أرشيف الوسم : Pollution

L’U.S. Geological Survey a testé l’eau du robinet, entre 2016 et 2021, à la recherche de 32 substances perfluorées et polyfluoroalkylées différentes, dans 716 lieux à travers le pays, dont 269 puits privés et 447 sites d’approvisionnement publics.

Depuis sa généralisation au cours du XXe siècle, le plastique a envahi notre quotidien. Non-biodégradable, principalement fabriqué à partir de pétrole, il génère une énorme pollution : l’humanité produit chaque année 400 millions de tonnes de déchets plastiques..

The world’s most destructive industries are fiercely protected by governments. The three sectors that appear to be most responsible for the collapse of ecosystems and erasure of wildlife are fossil fuels, fisheries and farming.

Déjà, une bonne nouvelle : la concentration de certains polluants (dioxyde de soufre, monoxyde de carbone, plomb…) dans l’air extérieur a diminué en France sur ces 20 dernières années. 

Today is Earth Day, which should provide us with an opportunity to pause and confront the awful predicament humanity faces. We eat microplastics, breathe pollution and watch other life-forms decline to extinction. We face intersecting poverty, health, climate and biodiversity crises. Our global predicament is that consumption by the wealthy is driving us towards planetary disaster, yet billions live in poverty and need to consume more to live well. In this cycle, any version of “success” only hastens catastrophe.

Air pollution in British cities must urgently be reduced. The public, and particularly people who have asthma – or other conditions that place them at increased risk from breathing particulate matter or gases including nitrogen dioxide – must be much better informed about the threat to their health.