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Motorcycle exhaust is more toxic than automobile exhaust
Japanese scientists at Kanazawa University came to an unexpected conclusion: compared with automobile emissions, motorcycle emissions pollute the environment more seriou…
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Pollution causes 9 million deaths each year
According to a large-scale study published in the medical journal The Lancet, worldwide, 1 in 6 deaths is due to exposure to toxic substances.
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The lake in America changes color beautifully, but it is extremely bad news
People around Lake Erie (a very large lake of the Great Lakes of North America) had a startling day, when the lake water suddenly turned into fanciful, beautiful green.
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Air pollution causes Chinese people to lose their lives for three years
Smoke from coal burning could make people in northern China reduce their life expectancy by three years compared to southern men, Bussiness Insider on 12 September repor…
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A strange cloud of toxic chemicals in the UK appeared
The authorities have advised people in the affected area to close their doors in their homes and others stop moving near the area.
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The most toxic nuclear facility in the United States
Hanford is one of America's largest and most polluting radioactive waste depots.
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The assassin hid under the mask for 10 days inhaling Beijing's air
After 10 days of breathing polluted air in Beijing, the mask turned black with lots of sharp toxic dust particles.
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Lack of breathing air, India surpassed China in terms of the number of deaths due to air pollution
News website Hindustan Times quoted Greenpeace as saying that the number of deaths from air pollution in India has surpassed China in 2015 due to the lack of appropriate…
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The lake area under the ocean carries deadly toxins
The water in the lake in the Gulf of Mexico is 5 times more salty than the surrounding water, containing a lot of metal and hydrogen sulphide which can be fatal when swi…
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Air pollution is threatening the health of 2 billion children worldwide
A number that is too surprising and shocking, makes nations immediately start to overcome if they do not want the future to be dark and gloomy.
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The threat from the US nuclear waste warehouse left the Arctic ice
By the end of the century, ice on Greenland would melt, revealing toxic nuclear waste from the secret US military base during the Cold War.
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Mysterious green foam extruded from the American sewer cap
Bluffdale residents, Utah, in the United States were shocked when they saw a substance like a green soap foam extruded on the manhole on July 21.
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The Chinese atmosphere makes people lose 25 months of life
Exposure to air pollutants causes one million Chinese people to die early each year.
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Breakthrough in the technology to bury CO2 underground
An international team of scientists has successfully pumped carbon dioxide (CO2) deep underground and turned this toxic gas into stone.
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How red tide poisoned marine life and humans
If unfortunately eating seafood contaminated by red tide, people who are poisoned can suffer from paralysis, diarrhea, memory loss and even death.