Health
Journey of ultra-fine dust in human lungs
PM2.5 dust (super fine dust) can penetrate deep into the lungs, easily causing respiratory infections, heart and eye diseases ...
Pollution
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Oceanography
Sea turtles get their heads in water pipes to eat waste
Images of rare pineapple tortoise and a few fish feeding near the sewage pipes cause concern about pollution on Boracay Island.
Health
Particles polluting the air 'squeeze' into the placenta?
These particles enter the placenta through the mother's breathing activity.
Health
Air pollution, smoke, eat to stay healthy?
Living in the atmosphere affected by dust, prolonged pollution will greatly affect health.
Medicine - Health
Pollution caused by vehicle smoke: The leading cause of eye diseases
Research shows that people who are regularly exposed to car exhaust are at high risk of eye diseases, macular degeneration.
Health
How is climate change damaging our health?
Pregnant women are very vulnerable to heat and air pollution, two issues that are getting worse in the wave of climate change.
Environment
Breathing dusty makes people 'crazy'
Exposure to airborne dust particles from babies is associated with a doubling of the risk of schizophrenia in patients as well as increased personality disorder, depress…
Environment
The truth about air quality indicators is that many of us are still mistaken
How to know the air you are breathing is clean, quality? In fact, we used to rely on our own feelings.
Environment
Solution of 'treating' plastic garbage with cactus
A Mexican researcher has found a formula for developing new packaging materials from cactus. This initiative suggests a promising solution to tackle the current headache…
Environment
Robot tree: An invention that can save millions of lives?
Air pollution reached a high level, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to warn that, on average, 10 people in the world have nine people breathing air contain…
Environment
We live in the ocean of garbage
Plastic waste is a worrying issue globally. Plastics after use are not recycled but most of them are discharged directly into rivers, canals, and then into the oceans.
Health
Fear of plastic waste, but do you ignore what you breathe every day?
Recently, 'green living' is becoming a new trend, but is it only enough to care for green waste?
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Water purifier 'unique' from ... oysters
For many years, the New York port has fallen into pollution and depleted marine life. New Yorkers had to embark on water purification and cleaning
Health
Continuously enduring noise from aircraft turned out to be more dangerous than you thought
You will face the risk of getting into dangerous diseases if you live near the scope of your aircraft
Oceanography
Sharks are at risk of disappearing from the Mediterranean
Thousands of tons of sharks are caught each year and the impact from plastic waste pollution puts the Mediterranean at risk of absence of sharks.