๐ ...Read more about #UrbanSoilPollution on ๐ https://freepeoplemedia.com
This is the sixth article out of a series of articles about smart cities. Interested? The next article coming up on Friday next week.
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...Soil pollution is one of the main threats to human health and the environment. It is a threat you often cannot see. Similar levels of all types of #SoilPollution such as pesticides, microplastics, antibiotic resistance genes, and metal(loid)s are found in urban green spaces as well as nearby natural areas due to socio-economic factors." ๐
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...It hampers the ending of world hunger and poverty and securing health for all. It is an obstacle to achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals with which the United Nations Member States aim to ensure peace and prosperity for people and the Earth. Most #SoilPollution comes from industrial processes and mining, poor waste management practices, unsustainable agricultural methods, chemical and nuclear spills, and armed conflicts...๐
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"Can smart cities deliver on their promise to be more sustainable, resilient and equitable than other cities?
Part IV: What are the risks of urban soil pollution, how is it mitigated smart, and what is the feasibility of these measures?๐
Soil fertility decreases due to pollution, which poses a threat to human health and the environment. Food and drinking water insecurity increases, and air quality and biodiversity decrease...๐
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Business groups angry after Sunshine Coast Council scraps midnight NYE fireworks again https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-22/business-anger-sunshine-coast-scraps-midnight-nye-fireworks/105322196
#AirPollution #WaterContamination #SoilPollution #WildlifeDisturbance #MicroplasticWaste #ChemicalResidue #NoisePollution #EcosystemDisruption #ToxicHeavyMetals #GreenhouseGasEmissions #PetStress #WasteGeneration #Littering #HabitatDamage #MarineLifeHarm
https://diode.zone/w/pF6G8UXBiqXiJkbCTKezoP
๐ Let's celebrate a safe and organic #holi ๐ Here are some tips to avoid pollution:
๐ #NoisePollution
๐ซ๏ธ #AirPollution
๐ง #WaterPollution
๐ #SoilPollution
And great idea about reusing old ๐ฆ pichkaaris! Let's #reducewaste and make this Holi a sustainable one. ๐ณ Happy safe Holi! ๐
May your day be filled with love, laughter, and #eco-friendly fun! ๐ Let's play Holi with natural colors and keep our planet clean and green! ๐ Happy Holi! ๐
While on the subject of #LateStageCapitalism... Unfortunately, this doesn't surprise me. If #Glyphosate can cause gut inflammation [and bugs' stomachs to explode], you can count on it causing brain inflammation! Oh, and yeah -- deport those migrant farm workers and start doing their jobs, MAGAts. Good luck with that!
Chemical found in breakfast foods [and lots of other foods] linked to #BrainDamage in new study
December 5, 2024
Story by Maiya Focht Health Reporter
"A #pesticide that has been found in breakfast cereals, oats and orange juice may be able to cause dementia symptoms in weeks.
"Weed-killer glyphosate, which is the active ingredient in RoundUp, has long been linked to cancers and nerve damage. But much of the earlier research has focused on looking at people that interact with it every day like farm workers.
"The new study, performed on mice, suggests even small amounts of exposure can have long-lasting effects.
"Experts found rodents who were given for about three months saw Alzheimer's-like changes to their brains which persisted for months.
"Upon dissecting the brains, the researchers saw the chemical itself had gotten into the delicate tissue of the brain, where it likely caused inflammation, which caused nerves and brain tissue to decay, leading to the changes they observed after six months.
"Patrick Pirrotte, a study author and director at City of Hope said: 'These findings highlight that many chemicals we regularly encounter, previously considered safe, may pose potential health risks.
"Foods that were found to contain glyphosate include #QuakerOatmeal, #CheezIt and #Tropicana orange juice, according to a separate analysis by Sokolove law, a personal injury and illness law firm."
#FDAFail #EPAFail #BanGlyphosates #RoundupKills #Bayer #Monsanto #Dementia #WaterIsLife #SoilPollution #WaterPollution
RT by @EU_ENV: #SoilPollution affects
๐the food we eat
๐จthe air we breath
๐ฆ the water we drink
๐ https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/3cba5eed-e9a0-45f0-937b-35f26f2f2723
#SoilHealth #SoilAction #WaterAction
Via @FAOLandWater
[2024-09-27 12:00 UTC]
Soil pollution is invisible to the human eye, but it compromises the quality of the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe and puts human and environmental health at risk. Most contaminants originate from human activities such as industrial processes and mining, poor waste management, unsustainable farming practices, accidents ranging from small chemical spills to accidents at nuclear power plants, and the many effects of armed conflicts. Pollution knows no borders: contaminants are spread throughout terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and many are distributed globally by atmospheric transport. In addition, they are redistributed through the global economy by way of food and production chains. Soil pollution has been internationally recognized as a major threat to soil health, and it affects the soilโs ability to provide ecosystem services, including the production of safe and sufficient food, compromising global food security. Soil pollution hinders the achievement of many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including those related to poverty elimination (SDG 1), zero hunger (SDG 2), and good health and well-being (SDG 3). Soil pollution hits the most vulnerable hardest, especially children and women (SDG 5). The supply of safe drinking water is threatened by the leaching of contaminants into groundwater and runoff (SDG 6). CO2 and N2O emissions from unsustainably managed soils accelerate climate change (SDG 13). Soil pollution contributes to land degradation and loss of terrestrial (SDG 15) and aquatic (SDG 14) biodiversity, and decreased the security and resilience of cities (SDG 11), among others.
Soil pollution surpasses climate change as top threat to underground biodiversity, study findsโฆ
New research has found that soil pollution was the leading cause of declines among organisms living underground... phys.org #biodiversity #soilpollution #soils #climatechange
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