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A CAR-FREE SPACE IS A HEALTHY PUBLIC SPACE

Lai Cheng October 20, 2023 0 Comments

Many of the best places are neither home nor work, but “third places” in the public realm: streets and sidewalks, parks and cafes, theaters and sports facilities. Such public places are important venues for a wide variety of activities, of which some – such as social interaction and physical activity – have clear health implications, says a 2003 American Journal of Public Health study....

THE PLASTIC WASTE CRISIS & REAL SOLUTIONS NEEDED (PART 5)

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Mushrooming of Illegal Plastic Recyclers and Continued Pollution in Malaysia after China Bans Plastic Waste Imports For decades China was actually taking in nearly half of the world’s plastic waste. Suddenly in 2018 the Chinese brought an abrupt end to this practice. Much of that waste that was coming from the European Union (EU) – roughly 55 million tons of plastics, cardboard, paper and so...

PROCESSED SUGAR DISRUPTS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

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JUST RELEASED: A New GLOBAL PLASTIC LAWS DATABASE

Lai Cheng October 19, 2023 0 Comments

A new Global Plastic Laws Database has just been launched. It tracks legislation across the full life cycle of plastics and organizes these policies according to life cycle categories and key topics. Adopting policies to reduce plastic pollution on a global scale is widely recognized as a vital step to address this crisis and its associated detrimental impacts on our communities, health, and...

THE PLASTIC WASTE CRISIS & REAL SOLUTIONS NEEDED (PART 4)

Lai Cheng October 19, 2023 0 Comments

Europe Should Stop Exporting Plastic Wastes to Malaysia and Other Countries A new report issued by the European Commission this summer indicates that 19 out of the 27 European Union (EU) states are at risk of missing their plastics recycling targets. Their collective goal was to recycle 50% of their plastic waste – it doesn’t appear they will get there by 2025. Turkey has in effect, become...

THE PLASTIC WASTE CRISIS & REAL SOLUTIONS NEEDED (PART 3)

Lai Cheng October 18, 2023 0 Comments

PLASTIC POLLUTION SPILLS AT SEA The X-Press Pearl Cargo Ship Fire and the Environmental Disaster It Created In May 2021 there was an ecological crisis that most people did not hear about, as it happened in the throes of the Covid pandemic. The cargo ship X-Press Pearl caught fire outside of Sri Lanka, spilling nearly 2,000 tonnes of plastic pellets and nearly 10,000 tonnes of toxic chemicals...

Health Benefits of Eggs

Lai Cheng October 18, 2023 0 Comments

They Offer Complete Protein One egg has 6 grams of the stuff, with all 9 “essential” amino acids, the building blocks of protein. That’s important because those are the ones your body can’t make by itself. The egg white holds about half that protein and only a small portion of the fat and cholesterol. They're Nutrient Dense That means eggs have more nutrients – vitamins, minerals,...

EAT TO STOP HAIR LOSS

Lai Cheng October 18, 2023 0 Comments

Dealing with hair fall? Here’s an inside-out remedy for you. Source: Daily Health Tips

Indigenous tribes made ill from processed foods

Lai Cheng October 17, 2023 0 Comments

by Monica Piccinini Malnutrition and chronic disease are impacting remote Amazonian tribes because of an influx of ultra-processed foods. The health conditions afflicting the Yanonami community in the Brazilian Amazon such as malnutrition and chronic diseases are a result of the violation of their rights, unstable socio-economic conditions, and ongoing land disputes. These circumstances have led...

THE PLASTIC WASTE CRISIS & REAL SOLUTIONS NEEDED (PART 2)

Lai Cheng October 17, 2023 0 Comments

WASTE COLONIALISM Dumping of Plastic Waste in Developing Countries Affects Local People’s Health and Environment, Creates Microplastics Problem The global plastics production and trade of plastic waste has grown tremendously over the recent decades. Plastic waste is mostly traded under the banner of plastic “recycling”. A rich and developed country should have the capacity to manage its...

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