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23.04.26 - 07:54
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Use of toxic Pfas in consumer goods must be urgently restricted, MPs say (The Guardian)
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Commons committee heard from residents of Yorkshire town with the highest levels of 'forever chemicals' in UKOn 15 January, members of the House of Commons environmental audit committee (EAC) visited Bentham, the North Yorkshire town that has the highest levels of Pfas contamination in the UK.Colloquially known as “forever chemicals”, Pfas (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) do not naturally degrade or decompose. This persistence gives them special properties with useful applications in both industrial and consumer products. Continue reading......
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22.04.26 - 13:12
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World food systems ′pushed to the brink′ by extreme heat, UN warns (The Guardian)
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Severe heatwaves in commonly hot regions could leave farmers unable to work outside, with livestock mortality rates expected to riseExtreme heat is threatening the world's food systems, with farmers unable to work outside, livestock experiencing stress and crop yields falling, putting the livelihoods of more than a billion people in peril, the UN has warned.Experts said food supply in some areas was being “pushed to the brink” by increasingly common and severe heatwaves, on land and at sea, in a major report written jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Continue reading......
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22.04.26 - 01:48
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Bill banning people born after 2008 from buying tobacco clears UK parliament (The Guardian)
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Ministers hope tobacco and vapes bill, which will become law next week, will create a 'smoke-free generation'A bill banning anyone born after 2008 from buying tobacco in the UK has completed its progress through parliament in a move that ministers hope will create a “smoke-free generation”.Under the tobacco and vapes bill anyone born on or after 1 January 2009 will never be able to be legally sold tobacco across the UK, in an effort to save lives and reduce the burden on the NHS. Continue reading......
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