Category: pollution
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Maryland sues maker of Gore-Tex over pollution from toxic ‘forever chemicals’
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Breadcrumb links PMN BMN Business Article writer: Associated Press Leah knife Posted on December 27, 2024 • 4 minutes read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or log in if you have an account. FILE – Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown speaks during a news conference…
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UN climate talks to focus on money to help poor nations cut carbon pollution
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Breadcrumb links PMN BMN Business Article writer: Associated Press Seth Bornstein Posted on November 11, 2024 • 5 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or log in if you have an account. Article content BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — An elaborate two-week international poker game…
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145 factories face closure over Nairobi River pollution
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The Ministry of Environment has warned that it will close 145 factories and slaughterhouses over dumping solid waste into the Nairobi River. This comes as Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Aden Duale, announced the recruitment of 10,000 youth to clean up the polluted Nairobi River. Duale told the National Assembly’s Defence,…
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Bayer’s Monsanto unit to pay $160M settlement to Seattle over PCB pollution
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Sean Gallup/Getty Images News Bayer (OTCPK:BAYRY) (OTCPK:BAYZF) has agreed to pay $160 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the city of Seattle, Washington, which accused the company’s Monsanto unit of polluting the local Duwamish River with banned chemicals in what the city says is the largest such incident since…
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Gas stove pollution harms poor and minority Americans the most, study says
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Cooking with gas poses a health risk, but new research shows the risks are not evenly distributed. Scientists at Stanford University, Harvard University, and the Central California Asthma Collaborative found that poor Americans and racial and ethnic minorities are disproportionately exposed to harmful gas stove pollutants. Previous studies have shown…
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Gas Stove Pollution Harms Poor and Minority Americans Most, Study Finds
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Breadcrumb links BMN Business Households with incomes of less than $10,000 per year face twice as much exposure to pollution as households earning more than $150,000. Article writer: Bloomberg News Alicia Clanton Posted on May 4, 2024 • 3 minute read You can save this article by registering for free…