Pollution

The second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5.2), opened today in Geneva. The session aims to finalize and approve the text of the agreement and forward it for consideration and adoption at a future Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries. INC-5.2 …

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Researchers have found an association between air pollution exposure and a rare type of bleeding within the brain. An aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, or aSAH, can damage brain tissue enough to leave patients paralyzed or in a coma or cause death. Neurosurgeon Robert Rennert led a retrospective study of 70 patients treated at the University of …

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Residents and businesses are being invited to share their views on a new plan that would put Hackney at the forefront of UK efforts to improve air quality.  Hackney Council has launched a ten-week consultation on its draft Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP), which outlines its five-year approach to delivering cleaner, healthier air across the …

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About 110 million people suffer stress and sleep disturbance that lead to tens of thousands of early deaths More than 110 million people across Europe suffer high levels of health-damaging noise pollution, according to a report. The resulting physiological stress and sleep disturbance leads to 66,000 early deaths a year and many cases of heart disease, diabetes …

Noise pollution harms health of millions across Europe, report finds Read More »

Flue gas desulphurisation units are an additional piece of equipment retro-fitted in thermal power plants to cut harmful sulphur dioxide emissions resulting from burning coal The Union Ministry of Power will wait for the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to decide on whether flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) units should be mandatory for all coal-fired thermal …

Central Pollution Control Board to decide on future of flue gas desulphurisation units: Power Minister Read More »