Pollution 6 articles
Pollution
Plastic Pollution: You Aren’t the Problem. Asia is.
Do you use plastic bags? Do you drink from plastic straws? You're a contemptible person who should be fined and imprisoned because you're polluting the ocean and destroying the planet.The inconvenient fact, of course, is that none of it's true. Plastic bag and straw bans — exam...
Studies: 90% of the Plastic that Ends Up in the Oceans Comes from Asia and Africa
By analyzing the waste found in the rivers and surrounding landscape, researchers were able to estimate that just 10 river systems carry 90% of the plastic that ends up in the ocean.Eight of them are in Asia: the Yangtze; Indus; Yellow; Hai He; Ganges; Pearl; Amur; Mekong; and tw...
90% of Plastic Waste Polluting Earth’s Oceans Comes From Asia and Africa – So Why Are Westerners Being Lectured?
Despite westerners being lectured by climate activists like Greta Thunberg, a study has found that around 90 per cent of plastic waste polluting earth’s oceans comes from Asia and Africa.During her U.S. tour, Thunberg cited “horrifying pictures of plastic in the oceans,” as...
Lead Exposure Kills More Americans Than Cancer: 412,000 Per Year
A bombshell study published in The Lancet medical journal finds that low-level lead exposure is responsible for the deaths of 412,000 Americans each year, primarily from lead-induced heart disease and ischaemic heart disease.The study is entitled, “Low-level lead exposure and m...
Big Pharma Has Higher Emissions Than the Automotive Industry
When you think of industries with the worst environmental footprints, the and automotive industries may come to mind. Yet, the pharmaceutical sector has received little attention in terms of how their manufacturing processes are affecting the Earth.An eye-opening study published ...
If Pollution from China Affects the West Coast, How Come Pollution From Fukushima Doesn’t?
A new report states that pollution from China is causing smog on the West Coast of the USA.Now you’ll have to forgive my confusion here but if we take Beijing as the starting point, the distance to the West Coast is 6,266 miles. That’s a long way for pollution to travel on th...