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Nigeria now hosts two reference-grade Air Quality Monitors, effectively linking Nigeria to air quality index information and health messaging from the U.S.’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Each of the monitors are domiciled at the U.S. Embassy, Abuja and the U.S. Consulate General, Lagos, a statement by the consulate said on Monday. The monitor supplies data
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In the EU, 13 per cent of deaths are linked to pollution, said a new report published on Tuesday by the European Environment Agency (EEA), which stressed the current pandemic put environmental health factors in the spotlight. Europeans are constantly exposed to environmental risks like air pollution, noise and chemicals, and the Covid-19 pandemic provides
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The FishNet Alliance has called for support for fishers in Ibeno, Akwa Ibom State and in other coastal communities across Nigeria, whose livelihoods have been adversely impacted by COVID-19 and other human-induced environmental stressors.
Read More By Emma Amaize Five villagers, including a couple, have been killed by cholera at Sokoh, Ekremo and other shoreline communities in Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State, following alleged contamination of their river by oil exploration companies. Among the dead were Ekenrenwei Igenisuode and his wife, Yekikonne, at Ekremo Federated Communities, and Johnson Pabebe, Adoere
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Partnership for Action on Green Economy, PAGE, got a $35million from seven stakeholders with a view to supporting countries in greening their economies and tackling environmental challenges while promoting better jobs and stable economic growth.
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Ugborodo communities in Warri south West local government area, Delta state have accused Shell of massive pollution of the Excravos river, thus destroying fishing nets valued at several millions of naira.
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The House of Representatives Committee on Environment has expressed dissatisfaction over the slow pace of work on the cleaning of oil spill-impacted sites in Ogoni land.
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Dutch farmers and construction workers blocked roads with tractors on Wednesday and gathered outside the offices of national broadcaster NOS in the latest of a series of protests over environmental pollution rules. The protests began after a court ruling in May found the Netherlands in violation of EU rules on “reactive nitrogen” pollution, sparking a
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Medical experts have been puzzled by the increasing prevalence of mental disorders and suicide globally particularly as the rate of suicide has increased in recent times, and is now a public health emergency in Nigeria.
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Dr Ray Osarogiagbon, Director, Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Programme, Baptist Cancer Centre, Memphis, Tennessee, in the U.S., has warned that air pollution contributes to the high rate of lung cancer deaths in non-smokers.
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