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Plastics As Marine Predators

July 8, 2019 0

*How earth’s oceans consume 8 Million Metric Tons of plastic annually About eight million metric tons of plastic wastes end up in the oceans annually, a group of researchers at UC Santa Barbara’s National Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) has concluded. The above finding is a serious threat to the world surrounded by five oceans all endangered. If the …

Pollution kills nine million each year—Experts

October 20, 2017 0

Air pollution was the biggest killer, accounting for 6.5 million deaths on its own The majority of the deaths were put down to heart disease, stroke, lung cancer ‘Pollution is much more than an environmental challenge,’ researchers claimed Air pollution, water contamination and exposure to man-made chemicals claimed nine millions live last year, a major study concludes. According …