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#1321182021-12-09
Plastic Pollution and Trade: WTO, Basel Convention, and a Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution
Participants discussed how plastic trade is affecting communities and the environment, as well as the role of trade policy in tackling the crisis.
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#1256192020-11-09
Plastic Pollution and Ocean Acidification Together Threaten Marine Life
An international research team has identified that following three weeks of being immersed in the ocean, the bacterial diversity on plastic bottles was two times as high as on samples gathered from the surrounding seawater.
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#1242262020-02-18
Plastic Pollution Threatens ‘Safe Haven’ Island For Threatened Sea Turtles
Fundação Príncipe is a remote oceanic island in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Africa. In 2012, the entire island was designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, which means that it is one of the hundreds of sites in the world that promote solutions to reconcile the conservation of biodiversi ...
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#1338572022-03-31
Plastic Pollution Is a Global Problem – Here’s How to Design an Effective Treaty To Curb It
Plastic pollution is accumulating worldwide, on land and in the oceans. According to one widely cited estimate, by 2025, 100 million to 250 million metric tons of plastic waste could enter the ocean each year.
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#1289322021-05-31
Plastic Pollution Holds Potential to Increase Temperatures of Beaches by Nearly 3°C: Study
Over the past few decades, the world has been witnessing an exponential rise in plastic pollution, which acts as a major disrupter to the integrity of ecosystems around the globe.
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#1281602021-04-21
Plantwatch: the trees that feed on metal
A magnificent tall tree called Pycnandra acuminata grows on the island of New Caledonia in the South Pacific, and it does something strange – when its bark is cut it bleeds a bright blue-green latex that contains up to 25% nickel, a metal highly poisonous to most plants in more than tiny amounts.
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#1320422021-12-03
Plants And Animals Have Started Living on The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Different ideas have been floated for how to deal with this environmental disaster. Now, scientists are starting to realise that a raft of coastal species, typically strangers to the open ocean, are beginning to colonize this new, plastic habitat.
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#1257302020-11-17
Pet flea treatments poisoning rivers across England, scientists find
Highly toxic insecticides used on cats and dogs to kill fleas are poisoning rivers across England, a study has revealed. The discovery is “extremely concerning” for water insects, and the fish and birds that depend on them, the scientists said, who expect significant environmental damage is bein ...
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#1245142020-03-04
Pesticides cause ‘permanent and irreversible’ damage to baby bee brains
Baby bumblebees develop abnormally when exposed to food contaminated with a certain type of pesticide, scientists have found.
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#1206912019-04-09
Pesticides and antibiotics polluting streams across Europe
Pesticides and antibiotics are polluting streams across Europe, a study has found. Scientists say the contamination is dangerous for wildlife and may increase the development of drug-resistant microbes.
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#1273922021-02-26
Pesticide imidacloprid threatens future for key pollinator
An insecticide used to control pest infestations on squash and pumpkins significantly hinders the reproduction of ground-nesting bees—valuable pollinators for many food crops, a new University of Guelph study has revealed.
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#1325762022-01-18
Peru beaches suffer oil spill blamed on waves from Tonga volcanic eruption
The Pampilla Refinery, part of the Spanish company Repsol, said there had been a "limited spill" of oil off the coast of Callao and Ventanilla districts near Lima Saturday due to the violent waves produced by the eruption on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.
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#1210482019-05-14
Pathways to tackling the plastic waste problem
BERLIN - Is the human species becoming a cancer on the planet? This question arises from the grim findings of a new United Nations study that human actions are irremediably altering natural ecosystems and driving increasing numbers of plant and animal species to extinction.
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#1203152019-03-12
Pathogens hitchhiking on plastics ‘could carry cholera from India to US’
Dangerous sewage pathogens have been found “hitch-hiking” on plastic litter washed up on some of Scotland’s finest bathing beaches, raising concerns from scientists the phenomenon could have far-reaching implications for human health worldwide.
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#1335212022-02-25
PFAS pollution led to contamination of US drinking water wells, study finds
Pollution by toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” in America’s aquifer system has led to widespread contamination of private and public drinking water wells, data from a new study by the US Geological Survey finds.
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#1282472021-04-26
Ozone pollution in Germany falls thanks to lower nitrogen oxide emissions
Summer is the ozone season: The harmful gas forms at ground level on hot, sunny days. In recent years, however, the rise in ozone levels over the summer months has not been as pronounced in Germany as it was previously. According to a new study, this is primarily due to a reduction in nitrogen o ...
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#1282952021-04-28
Over 47 tons of plastic found at US marine reserve – and an entangled seal
In a span of just over three weeks, more than 47 tons of plastic waste were removed from America’s largest protected marine reserve, sometimes directly off animals, a stark reminder of the scourge of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans.
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#1244952020-03-03
Outdoor air pollution cuts three years from human lifespan – study
Humans are missing out on almost three years of life expectancy on average because of outdoor air pollution, researchers have found.
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#5250Ordinary and Extraordinary Meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
28 April - 10 May 2013, Geneva, Switzerland
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#2256Open-ended ad hoc Working Group on non-compliance under the Stockholm Convention
28 - 29 April 2006, Geneva, Switzerland
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#1334212022-02-22
Only nine percent of plastic recycled worldwide: OECD
Less than 10 percent of the plastic used across the world is recycled, the OECD said Tuesday, calling for "coordinated and global solutions" ahead of expected talks on an international plastics treaty.
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#1263782020-12-21
Online shopping: Great for bargains, terrible for the environment
Mountains of packaging discarded after China’s Singles’ Day shopping event are hurting the government’s attempts to reduce waste.If you worry about all the waste generated by the annual rush of holiday shopping and gift giving, it’s nothing compared to the mountains of discarded packaging that c ...
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#1329482022-02-04
Olympic ice rinks put spotlight on potent greenhouse gases
The ice rinks that play host to figure skating and speedskating competitions at the Beijing Olympics will also be putting a major environmental problem on the world stage—the potent greenhouse gases often lurking in refrigerators, air conditioners and other cooling systems.
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#1353732022-07-20
Old cars forced off road as Europe’s clean air zones nearly double
The number of clean air zones across Europe has risen 40% since 2019, forcing older and more polluting vehicles off the road, according to new research based on EU data.
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#1229072019-11-07
Oil spill threatens vast areas of mangroves and coral reefs in Brazil
Hundreds of kilometres of mangroves and coral reefs, as well as humpback whale breeding grounds, are under threat from an oil spill that has polluted more than 2,400km of Brazil’s north-eastern coast in the last two months.
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#1337422022-03-07
Oil spill at sea: who will pay for Peru’s worst environmental disaster?
More than a month after Peru’s worst ever environmental disaster on its coastline there are few signs of reckoning for Repsol, the Spanish energy company that manages the refinery where more than 10,000 barrels of crude oil spewed into the Pacific Ocean after a routine tanker discharge went awry.
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#1353772022-07-20
Offshore fish farms: a new wave of food production … or the ‘wild west’ of ocean pollution?
The enclosures stretch the length of an Olympic-size swimming pool, but from above they appear as floating dots scattered across the ocean. Inside, fish mill about as the submerged pens sway to the currents of the open sea.
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#1260702020-12-08
Ocean pollution threatens the health of more than three billion people
In the first comprehensive report of its kind, experts describe how the impacts of ocean pollution are directly harmful to human health, and plastic is only part of the problem. The researchers found that toxic ocean pollution endangers the health and well-being of more than three billion people.
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#1265832021-01-12
Ocean pollutants 'have negative effect on male fertility'
Long-lived banned industrial chemicals may be threatening the fertility of male porpoises living off the UK. Polychlorinated byphenyls (PCBs) were phased out decades ago, but can build up in whales, dolphins and porpoises.
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#1268872021-02-04
Ocean Pollution Is A Mix Of Plastic, Chemicals, Toxic Metals And Is A Clear Danger To Human Health
Ocean pollution is widespread, worsening, and poses a clear and present danger to human health and wellbeing. But the extent of this danger has not been widely comprehended – until now. Our recent study provides the first comprehensive assessment of the impacts of ocean pollution on human health.
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#1319952021-11-30
Nurdles: the worst toxic waste you’ve probably never heard of
Billions of these tiny plastic pellets are floating in the ocean, causing as much damage as oil spills, yet they are still not classified as hazardous
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#1208002019-04-17
Not so starry night: light pollution spoils the view for stargazers
Light pollution is hindering a starry view of the night sky for more than half of people across England, a census has found. Fifty-seven per cent of stargazers struggled to see more than 10 stars, while just 2% of participants said they experienced “truly dark skies” enabling them to count more ...
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#1348932022-06-07
Noise pollution spooks whales the way predators would, study finds
Generally, the word pollution conjures images of billowing smokestacks, oily water and trash-filled highway medians. But for whales, dolphins and porpoises, a subtler and perhaps more sinister source of pollution also poisons their realm: human-made sound.
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#1286982021-05-17
Noise pollution reduces the reproductive success of the house sparrow
The study presents a new line of research, since so far there have been very few studies that have focused on loud and intermittent noises of a recreational nature, as is the case of traditional festivals, and the effects they cause on urban fauna.
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#1277362021-03-19
Noise impact on whales and dolphins to be measured off west Cork
The coast off Baltimore in west Cork will serve as the scientific hotspot for a major project monitoring how noise impacts whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
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#1221832019-09-11
No-spray zones divide French farmers from anxious neighbors
When tractors laden with pesticides and other chemicals start spraying the vineyards that produce fruity Bordeaux wines, Marie-Lys Bibeyran's phone starts to ring.
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#1279622021-04-07
No second breach at Florida reservoir but pollution and flood threat remains
Reports of a second breach at a wastewater reservoir in central Florida are “unsubstantiated”, a state agency said, as workers nonetheless battled to prevent hundreds of millions of gallons of contaminated water causing a catastrophic flood.
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#1322622021-12-22
No mountain high enough: study finds plastic in ‘clean’ air
Microplastics from Africa and North America found airborne in French Pyrenees, 2,877 metres above sea level
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#1279882021-04-08
New technology will identify sources of plastic in the ocean
Worldwide, eight million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year, despite greater awareness of recycling and the use of disposable plastic.
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#1302882021-09-03
New data shows strong air pollution policies lengthen life expectancy
Over the last year, COVID-19 lockdowns brought blue skies to the most polluted regions of the globe, while wildfires exacerbated by a drier and hotter climate sent smoke to the normally clean skies of cities thousands of miles away. The conflicting events offer two visions of the future. The dif ...
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#1230802019-11-20
New danger for corals in warming oceans: Metal pollution
Metal copper from agricultural runoff and marine paint leaching from boat hulls poses an emerging threat to soft coral sea fans in the waters around Puerto Rico.
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#1196342019-01-28
New Australia mass fish deaths in key river system
Thousands more fish have died in a key river system in drought-hit eastern Australia just weeks after up to a million were killed, authorities and locals said Monday, sparking fears an ecological disaster is unfolding.
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#1317012021-11-15
Neurotoxins in the environment are damaging human brain health, and fires and floods may make the problem worse
In the summer of 2021, a toxic, smoky haze stemming from Western wildfires wafted across large parts of the United States, while hurricanes wrought extensive flooding in the southern and eastern U.S. Air quality websites such as AirNow warned of hazardous conditions on the U.S. East Coast from W ...
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#1271522021-02-17
Neonicotinoid pesticide residues found in Irish honey
Neonicotinoids are the most widely used group of insecticides globally, used in plant protection products to control harmful insects.
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#1326092022-01-19
Nearly half of countries' shared fish stocks are on the move due to climate change, prompting dispute concerns
Climate change will force 45 per cent of the fish stocks that cross through two or more exclusive economic zones to shift significantly from their historical habitats and migration paths by 2100, a challenge that may lead to international conflict, according to a new UBC study.
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#1292482021-06-11
Natural product could be the alternative to single-use plastics
A plant-based material may be the solution to replace single-use plastics, according to a team from the University of Cambridge, UK (1). The team has developed a new sustainable and scalable material, which is as strong as standard plastic.
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#1311642021-10-26
Nations are making new pledges to cut climate pollution. They aren't enough
Many countries have agreed to stronger limits on greenhouse gas emissions in the lead-up to international climate talks next week, a crucial step in avoiding catastrophic storms, floods and droughts.
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#1341592022-04-25
Nano state: tiny and now everywhere, how big a problem are nanoparticles?
In 2019, Ikea announced it had developed curtains that it claimed could “break down common indoor air pollutants”. The secret, it said, was the fabric’s special coating. “What if we could use textiles to clean the air?” asked Ikea’s product developer, Mauricio Affonso, in a promotional video for ...
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#1290622021-06-04
Mouse plague poison kills dozens of birds in New South Wales
Dozens of birds have been killed through poisoning amid concerns that methods to eradicate a growing mouse plague in eastern Australia are hitting other wildlife.
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#1261972020-12-11
Mountains fielding more trash as Turks seek pandemic getaways
Humans engaging in outdoor activities during the coronavirus pandemic are leaving a trail of trash in their wake, threatening Turkey's mountain ecosystems, a Turkish marine scientist and mountaineer warned Friday.