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Air pollution: The silent killer called PM 2.5

November 9, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

Millions of people die prematurely every year from diseases and cancer caused by air pollution. The first line of defence against this carnage is ambient air quality standards. Yet, according to researchers from McGill University, over half of the world’s population lives without the protection of adequate air quality standards. Air pollution varies greatly in […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: air pollution, cancer, pollution

Household aerosols now release more harmful smog chemicals than all UK vehicles

April 30, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

Aerosol products used in the home now emit more harmful volatile organic compound (VOC) air pollution than all the vehicles in the UK, new research shows. A new study by the University of York and the National Centre for Atmospheric Science reveals that the picture is damaging globally with the world’s population now using huge […]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: chemicals, household aerosols, ozone, pollution, smog

Study: Air pollution from fracking linked to deaths in Pennsylvania

April 15, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

Approximately 20 people in Pennsylvania lost their lives during a seven-year period because of particulate matter pollution emitted by shale gas wells, according to a recent study including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York. The researchers —including lead author Ruohao Zhang, a Binghamton University graduate student who specializes in environmental economics, and Professor of […]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: fracking, pollution

Dragonflies reveal mercury pollution levels across US national parks

August 11, 2020 by Captain Organic Planet

A citizen science program that began over a decade ago has confirmed the use of dragonflies to measure mercury pollution, according to a study in Environmental Science & Technology. The national research effort, which grew from a regional project to collect dragonfly larvae, found that the young form of the insect predator can be used as […]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: dragonflies, dragonfly, insect, mercury, pollution

Microplastics discovered in human stools across the globe in ‘first study of its kind’

February 2, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet

Microplastics have been found in the human food chain as particles made of polypropylene (PP), polyethylene-terephthalate (PET) and others were detected in human stools, research presented today at the 26th UEG Week in Vienna reveals. Researchers from the Medical University of Vienna and the Environment Agency Austria monitored a group of participants from countries across the […]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: disease, microplastics, plastic, pollution, stool, water

Pollution Responsible For 16 Percent Of Early Deaths Globally

January 4, 2018 by Captain Organic Planet

Diseases caused by pollution were responsible in 2015 for an estimated 9 million premature deaths — 16 percent of all deaths worldwide, according to a report. Simon Fraser University health sciences professor Bruce Lanphear is a Commissioner and author of The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health that has released a report detailing the adverse effects of […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: deaths, disease, diseases, pollution

Is Your Home Harming You? New Research Highlights Deadly Effects Of Indoor Pollution

March 13, 2017 by Captain Organic Planet

New research published in the journal Science of the Total Environment has highlighted the dangerous effects of indoor pollution on human health, and has called for policies to ensure closer monitoring of air quality. A collaborative effort of European, Australian and UK researchers, led by the University of Surrey, assessed the harmful effects of indoor […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: allergy, cancer, disease, home, house, pollution

Midway Documentary: Paradise And The Pacific Garbage Patch

February 19, 2013 by Captain Organic Planet

Midway is a visually stunning documentary project from Chris Jordan that reflects on the immense environmental impact of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — a mammoth collection of waste located in the Pacific Ocean. The MIDWAY film project is a powerful visual journey into the heart of an astonishingly symbolic environmental tragedy. On one of the remotest islands on […]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: documentary, film, garbage, ocean, pacific, plastic, pollution

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