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Hairy findings: chemicals study jolts French senators
Jun 27, 2023 (AFP)
Twenty-six members of France's Socialist Party who sit in the upper house Senate each entrusted a strand of their hair to the private laboratory toxSeek last Ju...
The global battle against 'forever' chemicals'
Jun 23, 2023 (AFP)
Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), chemicals that take a very long time to break down in nature, have been linked to cancer, infertility and environmental damag...
'Time bomb'?: Race to identify health effects of microplastics
Jun 21, 2023 (AFP)
Every day humans ingest, inhale or otherwise come in contact with microplastics, plastic pollution less than five millimetres (0.2 inches) in diameter that is m...
Rower ends EU tour to expose waterway pollution
Jun 18, 2023 (AFP)
In the winding journey of 22 waterways through Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, the 58-year-old Frenchman collected samples of water for s...
Trendy French island limits visitors to fight 'overtourism'
Jun 16, 2023 (AFP)
Off the coast of Brittany, Brehat is joining numerous other sites around France pushing back against "overtourism" amid concerns over waste management and envir...
Intelsat starts testing NASA air pollution monitor
Jun 15, 2023 (SPX)
The new UV-visible spectrometer, operated by Intelsat for NASA and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), is hosted on the Maxar-manufactured Intelsat...
Floating island plan for French Riviera dropped after ecological concerns
Jun 13, 2023 (AFP)
"Canua Island", a 1,750 square-metre (18,800 feet) motorised platform featuring a restaurant, bar lounge and pool, had been moored at the port of La Seyne-sur-M...
The Vietnamese octogenarian fighting for Agent Orange victims
Jun 12, 2023 (AFP)
Nga is the first and only civilian to bring a lawsuit against the 14 multinational chemical firms, including Dow Chemical and Monsanto, that produced and sold t...
Smoke from Canadian wildfires cloaks eastern US with haze
Jun 09, 2023 (AFP)
Thick skies and an acrid campfire smell hung over the capital Washington, with parts of the mid-Atlantic region reaching "Code Maroon," the highest category of ...
Toxic smoke dissipates over northeastern US
Jun 09, 2023 (AFP)
In New York and Washington air quality was classified as "moderate" by the US Environmental Protection Agency. In the American capital, the sky was blue again F...
Canada fires trigger air quality alerts for 100 mn in US: govt
Jun 07, 2023 (AFP)
These range from "Code Orange" -- unhealthy for sensitive groups -- and above, the EPA said in a statement sent to AFP. The region "includes much of the Northea...
Major US firms agree to $1.2 bn 'forever chemicals' settlement
Jun 03, 2023 (AFP)
Chemours, DuPont and Corteva said in a joint press release that they had "reached an agreement in principle to resolve all PFAS-related drinking water claims" f...
'Swimming in plastic': Greek fishermen fight pollution
Jun 02, 2023 (AFP)
But on his family's fishing boat, Lefteris Arapakis sorts out a different sort of haul -- bottles, boots, plastic pipes and fishing nets, all dragged from the b...
French NGOs sue state over pesticide use
Jun 01, 2023 (AFP)
The five organisations allege the French state is indirectly responsible for the sharp decline in insect, bird and other animal populations which an increasing ...
World's top copper producer closes smelter in 'Chile's Chernobyl'
May 31, 2023 (AFP)
The smelter's operational boss Pablo Bohler symbolically gave the order for the shutdown after six decades of operation in an area that also hosts plants and fa...
New York sinking under its own weight: study
May 31, 2023 (AFP)
The Big Apple is gradually going down partly because of the weight of the skyscrapers that make the concrete jungle famous, a new study has found. The descent m...
France's Macron urges end to plastic pollution at global talks
May 29, 2023 (AFP)
"If we do nothing, the amount of plastic waste will triple by 2060," he told the representatives of 175 nations gathered at the UN cultural agency UNESCO in Par...
Vietnam battles plastic blight in idyllic Ha Long Bay
May 26, 2023 (AFP)
It's not yet 9 am, but a mound of styrofoam buoys, plastic bottles and beer cans sit behind her. They are the most visible sign of the human impacts that have d...
Fungi and plants clean up California pollution
May 26, 2023 (AFP)
The plant's delicate white and pink flowers belie an astonishing cleaning power, which scientists think could be harnessed to get rid of dangerous pollutants --...
High-stakes talks to end plastic pollution resume
May 25, 2023 (AFP)
Some 175 nations pledged last year to agree by 2024 a binding deal to end the pollution from largely fossil fuel-based plastics that is choking the environment ...
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