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WHO: billions continue to eat trans fats, which are hazardous.
On Monday, the World Health Organization issued a statement condemning governments that have failed to take action against trans fat despite warning of the increased risk of heart disease it poses to the world's five billion inhabitants. Given that there is evidence that eating industrially g...
Stephen A. Owens to Chair the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Stephen Owens was appointed as the chairman of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board by President Joe Bidden
The US Senate in 2021 December confirmed Owens as a part of the United State Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB).
Since Owens's member...
To clean approximately 1,300 hazardous sites, the US reinstated Superfund taxes
Two long-expired excise levies on 42 chemicals and products derived from them are being reinstated by the US government. More than 1300 polluting sites in the US will be decontaminated with the help of the anticipated $14.4 billion (£12 billion) in revenue.
The "Superfund&quo...
With searing temperatures forecast for the rest of the month, Singapore doctors warn against heat-related health hazards
With the searing heat predicted to last for the rest of the month and drier weather expected until September, physicians have warned the public about the dangers of heat-related illness.
According to Dr Kanak Naidu, senior consultant at Khoo Teck Puat Institution's Department of Acu...
VETERANS EXPOSED TO TOXIC BURN PITS ARE HELPED BY LAWMAKERS
Senators in the Senate achieved a bipartisan deal on Wednesday to expand health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans who were exposed to harmful substances while serving in the military.
By increasing eligibility for benefits to approximately 3.5 million men and women, ...
MEPs demand that dangerous "forever compounds" be regulated more quickly
MEPs have expressed alarm about the degree of pollution of some hazardous chemicals throughout Europe, leading requests to accelerate the implementation of so-called "forever chemicals" limits.
Forever chemicals, also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), have e...
Brussels Addresses Hazardous Chemicals
The European Commission is working to address the use of hazardous chemicals in a wide range of products as part of the bloc’s Sustainable Products Initiative.
The Commission is seeking to ban toxic substances despite the increased warnings from industry that it might confli...
Investors Pushing World's Leading Chemicals Companies Over Harmful substances
Investors having control of 4.1 trillion dollars of assets are pushing the world's biggest chemical giants to cut the production of hazardous substances that remain in the environment. These substances have been proven to cause serious health problems.
23 investors including Storebr...
Number of fires in the US touches the 100 mark
Wildfires may not be new news for citizens of the USA. The major causes of wildfire include uncontrolled debris burning, improperly extinguished, no extinguished or unattended campfire, and heat transfer from heavy machinery. The wildfire season for the year started around early April and has mos...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH HAZARDS ARE STRIKINGLY INTER DEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER
HIGHLIGHTS
- Rising worldwide wellbeing hazards driven by the environmental change will hit the least fortunate, most weak individuals the hardest - and inability to get ready for those dangers will mean more passings and enduring, as per a main ecological wellbei...
JAPAN CALLS FOR TRANSPARENCY IN CHEMICAL HAZARD INFORMATION
HIGHLIGHTS
- Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare has discussed proposals to ensure transparency in the exchange of chemical hazard information.
- Focus was on chemicals that caused accidents involving acute toxicity from chemical exposure.
- Th...
PROTECTION OF FIREFIGHTERS FROM AN INFERNO
- Firefighting can be quite hazardous with protective gear and ones reflexes only coming in handy
- Protect firefighters from conflagrations.
Most of the times, it is observed that firefighters forsake their lives on account of not sporting the correct gear. Unwit...
The airport updates the PFAS
During a workshop on Thursday, the Martha's Vineyard Airport Commission looked back at the problems they had with polyfluoroalkyl compounds and to future approaches. Assistant airport manager Geoff Freeman said he attended a conference on emerging environmental threats in Washington, D.C., he...
No warning issued when White Island exploded
Five people have been confirmed dead, 31 are in hospital with injury and eight are still missing after unexpected volcanic eruptions off New Zealand's east coast on Whakaari / White Island.
The eruption was identified as impulsive and short-lived by volcanologists at GeoNet, which r...
There was no warning before White Land Eruption
After such a severe volcanic eruption on Whakaari / White Island off the eastern coast of New Zealand, 5 people were reported dead, 18 were saved yet wounded, many in critical condition and several still unaccounted for.
The Island is a tourist spot and it has been attended by about 50 ...
Wells Fargo lays off more than 200 business financiers in the US
Wells Fargo has laid off more than 200 financiers in its US loaning divisions as of late, as the bank responded to business slants and rebuilt a few units, sources acquainted with the issue said for the current week.
A significant number of the farming cuts were moved in rustic territor...
Can liquor be controlled in India?
Adulteration has led to many adverse health hazards over decades, and this has increased manifold in the alcohol segment. There is a constant effort to end this nuisance but how do we deal with this societal menace? With evolving packaging trends, juices and dairies products have been rapidly ada...