Topic: Enviroment

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: Web 2.0 wave starts to take hold

Posted by Admin on Saturday, April 21, 2007 - 07:13 PM

	Whether you use your computer for work or fun, the programs you use generally have one thing in common - they are stored on your PC. Increasingly though, that software is moving online. Read full article: 'Web 2.0 wave starts to take hold'

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Articles: First seals, now a sea horse - but is this a sign of cleaner water in the Thames

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 - 01:54 AM

	The discovery of a sea horse in the Thames estuary has been hailed as a sign that what was once the outlet for the dirtiest river in Britain is returning to ecological health. Read full article: 'First seals, now a sea horse - but is this a sign of cleaner water in the Thames'

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Articles: Farmers hit by water pollution crackdown

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 - 01:52 AM

	Thousands of English farmers may have to stop farming next to rivers, lakes and other water bodies in the biggest crackdown on agricultural pollution, which the Government will announce today. Read full article: 'Farmers hit by water pollution crackdown'

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Articles: Prescott warned over new homes plan

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 - 01:51 AM

	Government-backed plans to build hundreds of thousands of new homes in "sustainable communities" will damage the environment and endanger Britain's efforts to curb global warming, according to a ministerial adviser on green issues. Read full article: 'Prescott warned over new homes plan'

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Articles: Victory for 'IoS' in foot and mouth campaign

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 - 01:48 AM

	In a victory for The Independent on Sunday, tough new European laws will next week force governments across the continent to prepare to vaccinate livestock immediately after an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. Read full article: 'Victory for 'IoS' in foot and mouth campaign'

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Articles: A bloom back from the brink

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 - 01:46 AM

Not much of a request, you might think, to go and see a wild flower, even a very rare one - I mean just see it, not pick it or dig it up; just look at it and take a few photographs, admire it and appreciate its beauty. What's the big deal about that? So in one way it seems strangely excessive to be on a train speeding out of London on a cold March morning, bound for a distant cathedral city, where this request will be formally deliberated upon by a secretive and little-known committee.

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Articles: New chemical blacklist not enough, critics

Posted by admin on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 01:03 AM

	A dirty dozen of industrial chemicals blamed for causing deaths and birth defects are outlawed from today by a U.N. pact. Read full article: 'New chemical blacklist not enough, critics'

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Articles: Deforestation on increase in Kavango

Posted by admin on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 01:16 AM

	RUNDU - The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has expressed concern over the illegal harvesting of timber in the Kavango Region. Read full article: 'Deforestation on increase in Kavango'

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NHS attacked over 'real' nappies

Posted by admin on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 10:58 AM

	The NHS is promoting disposable nappies and not giving mothers fair access to re-usable ones, an environmental charity has claimed. Read full article: 'NHS attacked over 'real' nappies'

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Allergic Or Just Plain Paranoid?

Posted by admin on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 09:42 AM

Our environment is making us ill The mass production of foods and the increasing use of chemicals must affect us in some way, especially when antibiotics and hormones are used in intensive farming and meat production. In addition to this, our obsession with cleaning has given us less opportunity to become desensitised to everyday dirt and dust. Infections are treated immediately with a range of antibiotics and so our immunity is not able to build up. According to the National Asthma Campaign, asthma is reaching epidemic levels in the UK especially in adults. Although pollution is not as obvious now as when industrial smoke choked the air, traffic fumes and river pollution continue to grow. Perhaps when people are ill they may suspect they have an allergy rather than an underlying complaint, as it seems to be trendy to be allergic. This undermines the problems of real, sometimes life-threatening allergies.

Read full article: 'Allergic Or Just Plain Paranoid?'

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