A look at superfund sites.
Category: Environment
New study finds Yahoo Japan and weak legislation perpetuating online ivory trade
(WWF) – Yahoo Japan is the single biggest online platform for elephant ivory sales in Japan, according to a new TRAFFIC investigation, which recorded a staggering 4,414 ivory items plus 35 whole tusks for sale over a four-week period in…
Uncovering sand mining’s impacts on the world’s rivers
Bad Bugs: How the White House Is Stoking a World Public Health Crisis
“We have to fight them over there so we don’t have to fight them here” apparently doesn’t apply to diseases.
Why people choose to stay in areas vulnerable to natural disasters
Fracking linked to increased rates of STIs
Mountain gorilla numbers surpass 1,000 despite challenges
In India, 13 people are killed after police open fire on copper plant protesters
Pest Horror Stories That Will Make You Go on a Cleaning Spree
If cockroaches coming out of an electrical outlet sounds like something from a horror movie, think again. While virtually everyone will deal with a pest infestation from time to time, nothing compares to these homeowners who almost had to burn…
Lyme disease linked to obsessive-compulsive symptoms
Watchdog: Trump’s Plan to Allow Fracking in Nevada Threatens Wildlife
Homeless, jobless, and penniless, residents resist closure of the Philippines’ Boracay island
Mystery over 2014 illnesses in western Kazakhstan village rumbles on
Crude Accountability, a Virginia-based watchdog focusing on hydrocarbon extraction in the Caspian Sea basin, said in a report on April 24 that recent medical examinations have revealed that two young girls affected have been diagnosed with toxic encephalopathy, a brain disease caused by chemical poisoning.
