First it was Bean, way back in March. Never really talked about Bean here on the ‘crawl. Buns were really more The BUG’s thing and they tended to live down in the basement anyway, so we didn’t interact as much as we did with the cats. But Bean was cool. She was small and f...
and theworst floods in historyhave swept millions to their doom. People killed in floods often drown, but that is not the only source of death. A lot of fatalities are caused by the aftermath of the flood. Starvation due to famine or diseases spread via water contamination have claimed many...
The victims of Britain's worst drinking water pollution disaster are beginning to die of mysterious diseases, an Independent on Sunday investigation has revealed.Geoffrey Lean Environment Editor
UNICEF considers drinking water safely managed when it comes from a local source that is available on-site, available when needed and free from contamination. Of the estimated 2.2 billion people without safely managed access in 2022, 1.5 billion had what is considered basic access, meaning that w...
The processing of leather creates not only potentially toxic wastewater, but also large amounts of solid waste that contain chromium such as: hide scraps, skins, and excess fats. Toxins from this waste can leach into nearby soil and water, placing nearby residents at risk of contamination. ...
China produces 52.6% of the world’s stainless steel, up from 12.9% in 2005. The best types of countries to get stainless steel or glass from are the United States and Europe, however, this isn’t an option most of the time for stainless steel water bottles. But in general, purchasing...
More than 4000 cancer deaths have been linked to the extensive spread of radioactive substances. Belarus was heavily affected, and radioactive contamination was detected as far as the British Isles. Radiation levels at the site are still high, and the amount of nuclear materials buried under the...
History Shorts: Isaac Newton's Genius in Quarantine (Forged in Crisis) 4. Smallpox—A European Disease Ravages the New World Smallpox was endemic to Europe, Asia and Arabia for centuries, a persistent menace that killed three out of ten people it infected and left the rest with pockmarked ...
accumulating in sediment23and taken up by filter feeder aquatic animals, such as shellfish, harvested for human consumption24,25. As little is known about the transport patterns and behavior of norovirus, the contamination and health risks associated with water and shellfish are hard to predict26...
It is also the longest river in western Asia. There are three major dams on the river in Turkey: from upstream to downstream, Keban, Karakaya and Atatürk, which are the largest three dam reservoirs in the country (Ertunç, 1999; Rouge et al., 2018). The water surface area and ...