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Eight of the ten rivers, that carry almost 95 percent of all the plastic debris into the Seas, are from Asia. Ganges and Indus are among them. A recent scientific study has this shocking revelation to make. Researchers from the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ of Germany hav

Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Sanitation , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 04/19/2018

Reliance on Treatment Plants will not solve India’s River Pollution Problem

Centralised treatment plants and involve a lot of construction activities. Most of our cities along Ganga as well as on other rivers are having areas which are difficult to lay sewer lines, install pumping stations and build other infrastructure. Our major reliance on treatment plants therefore

Disasters , Environment , Featured , Health , Soil / 03/11/2018

The Cold War’s toxic legacy: Costly, dangerous cleanups at atomic bomb production sites

William J. Kinsella Hanford was one of three large facilities anchoring the Manhattan Project – the crash program to build an atomic bomb. Seventy-five years ago, in March 1943, a mysterious construction project began at a remote location in eastern Washington state. Over the next two years some 5

Data & Reports , Environment , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 02/16/2018

Common products, like perfume, paint and printer ink, are polluting the atmosphere

Jenny Fisher and Kathryn Emmerson Researchers found that ignoring volatile organic compounds from chemical products had significant impacts on predictions of air quality. In outdoor environments, they found that these products could be responsible for as much as 60% of the particles that formed ch

Featured , Food , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 01/17/2018

Farming for a Small Planet: Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture

Frances Moore Lappé There is ample evidence that an alternative approach—organic agriculture, or more broadly “agroecology”—is actually the only way to ensure that all people have access to sufficient, healthful food. People yearn for alternatives to industrial agriculture, but they are

Environment , Health / 12/06/2017

Antimicrobial resistance from environmental pollution among biggest emerging health threats, says UN Environment

Growing antimicrobial resistance linked to discharge of drugs and particular chemicals into the environment is one of the most worrying health threats today, according to new research from UN Environment that highlights emerging challenges and solutions in the environmental space. Human antibiotic u

Climate , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 09/15/2017

The 30-year-old ozone layer treaty has a new role: fighting climate change

Martyn Chipperfield We all owe a debt of gratitude to the scientists, politicians and industry leaders who created such an effective and flexible agreement which, 30 years on, is doing what it set out to achieve and more. The 1987 treaty that stopped the pollution causing a hole in the ozone layer i

Environment , Featured , Health , Water / 09/06/2017

Are you drinking plastic water? Yes, says a new study

A new research found that plastic fibers have infiltrated the drinking water of cities and towns all over the world Tap water is considered to be the safest in the statistics about drinking water coverage that our government provides us. My experience of working on water and sanitation issues for

Environment , Resources , Sustainable Development / 09/05/2017

Acid drainage: the global environmental crisis you’ve never heard of

Stephen Tuffnell Acid drainage is a little-known global crisis. The UN has even labelled it the second biggest problem facing the world after global warming. Romania’s prime minister, Mihai Tudose, recently raised the prospect of reopening the country’s huge Roșia Montană goldfield. The area h

Corruption , Environment , Health / 08/26/2017

Lead poisoning, gasoline lobbies and crime

Lead pollution was supposed to be eliminated in US long back, but it did not happen Most of you have probably heard how the residents of Flint, Michigan were exposed to unhealthy levels of lead in their water (actually, any level is considered unhealthy) due to political and managerial incompetenc

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