(EnviroNews World News) — PETITION WATCH: As the worldwide race to find a COVID-19 vaccine continues, one conservation group worries 500,000 sharks could die as a result of the process. Shark Allies says squalene, a compound harvested from shark liver oil, is used in many vaccines as an adjuvant…
(EnviroNews World News) — The United Nations (UN) has sounded the alarm for developing countries all over the world. According to a study published on July 27, 2020 in The Lancet – a peer-reviewed medical journal, the toll for hunger and malnourishment over the first year of the COVID-19…
(EnviroNews World News) — Da Nang, Vietnam — After being praised for having the most successful coronavirus response on Earth, and after having been COVID-19-free for over three months, Vietnam has been surprised by 47 new cases of the disease spanning six cities and regions. The outbreak started when…
(EnviroNews World News) — North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo — On June 25, 2020, 42 days after the last diagnosed case, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the DRC’s 10th Ebola epidemic officially over. The outbreak in North Kivu province…
(EnviroNews World News) — Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo — The Democratic Republic of Congo has been hit with a second outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. CNN is reporting the city of Mbandaka has nine recent cases, including five fatalities, one of which was a 15-year-old girl. According to…
(EnviroNews World News) — While researchers stress that smoking is dangerous to health and likely to kill the smoker, they have found one surprising benefit for those who use tobacco: it appears that smoking may inhibit the contraction and development of COVID-19, a.k.a. coronavirus. According to The Guardian, at…
(EnviroNews World News) — Of Vietnam’s approximately 97 million citizens, only 270 have been confirmed positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) and with 225 cases resolved, not one person has died as of Apr. 26. While some may question these numbers, Dr. John MacArthur, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
(EnviroNews World News) — Montreal, Quebec — Many tea makers are substituting plastic for paper with their top-of-the-line, pyramidal tea bags. These expensive, “silken” bags have more room to allow larger leaves to expand, which results in better tasting tea. But these smooth tea bags contain no silk at…
(EnviroNews World News) — A study published April 6, 2017, in Nature.com‘s Scientific Reports, examined 17 sea salt brands from eight different countries and found chemical impurities in all 17 samples. The primary contaminants include microplastics and pigments associated with textile, rubber and fiberglass products. The study was…
(EnviroNews World News) — According to an article published by Mosiac on Jan. 17, 2017, Iceland has had remarkable success in stopping teens from abusing drugs and alcohol. Author Emma Young writes that Icelandic teens are the cleanest living in all of Europe with only 5 percent having…
(EnviroNews World News) — According to a report from Oceana, titled, “Deceptive Dishes: Seafood Swaps Found Worldwide,” about 20 percent of all seafood is wrongly labeled by the time it reaches consumers. The mislabeling occurs at every level of the industry, from the time a fish is caught,…
(EnviroNews World News) — A massive new study examined and analyzed over 5.7 million children spanning five countries. The result: A new claim that teen moms, and older parents of both sexes, are at higher risk of reproducing an autistic child. The study concluded that dads over the…
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