First, let's explain how pumpkins produce pollution and add to climate change. An average large pumpkin weighs about 10-15lbs. Most households have about 3-5 pumpkins on their porches. This adds up ...

The Pocotaligo River in Sumter and Clarendon counties has some of the highest levels of toxic forever chemicals in the state. It was recently found to have high levels compared to other rivers across ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will on Thursday set out new legislation to stop water companies leaking sewage into rivers and seas by bringing in tougher penalties including imprisonment for bosses, and ...

MACH Engineering reports that industrial air pollution harms economies by increasing healthcare costs and reducing productivity, impacting agriculture and infrastructure.

For years, the Environmental Protection Agency has assigned a dollar value to the lives saved and the health problems avoided through many of its environmental regulations. Now, that has changed. The ...

You might be consistent with your sunscreen and moisturiser and committed to your skincare routine, armed with serums and toners, which should not accelerate ageing faster. But why is it still ...

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