Tag: Pollution
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Impacts of Noise Pollution
“Noise pollution is an invisible danger.“ U.S. agencies have deemed noise pollution “a growing danger to the health and welfare of the Nation’s population”, alongside reports that noise pollution ranks second after air pollution for the most harmful form of environmental exposure to public health. Noise pollution impacts millions of people daily, with the effect of:…
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How a Lego brick spillage over 25 years ago is still polluting our environment today
In 1997, a cargo ship was confronted by rough seas and lost 62 containers overboard. One of these containers was full of around 5 million pieces of Lego which spilled out into the ocean and started washing up on Cornish beaches. 25 years later pieces are still being found along the south west coast and…