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#1288582021-05-26
Stormwater could be a large source of microplastics and rubber fragments to waterways
In cities, heavy rains wash away the gunk collecting on sidewalks and roads, picking up all kinds of debris. However, the amount of microplastic pollution swept away by this runoff is currently unknown. Now, researchers in ACS ES&T Water report that stormwater can be a large source of microplast ...
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#1290632021-06-04
Sri Lankans face up to ‘unmeasurable cost’ of cargo ship disaster
Until last week Lucien Justin, the chair of the Jude Watta fisheries committee in Wattala, near Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, lived a simple life.
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#1330032022-02-08
Sri Lanka landfill site is killer feeding ground for elephants
THE beauty of birds soaring and swooping across the sky signalled we were nearing an alien sight in nature - elephants feasting on deadly plastic at a landfill site.
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#1299572021-08-16
Southern Water sewage is destroying protected harbour, say activists
Discharges of raw sewage by Southern Water into a protected natural harbour risk causing an environmental catastrophe, say campaigners.
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#1235332019-12-19
Sound waves could capture microplastics from laundry wastewater
By 2050 there could be more plastic in the oceans than fish, according to the World Economic Forum. Most of the plastic waste in the oceans is made of microscopic pieces. And a major source of microplastics are synthetic fabrics that shed tiny fibers every time we do laundry.
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#1268492021-02-03
Some food contamination starts in the soil
When most people hear "food contamination," they think of bacteria present on unwashed fruits or vegetables, or undercooked meat. However, there are other ways for harmful contaminants to be present in food products.
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#1282462021-04-26
Solving the nitrogen puzzle: Measuring groundwater pollution from agriculture
For years it's been relatively easy to measure pollution from, say, a factory. At a factory, there might be just one pipe of waste to measure. Easy enough.
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#1298002021-07-29
Soil tested for hidden contaminants in community gardens
This year saw many people rediscovering an interest in gardening, digging in the dirt and maybe even harvesting vegetables from a garden plot. But around the Puget Sound, not all garden soils are created equal. Soil, particularly in urban areas, can hold contaminants that are unhealthy for peopl ...
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#1317512021-11-17
Soaring pollution has Delhi considering full weekend lockdown
India’s capital, Delhi, and several surrounding states have shut schools, imposed work-from-home orders and a full weekend lockdown of the city is being contemplated in an attempt to tackle the deadly levels of pollution that have yet again enveloped the region.
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#1215872019-07-16
Smart wastewater management can help reduce air pollution
“Walk along the Bagmati river in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, and you are hit by a pervasive stench, underlining the fact that poor wastewater management worsens air pollution,” says Birguy Lamizana, a UN Environment specialist on wastewater and pollution.
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#1198372019-02-07
Slaking the World’s Thirst with Seawater Dumps Toxic Brine in Oceans
Growing populations and tightening water supplies have spurred people in many places—including the Middle East, Australia, California and China—to look to the oceans and other salty waters as a source of new drinking water. But desalination plants are energy intensive and create a potentially en ...
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#1186572018-10-24
Single-use plastics ban approved by European Parliament
The European Parliament has voted for a complete ban on a range of single-use plastics across the union in a bid to stop pollution of the oceans. MEPs backed a ban on plastic cutlery and plates, cotton buds, straws, drink-stirrers and balloon sticks.
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#1242032020-02-17
Shipping pollution regulations 'could harm food chain'
New shipping pollution regulations introduced earlier this year could harm humans by contaminating fish and crustaceans with toxins, according to an internal report compiled by the International Maritime Organization and obtained by the Guardian.
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#1240962020-02-05
Shelter, safest air intake locations during urban pollution events identified
Roofs and the downwind sides of buildings in street canyons have the lowest levels of particulate matter during a single-source pollution event, according to Penn State researchers.
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#3343Seventh Session of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
10 - 14 May 2010, Geneva, Switzerland
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#1180Seventh Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee of the Stockholm Convention
14 - 18 July 2003, Geneva, Switzerland
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#1802Seventh International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant
27 June - 2 July 2004, Ljublijana, Slovenia
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#1221322019-09-06
Seven tonnes of marine plastic pollution collected on remote Arnhem Land beach
Water bottles, cigarette lighters and fishing nets were among garbage found on Djulpan beach, Sea Shepherd says
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#1198782019-02-11
Sensing Change: How Sound, Light and Smell Can Affect Plants and Animals
Last week, Romulus Whitaker, known popularly as India’s ‘snake man’, published an Instagram post expressing his concern about the Sheraton Grand Hotel next door to the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, outside Chennai, blasting loud music that was “triggering aberrant behaviour” among the animals.
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#1227932019-10-30
Seeing the light: new moves to tackle night sky pollution
Light pollution has knock-on effects that impact whole ecosystems. From delaying wallaby pregnancies to mass-death of possums, light pollution is a threat to biodiversity that should be thought of as ‘the straw that breaks the camel’s back’ in ecosystems already under stress, says Dr Therésa Jones.
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#1193552019-01-14
See How This Non-Profit Is Using The Blockchain To Clean Up The Niger Delta
Cleaning up the oil spills along the Niger Delta is no quick or easy task.Yet for one 501(c)(3) non-profit it's dedicated to alleviating the oil spill issues by Shell and other companies, which are impacting people's lives, through the use of the blockchain.
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#1805Meeting
#1500Second Meeting of the Stockholm Convention Expert Group on Best Available Techniques (BAT) and Best Environmental Practices (BEP)
8 - 12 December 2003, Villarrica, Chile
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#1302Second Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG 2)
3 - 7 November 2003, Geneva, Switzerland
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#1989Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-2) to the Rotterdam Convention
26 - 30 September 2005, Rome, Italy
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#1408Second Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (OEWG 2)
20 - 24 October 2003, Geneva, Switzerland
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#1186992018-10-26
Seabirds in the Pacific are using plastic to build nests
As brown boobies incorporate materials they find in the environment into their nests, research has found that the birds can act as indicators of the extent of plastic pollution in the tropics.
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#1273592021-02-25
Sea turtle: Sentinels and victims of plastic pollution in the Adriatic Sea
Sea turtles are witnesses and victims of the high level of plastic pollution of the Adriatic Sea. A group of researchers at the University of Bologna analyzed 45 turtles hospitalized at Fondazione Cetacea in Riccione and found plastic debris in their feces.
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#1197042019-01-31
Scorecard measures nutrient pollution in Kenya’s Lake Naivasha
UN Environment has been working with a broad range of partners to better assess the health of lake ecosystems in India, Kenya and the Philippines. Economic activity in and around Lake Naivasha, and the rapidly growing population, have placed mounting environmental pressure on this important sour ...
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#1262632020-12-15
Scientists warn of likely massive oil spill endangering the Red Sea, region's health
A paper to be published in Frontiers in Marine Science on December 15 is calling for action to remove the oil from a decaying and inactive tanker in the Red Sea that holds approximately one million barrels of oil—four times the amount of oil contained in the Exxon Valdez, the tanker that had a d ...
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#1310842021-10-22
Scientists part of team that points to strong connection between climate change, plastics pollution
At the root of global climate change and the worldwide plastics problem are two related carbon-based fuels -- oil and natural gas. Not only are the two among the key drivers of climate change, they are instrumental in the manufacturing of plastics. As storms intensify and become more frequent, t ...
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#1243282020-02-24
Scientists gather to study risk from microplastic pollution
Tiny bits of broken-down plastic smaller than a fraction of a grain of riceare turning up everywhere in oceans, from the water tothe guts of fish and the poop of sea otters and giant killer whales.
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#1191842018-12-21
Scientists discover Earth's deepest point is polluted by plastic
While the deep ocean is filled with nightmarish creatures that terrorize even my waking thoughts, there's a much more terrifying crisis for the Earth: the plastic apocalypse.
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#1190492018-12-14
Scientists decry lack of data on ocean pollution
[SÃO PAULO] Scientific databases contain little information on pollution in marine conservation areas, according to a broad review of research on chemical pollution and its biological effects on the ocean.
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#1293242021-06-15
Scientists convert used plastic bottles into vanilla flavouring
Plastic bottles have been converted into vanilla flavouring using genetically engineered bacteria, the first time a valuable chemical has been brewed from waste plastic.
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#1253632020-05-01
Scientists Discover 1.9 Million Plastic Pieces On Ocean Floor
Scientists have found the highest microplastic contamination ever recorded on the ocean floor. According to BBC News' latest report, the water contamination was found in sediments pulled from the bottom of the Mediterranean located near Italy.
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#1230992019-11-25
Science & Policy Must Remain Partners in Mercury Challenge
GENEVA, Nov 25 2019 (IPS) - It has been more than two years since the Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force.
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#1329152022-02-03
Satellites and light reflections help environmentalists spot coastal plastic waste
Geospatial scientists have found a way to detect plastic waste on remote beaches that are not visible in conventional satellite images, bringing us closer to global monitoring options.
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#1272162021-02-19
Saharan dust expected to hit Europe again this weekend
Dust and sand particles whipped up from the Sahara will once again blanket skies over Europe this weekend, impacting air quality, the European Union's Copernicus satellite monitoring service said Friday.
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#1256502020-11-11
S. Korea, China agree to seek joint measures in reducing fine dust
The environment ministers of South Korea and China held online talks Wednesday to discuss measures to reduce fine dust air pollution and help achieve the two nations' goals in achieving carbon neutrality, Seoul's environment ministry said.
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#1535Rotterdam Convention: First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-1)
20 - 24 September 2004, Geneva, Switzerland
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#1988Rotterdam Convention Chemical Review Committee
1 - 28 February 2005, Geneva, Switzerland
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#1186182018-10-22
Ridding waters of plastic waste with jellyfish filters
What do microplastic filters, fertilisers and fish feed have in common? They can all be produced using jellyfish. At least, that's what one research team has set out to prove as they look into reducing the plastic waste in our oceans.
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#1284332021-05-05
Revealing the impact of 70 years of pesticide use on European soils
Pesticides have been used in European agriculture for more than 70 years, so monitoring their presence, levels and their effects in European soils quality and services is needed to establish protocols for the use and the approval of new plant protection products.
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#1297082021-07-27
Reusing 10% will stop almost half of plastic waste from entering the ocean. Here’s how
The amount of waste generated by humanity represents a growing threat to our ecosystems and economies. The output of solid waste has grown from 25 gigatons (yes, that’s 25 billion tons) in 1990 to 86 gigatons in 2020 – and a projected 140 gigatons by 2050.
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#1253172020-04-29
Research highlights impact of plastic pollution on marine life
New research from Queen's University Belfast and Liverpool John Moores University reveals how the microplastic pollution crisis is threatening biodiversity.
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#1321152021-12-09
Report: Plastic pollution is also pervasive in our agricultural soils
The scourge of unsightly images of plastic refuse littering our beaches and oceans always receives much attention. But a new report by the FAO suggests that the land we use to grow our food is contaminated with far larger quantities of plastic pollution, posing an even greater threat to food sec ...
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#1286722021-05-17
Report urges California to act to protect marine ecosystems against microplastics
Roughly 8 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean each year, and the U.S. is one of the top contributors to plastic pollution. It's been found in the seafloor and surface water, on beaches and shorelines. Microplastics—tiny plastics less than 5 millimeters in size —are pervasive worldwide ...
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#1249522020-03-31
Report reveals ‘massive plastic pollution footprint’ of drinks firms
Four global drinks giants are responsible for more than half a million tonnes of plastic pollution in six developing countries each year, enough to cover 83 football pitches every day, according to a report.
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#1282562021-04-26
Regulators missing pollution’s effect on marine life, study finds
Increasing chemical and plastic pollution are “significant” contributors to the decline of fish and other aquatic organisms, yet their impact is being missed by regulators, according to a report by environmentalists.