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In 2017, Pure Earth President Richard Fuller and Dr. Philip Landrigan, serving as co-chairs of the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, [2] issued an open letter, [8] and presided over the release of the landmark report from the commission, which confirmed in 2017 that pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature death in the world, causing 3 times as many deaths ...
An environmental organization is an organization coming out of the conservation or environmental movements that seeks to protect, analyse or monitor the environment against misuse or degradation from human forces. In this sense the environment may refer to the biophysical environment or the natural environment.
Environmental and conservation organizations in the United States have been formed to help protect the environment, habitats, flora, and fauna on federally owned land, on private land, within coastal limits, in-state conservation areas, in-state parks and in locally governed municipalities.
Air pollution has been linked to numerous respiratory illnesses from pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to lung cancer; it’s responsible for 6.4 million deaths every year ...
Climate change is already worsening the chaos attendant on resource shortage – and, therefore, death rates. ... For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in.
Richard Fuller OAM (born 1960) is an Australian-born, United States-based engineer, entrepreneur, and environmentalist known for his work in pollution remediation.. He is founder and President of the nonprofit Pure Earth (formerly known as Blacksmith Institute), [1] Co-Chair of The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, [1] and the Co-Chair of the Pure Earth-founded group the Global ...
The accident, called the worst environmental disaster in Europe since Chernobyl, was a release of 100,000 tons of cyanide-contaminated water into the rivers Someş, Tisza and Danube by the Aurul mining company due to a reservoir breach. Although no human fatalities were reported, the leak killed up to 80 percent of aquatic life in some of the ...
The environmental groups said that added risk is in direct conflict with Endangered Species Act protections. In the contiguous United States, grizzly bears are still classified as an at-risk ...