The prevention-control measures of groundwater pollution are very urgent with the groundwater pollution spreading from urban areas to rural areas and becom... L Luo - 《Journal of China University of Geosciences》 被引量: 86发表: 2008年 Cleaner water in China? The implications of the amendment...
Although homelessness in urban areas has been examined extensively, little attention has been given to the problem of homelessness in rural areas. This article reports the findings from a 1990 statewide study of rural homelessness funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. During the six-...
Byline: By Anna LognonneSpecial advisers are to help farmers tackle the causes of harmful water pollution, the Government has announced.Environment Minister Elliot Morley unveiled 40 areas across England identified as priorities for action, including one in the North ( the Solway and Tweed River ...
They too can become polluted, for example, when weed killers used in people's gardens drain into the ground. Groundwater pollution is much less obvious than surface-water pollution, but is no less of a problem. In 1996, a study in Iowa in the United States found that over half the ...
The UN says that billions of people around the world have no access to clean water to drink or sanitation, particularly in rural areas. Disease. The WHO estimates that about 2 billion people have no option but to drink water contaminated by excrement, exposing them to diseases such as cholera...
In rural areas of UK, pesticides found to cause decline in the number of moths and pollinators in Italy [48]. The uses of broad- spectrum insecticide destroy ground developing insects [49] While, the use of systemic insecticides cause reduction in the population of lady bird beetles and ...
Another major cause of climate change is the migration of people from rural to urban areas, which leads to much higher temperatures in densely populated urban areas. The effects of climate change are already visible as glaciers melt and the polar ice caps shrink. These have led to rising sea...
That might not sound a problem where there's plenty of land in rural areas, but it's certainly a concern where productive agricultural land is concerned, especially as the world's population continues to increase. The biggest problem comes when contaminated land is returned to use, either as ...
We then investigated whether ambient concentrations of known heavy metal carcinogens (i.e., arsenic, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, and nickel) were associated with residing in these areas of high cancer incidence. This is a novel research question to identify the distinct environmental characteristics ...
Continuing importance of nitrate contamination of groundwater and wells in rural areas. Am J Ind Med 1990; 18: 449–56. Google Scholar National Academy of Sciences Committee on Nitrite and Alternative Curing Agents in Food. The Health Effects of Nitrate, Nitrite, and N-Nitroso Compounds. ...