Researchers Have Found Microplastics in Human Waste for the First Time
A new study found microplastic particles in human waste for the first time, a worrying sign of the prevalence of plastic in the food chain, the Guardian reports.
In the small study of participants from Europe, Russia and Japan — presented at United European Gastroenterology’s meeting in Vienna — all eight were found to have microplastic particles in their stool samples. Out of 10 varieties tested for, nine different plastics were identified in the human waste, with polypropylene and polyethylene terephthalate the most common.
Based on their findings, the study researchers expect that tiny bits of plastics...
Source: TIME: Health - October 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Casey Quackenbush Tags: Uncategorized Environment onetime overnight Source Type: news
Labour calls on minister to 'correct record' over waste incineration capacity
Labour has called on the government to explain why it “apparently contradicted” NHS and Environment Agency officials’ concerns over the capacity of incinerators to burn clinical waste. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - October 15, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Trump's Environment Agency Seeks to Roll Back Obama-Era Clean Power Plan Trump's Environment Agency Seeks to Roll Back Obama-Era Clean Power Plan
The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed replacing the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of former President Barack Obama ' s regulatory efforts to combat climate change, in a move critics said would have dire environmental and health consequences.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 22, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
How UNISON has helped beat the January blues
New Year gongs
Film and TV stars and sports people may customarily grab the New Year headlines, but they weren’t the only recipients of New Year’s Honours.
And there was a particular New Year fizz in the news that two UNISON members, who work tirelessly to protect the country from floods, received MBEs.
Carol Holt and Peter Spencer both work for the Environment Agency in the North West, Carol as deputy director for flood incident management, and Peter as a flood hydrologist, advising the agency on forecasting floods and modelling their impact.
Andrew Dobbie, UNISON national officer for the union’s water, environment...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - January 29, 2018 Category: Food Science Authors: Demetrios Matheou Tags: Article Magazine 2018 Black members conference 2018 Higher Education Conference health Health Funding Crisis higher education pay local government pensions scheme water environment and transport Source Type: news
UNISON members ’ work on flood prevention and relief recognised
Two UNISON members have had their vital work protecting the country from floods – and helping communities deal with them when they do happen – recognised in the New Year Honours.
Carol Holt and Peter Spencer work for the Environment Agency – and each received an MBE in the awards announced at the weekend. But both praised the colleagues and teams they work with.
Carol, who is based in north west England, is deputy director for flood incident management and has worked for the agency since 1991.
Responding to the award, she told the agency: “It’s great to be part of a team delivering public services that matter to...
Source: UNISON Health care news - January 4, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: Tony Braisby Tags: Article News environment agency flood defence floods water environment and transport WET Source Type: news
Interactive map reveals pollutant levels across Europe
The map was created by the Copenhagen-based European Environment Agency. The map is marked with coloured dots, each indicating that the level of at least one pollutant is 'very bad'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 16, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Air pollution kills over 500,000 Europeans a year
The Copenhagen-based European Environment Agency found 520,400 premature deaths in 41 European countries were caused by air pollutants from fossil fuels in 2014. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
BAM, UBA and BfR in US to promote careers in German departmental research
(BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment) Together with the Bundesanstalt f ü r Materialforschung und -pr ü fung and the German Environment Agency, the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment will provide information about careers in departmental research to German scientists in the US at the Annual Convention of the German Academic International Network (GAIN) in San Francisco from Aug. 25-27, 2017. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - August 24, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Miles of forgotten first world war trenches unearthed in England
Vast extent of the fortifications surprises archaeologists who used new technology and the knowledge of local historiansThe full extent of the networks of trenches and defensive fortifications built in England during the first world war has been revealed in the first major survey of its kind.Detailing how resources were concentrated along England ’s eastern and southern coasts – where the main thrust by an invading German army was expected to come – the study draws on existing periodicals and local history as well asLiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) data gleaned from the use of lasers by the Environment Agency...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 5, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Ben Quinn Tags: First world war UK news Archaeology Science Source Type: news
UNISON is ‘ strong and stable ’ WET conference hears
“We are strong and stable – even if the government isn’t.” That was the message from UNISON’s water, environment and transport (WET) service group executive chair Ruth Davis this morning, as she addressed the group’s conference in Brighton.
“We live in difficult times, but we must carry on and not allow” people to make us change our lives,” she said of the recent terrorist attacks in London and Manchester, together with the Grenfell Tower fire.
Ms Davis thanked public service workers who have tackled these events.
Reminding delegates of the Conservative government’s ‘Big Red Tape Challenge,’ which a...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - June 18, 2017 Category: Food Science Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News WET WET conference 2017 Source Type: news
UN-backed network brings together thousands to help tackle mosquito-borne diseases
In an effort to escalate the global fight against mosquito-borne diseases, the United Nations environment agency together with partners has launched a new collaborative platform, dubbed the Global Mosquito Alert, that seeks to track and control the vector responsible for close to 2.7 million deaths annually. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - May 11, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
UN-backed network brings together thousands to help tackle mosquito-borne diseases
In an effort to escalate the global fight against mosquito-borne diseases, the United Nations environment agency together with partners has launched a new collaborative platform that seeks to track and control the vector responsible for close to 2.7 million deaths annually. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - May 10, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Singapore confirms two new cases of Zika virus
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has confirmed two cases of locally transmitted infections of the Zika virus in a northeastern part of the city state, the National Environment Agency said on Wednesday, describing it as the first Zika cluster of 2017. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 29, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
No new Zika cases in Singapore on Tuesday - government agency website
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore did not report any new cases of Zika virus on Tuesday, according to data published on National Environment Agency website. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Singapore says confirms 26 more local transmission Zika cases
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore confirmed 26 more cases of locally-transmitted Zika infections, the health ministry and National Environment Agency (NEA)said in a joint statement on Saturday, bringing the tally to 215. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
