through vaccines – saw nearly …

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