The article’s authors call on the media and others to ensure that the realities of plastic pollution are not misrepresented, particularly in the public dissemination of the issue, and urge government to minimize the environmental impact of over-consumption, however inconvenient, ...
SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): The video unveiled at the annual conference of the Chemical Industries Association (CIA) held recently in London presents experts’ views on innovative techniques to tackle plastic pollution and the urgency to deal with plastic wastes. The video furnishes the perspectives of...
The impacts of these materials are less well-known than plastic and microplastic pollution, yet they could have huge impacts.The article states that solutions are likely to come from a greater focus on designing materials and products that can be recycled, that have their end-of-life, and ...
The report however calls for global policies to simplify the range and reduce the volume of plastic materials in commerce, focusing on essential uses, the elimination of toxic chemicals in new plastics and the labeling of the ingredients.■
At a time when our oceans are under so many multiple threats, including from melting glaciers and related climate emergencies, overfishing and biodiversity loss and plastic pollution — there is no reason why Japan should be allowed to dump the radioactive water into the sea. ...
As the main theme for the 2018 World Oceans Day was the plastic pollution, WWF focused on this challenge for the Mediterranean Sea. In a report released for the World Oceans Day it warned that it was turning into a sea of plastic which threatens marine life and human health, as the micro...
(1)推理判断题。根据文章第一段When you throw a plastic bottle into a recycling bin,do you ever think of its destination?Will it be reused,or will it end up just bringing more pollution to the environment?(当你把一个塑料瓶扔进回收箱时,你想过它的目
Reducing the use of plastic containers as well as reusing and recycling bottles and cans decreases the amount of garbage being sent to landfills. As a result, less money is spent on waste management, and countries’ financial burdens are significantly relieved. Such positive effects on an economy...
A team of leading environmental experts have warned that the current war on plastic is detracting from the bigger threats to the environment. In an article, they say that while plastic waste is an issue, its prominence in the general public’s concern for the environment is overshadowing greate...
国际癌症研究机构(International Agency for Research on Cancer, IARC)的工作组在2016年数据调查中发现, 超重或肥胖会增加至少13种癌症的发病风险, 包含食管腺癌、结直肠癌、绝经后妇女乳腺癌、子宫癌、肾细胞癌、肝癌、贲门癌、胆囊癌、胰腺癌、甲状腺癌、卵巢癌、脑膜瘤和多发性骨髓瘤. 这13种癌症年发病率占全...