Posts Tagged ‘pollution’

EWG report: fluorinated chemical pollution is still spreading and there’s "no end in sight"

(Natural News) A new report shows just how serious fluorinated chemical pollution has become. The problem has grown dramatically since it was first reported in American drinking water and communities 20 years ago, with the number of contaminated sites rising steadily despite the fact that some of these chemicals are no longer […]

The Great Lakes’ biggest problem: Decades’ worth of pollution has altered the fish

(Natural News) In the 1960s, the Cuyahoga River became infamous for becoming so polluted that it regularly caught fire. Now it suffers a different, subtler kind of water pollution. Decades of discharging chemicals into the waters of the Great Lakes have altered the hormones and metabolism of fish found in the Cuyahoga […]

Scientists warn environmental pollution has affected us mentally… people becoming depressed because of "nature deficiency"

(Natural News) Humans continue to pay the price for the destruction of the planet that gives us life in all sorts of ways, as evidenced by the millions of premature deaths caused every year around the world due to outdoor air pollution. However, we are also killing ourselves – quite literally – […]

Turn to the Left. Turn to the Right. 2010 NBC Article Says 1 in 3 Are Sensitive To WiFi and Electrical Pollution (Electrosmog) and 3% Are HyperSensitive.

April 26, 2018 By B.N. Frank Research and warnings about health issues caused or increased from exposure to cell phone and wireless WiFi radiation and other sources of Electrical Pollution (Electrosmog) are nothing new.  In 2010, NBCNews.com posted its article, “Is Electrosmog Harming Our Health?”  According to it: Electrical hypersensitivity (EHS) […]

Environmentalists Who Ignore Sources of Electrical Pollution (Electrosmog) Are Part of the Problem, Not The Solution

By B.N. Frank Most would agree that pollution – at least to some degree – is unhealthy for the environment and everything in it.  If nothing else, it’s not helping matters. Electrical Pollution, also known as “Electrosmog” or “E-Smog” is pollution from sources of Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) and Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR). Electromagnetic Radiation […]

Going Underground – Ep. 600: Lord Morris on Syrian Airstrikes, Deadly Air Pollution & Skid Row Running from Oppression

Going Underground – Ep. 600: Lord Morris on Syrian Airstrikes, Deadly Air Pollution & Skid Row Running from Oppression Going Underground with Afshin Rattansiyoutube.com In this episode, we ask Tony Blair’s Attorney General, Lord Morris, what makes a war legal or illegal. The President of the U.S. Health Effects Institute tells us that 95% of […]

Research: Aircraft Pollution Implicated in Dangerous Ultraviolet Radiation Increase

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Transdyne Corporation Reveals Deadly Ultraviolet Radiation Now Reaching Earth’s Surface Complete Article: PDF SAN DIEGO, April 2, 2018 – It is widely believed that atmospheric ozone blocks the deadly portion of solar radiation, UV-C and most UV-B, from reaching Earth’s surface. A just-published scientific paper challenges this assumption. Published this week in the […]

The skies are blue again in Beijing as pollution crackdown takes effect, but are polluters just migrating?

(Natural News) The Chinese government’s recent crackdown on air pollution from coal-fired sources has borne fruit as Beijing residents enjoy the sight of cerulean skies for a record amount of time. However, some people are worried that the polluters are just migrating to other cities, The Guardian recently reported. According to state-operated media, Beijing enjoyed a record 226 […]

Asthma epidemic at Pittsburgh elementary school linked to pollution from nearby coke plant

(Natural News) According to a report, the Clairton Coke Works Plant in Pennsylvania has been linked to an alarming “asthma epidemic” at an elementary school in Pittsburgh. Researchers revealed that constant toxic pollution, coming from a neighboring coke plant, is the major cause of the almost doubled asthma rates of children at an […]

VWs using more diesel, failing pollution tests after recalls: study

Volkswagen vehicles recalled and fixed after the worldwide “dieselgate” emissions cheating scandal are using more fuel and still failing pollution tests, according to a study by Australia’s peak motoring body released Monday. VW admitted in 2015 to equipping about 11 million cars worldwide with “defeat devices”, which allowed them to deceive emissions laboratory […]

Connecticut court rules against the EPA, forcing them to act to clean up air pollution caused by an old Pennsylvania coal plant

(Natural News) The state of Connecticut scored one for the environment with a federal ruling that requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take steps to stop air pollution coming from a decades-old coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania that’s spilling over state borders, reported a Hartford Courant news article. Concerns regarding air pollution from the Brunner Island […]

New legal defense: The air pollution made me do it… researchers say it "triggers" unethical behaviors

(Natural News) When people make excuses for their bad behavior, they no longer have to take responsibility for their choices. Researchers from New York’s Columbia Business School have found a new excuse for justifying people’s bad behavior. According to their research, air pollution makes people more anxious and therefore “triggers” unethical behaviors. […]

Technology "pollution" threatens astronomy with light from LEDs, satellite, wifi

(Natural News) Technology has light and dark sides. Even as it grants astronomers further sight and deeper insight into the cosmos, it also spawns pollution that veils the empyrean, warned a Science News For Students article. During the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society this January, astronomers warned about increasing amounts of space […]

Plastic pollution is devastating ocean ecosystems, turning them into “toxic repositories;” documentary spurs action

(Natural News) Sir David Attenborough, an English veteran broadcaster and naturalist who recently made a documentary on plastic and its harmful effects on the environment, said that the Earth’s oceans are slowly becoming a toxic depository due to the evil deeds of the planet’s dwellers. Describing one scene from the documentary, Attenborough […]

Plastic pollution is threatening fish populations and the fishing industry in Central America

(Natural News) Plastic pollution is posing a threat to fish populations and fishing industry in Central America as a fisherman discovered plastics and other discarded materials, such as bottle caps, bits of plastic, a mangle comb, and a cigarette lighter, in the stomach of a mahi-mahi or also known as dolphinfish. The […]

Ending pollution requires a change of attitudes

By Graham Peebles Pollution has become an everyday affair. It is a murderous way of life which, according to a report published in The Lancet, is responsible for the deaths of at least nine million people every year. The air we breathe is poisoned, the streams, rivers, lakes and oceans are filthy — some more, […]

Reggae Legend Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Calls Out Chemtrails and 5G Pollution

Vic Bishop, Staff WriterWaking Times It’s been called a conspiracy theory so many times that it’s easy for people to overlook the ever-growing body of evidence that atmospheric spraying (chemtrails) is in fact happening today. It is well-documented that governments the world over have geoengineering programs, which include cloud-seeding and the airborne dispersal of […]

Citizens In Cancer Alley Ramp Up Battle Against Industrial Pollution

Citizens In Cancer Alley Ramp Up Battle Against Industrial Pollution Above Photo: Robert Taylor next to one of the EPA air monitoring sites in LaPlace, Louisiana. This past year in Louisiana’s St. John the Baptist Parish, a small group of residents began organizing their community to compel the state to protect them against an invisible menace: the air they breathe. Their parish, the Louisiana […]

Electromagnetic Pollution: Why Aren’t Consumers Made Aware Of It?

By Catherine J. Frompovich Pollution! It’s a trendy but gloomy word designating something most people try to avoid contributing to, but not many folks realize what causes it and how it affects them. Humans and technology are the primary contributors to ALL pollution, either inadvertently or deliberately. Manufacturing processes; obtaining raw materials and resources (mining and forest […]

Why Aren’t Consumer Made Aware of Electromagnetic Pollution?

Catherine J. Frompovich, GuestWaking Times Pollution!  It’s a trendy but gloomy word designating something most people try to avoid contributing to, but not many folks realize what causes it and how it affects them. Humans and technology are the primary contributors to ALL pollution, either inadvertently or deliberately.  Manufacturing processes; obtaining raw materials and […]

We know air pollution contributes to disease; now a new study finds air toxicity also causes psychological stress

(Natural News) Studies have shown that air pollution can negatively impact our respiratory health, and researchers from the University of Washington (UW) have recently discovered another adverse side effect of air pollution. Toxic air seems to affect mental health, especially if there is a high level of particulates in the air. Anjum Hajat, an assistant professor of epidemiology […]

Air pollution and asthma: People living in tree-lined neighborhoods have fewer attacks

(Natural News) According to a recent study, people who reside in polluted urban areas are far less likely to be hospitalized due to asthma if there are a lot of trees in their neighborhood. Based on a study by the University of Exeter‘s medical school, the effect of urban greenery on asthma implies that our respiratory health can […]

How noise pollution affects your health: Study links aircraft noise with hypertension and organ damage

(Natural News) A 2016 study has linked the development of hypertension and organ damage with aircraft noise. According to the official press release by the European Society of Cardiology, Polish researchers found that people who were living close to airports for three years or more have an increased risk of high blood pressure. To come […]

10 tips to guard against air pollution

(Natural News) It is a known fact that pollution is causing the deaths of several people around the world. In fact, in a report that came out in October, pollution was ranked as the number one cause of death among individuals worldwide. Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine in New York City found that […]

The plastic pollution problem is wide AND deep: Study finds sea animals from the deepest parts of the ocean, 7 miles down, have plastic in their stomachs

(Natural News) Plastic pollution has drastically affected marine life that even animals living in the deepest parts of the sea have been found to contain trace amounts of plastic fibers in their bodies, a disturbing new study reveals. A team of researchers at the Newcastle University in the U.K. collected various crustacean specimens from the deepest […]

‘Modern Air Is a Little Too Clean’: The Rise of Air Pollution Denial

Despite report after report linking air pollution to deterioration of the lungs, heart and brain, Professor Robert Phalen believes the air is “too clean” for children. After all, everybody needs a bit of immune-system-boosting dirt in their lungs. “Modern air is a little too clean for optimum health,” he told the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), […]

A wide variety of disease is caused by pollution, which kills 16% of the world’s population annually

(Natural News) Diseases caused by pollution killed 16 percent of the world’s population in 2015 – an estimated nine million premature deaths – according to a report by The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health. Health sciences professor Bruce Lanphear of Simon Fraser University authored the report detailing the commission’s findings on the adverse health effects of […]

Offices, schools closed in Iran’s west, southwest due to dust pollution

Tasnim – Dust storms originating in Iraq have hit Iran’s western and southwestern areas, prompting health warnings and resulting in closed schools and offices. Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Ilam and Khuzestan are among the hardest hit provinces in Iran where residents with heart and respiratory problems have been warned to stay indoors, Iranian media reported. Various reports […]

9 Million Deaths Per Year Makes Pollution The World’s Most Profuse Killer

Next Story According to a major study published in the Lancet, one of out every six premature deaths in the world in 2015 — about 9 million — was attributed to disease from toxic environmental exposure, CBC reports. The report estimates the cost of pollution-related deaths has grown to $4.6 trillion, or about 2.6% of the global […]

Largest oceanic dead zone ever measured is in the Gulf of Mexico; scientists conclude pollution caused by industrial agriculture

(Natural News) Scientists have recently announced the largest oceanic dead zone ever recorded, located in the Gulf of Mexico, just off the coast of Louisiana and the mouth of the Mississippi River. A dead zone is an area of water that is unable to support marine life – it is almost completely devoid of oxygen due […]

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