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3 million people die prematurely each year due to global air pollution
Air pollution causes more than 3 million people to die prematurely each year, threatening almost all major city residents in developing countries.
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Places with the most expensive clean water in the world
Lack of cheap clean water is one of the biggest barriers preventing people from escaping poverty and disease. In Papua New Guinea, the poor have to spend more than 50% t…
Environment
El Niño will make the bacterial community migrate across the continent
During prehistoric times, major climate events were accompanied by the formation of land bridges, helping plants and animals as well as humans move to new continent.
Environment
Gonorrhea can develop to the point where there is no cure
The director of the British Medical Center has issued a warning message to all doctors that gonorrhea may develop to the point that it cannot be treated anymore and then…
Environment
New Delhi - the most polluted city in the world
After heart disease, air pollution is the second largest cause of death in India and the capital of New Delhi is called the most polluted city in the world.
Environment
Air pollution causes 7 million deaths
In a recent announcement, WHO estimated that in 2012, there were 7 million deaths related to global air pollution.
Environment
Air pollution in Singapore reached a record
People in Singapore, one of the cleanest countries in the world, are breathing the most harmful atmosphere ever due to wildfires in Indonesia.
Environment
WHO warns about dangers from air pollution
The World Health Organization (WHO) on April 8 warned that the threat from air pollution was much greater than previously reported, and repeated the global call to actio…
Environment
Bangladesh: The record cold wave killed 80 people
A record cold in Bangladesh has killed about 80 people. Bangdalesh's meteorological forecasting agency said the temperature had reached a low point in the country's hist…
Environment
The central region is unusually dry
Although the end of the rainy season but never Central Vietnam was hot as this year. Millions of farmers stand in front of worries about crop failure due to depleted res…
Environment
100 million people could die before 2030 due to climate change
About 100 million people will die and global gross domestic product (GDP) will decrease by 3.2% by 2030 if the world does not overcome the problems from climate change.
Environment
Climate change creates many intestinal bacteria
Climate change is the main cause of some intestinal infectious bacteria in Northern Europe. This is unusual because the bacteria often grow in warm and tropical environm…
Environment
Traffic - No. 1 culprit causes air pollution
According to Mr. Nguyen Hoang Duc, Head of Air Control and Import of Scrap, General Department of Environment, air quality in urban Vietnam is in alarm, especially in bi…
Environment
Two more years, the Earth enters a cold period
The Head of the Sun Research Department of Pulkovo Observatory, the Russian Academy of Sciences - PhD in Mathematics Li Habibullo Abdusamatov said, since 2014 the Earth…
Environment
Dirty air causes a heart attack
A group of French researchers, led by Hazrije Mustafic of the Paris Heart Research Center, published the information in the journal of the American Medical Association o…