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Time to Put the Flame out — Scented Candles Can Cause Disease and Poor Air Quality
Candle season is in full effect as winter days quickly approach. Candles are a great accent to incorporate into home decorations and also to photograph as the little flickering flames in the jar illuminate dark evenings at home. Scented candles…
Pesticides Have Accumulated in European Soil
Pesticides and weed killers have their benefits. They are beneficial in reducing or eliminating pests that damage or destroy crops. Yet they can wreak havoc with entire ecosystems. Worse: their effects can linger long after their use has ceased. Just…
Air Pollution Cuts Two Years off the Average World Life Expectancy
We already knew that air pollution had officially become the world’s biggest killer. Now, an Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) analysis by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago has found just that air pollution will cut the…
Palm Oil Bar Codes Launched to Help Consumers Spot Unsustainable Supply Chain
Social enterprise Giki has created a ‘palm oil detector’ to help shoppers identify products made with sustainable palm oil. Shoppers concerned about fuelling deforestation on their supermarket trips can now take advantage of a new tool to help them spot…
Amazon Rainforest Deforestation Hits Highest Rate in 10 Years
About 7,900 square kilometers (3,050 square miles) of forest was cleared in the Brazilian Amazon between August 2017 and July 2018, the worst annual deforestation rate in a decade, according to government data. That’s a 13.7 percent jump from the same period last year. As Greenpeace…
Tesco and WWF ‘to Halve Environmental Impact of Shopping’
Tesco and WWF have teamed up and committed to halve the environmental impact of shopper’s baskets within a year. The four-year partnership between the nation’s largest retailer and the environmental organisation aims to eliminate food and packaging waste while encouraging…
Diesel Pollution Stunts Children’s Lung Growth, Major Study Shows
Pollution from diesel vehicles is stunting the growth of children’s lungs, leaving them damaged for life, a major study has found. The research, conducted with more than 2,000 school children in London, is the first such study in a city…