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Svjetska zdravstena organizacija je objavila stručan rad o mogućoj kancerogenosti glifoast herbicida već u ožuju 2015.
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Bez obzira na to, Europska Komisija hoće produžiti dozvolu za glifosat poslije isteka u lipnju 2016, i to na 15 godina, najdulji mogući termin.
Zastupnici Europskog parlamenta, uključujći neke iz Hrvatske, su glasili protiv odluke Komisije u travnju 2016. Slijedi glasanje u svibnju 2016., ali ako nema zaključka, konačna odluka će donjeti Komisija.
Na našoj internetskoj stranici objavljujemo tekstove i informacije na temu zdravlja, okoliša i zaštite životinja. Premda u prvom redu govorimo o otoku Hvaru u Dalmaciji, većina informacija vrijedi za cijelu Hrvatsku, a neke od njih odnose se na Europu, Sjedinjene američke države i ostale dijelove svijeta.
Većina tekstova je pisana na engleskom jeziku, ali s vremenom ćemo dodati i tekstove na hrvatskom jeziku.
članci o zdravlju Opasni otrovi! Glifosat, EU, Tragedija!
Exclusive: Chris Hinchliff urges environment watchdog to block rules that will allow almost 16,000 new homes in one of UK’s most protected areas
The environment watchdog is being urged to intervene in “cash to trash” planning rules that will allow almost 16,000 new homes in the Norfolk Broads despite the damage to one of the UK’s most environmentally protected areas.
Labour’s flagship planning reforms allow damage to protected habitats and species to be overlooked if developers pay into a central nature restoration fund, which is used for conservation actions at a later date. These environmental delivery plans (EDPs) have been called “cash to trash” by critics, who say they roll back decades of environmental law and are a “licence to kill nature”.
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So far not a single target of the plan has been met. As negotiators convene for Cop17, the pressure is on to find a way to honour the commitments made at previous summits
Passersby could smell the dead fish before they saw them. In August, more than 3,000 pike, roach, carp and rudd were found lifeless along the River Wensum in Norwich. Some gasped for air in their final moments, desperate for the oxygen that heatwave conditions had depleted in the water. Investigators believe that the die-off was triggered by heavy rainfall that flushed through high concentrations of pollution at a time when wildlife were already struggling.
The 45-mile (70km) chalk river is one of about 250 in the country. They are a geological accident almost unique to Britain – and one of Earth’s rarest habitats. They emerge from chalk aquifers and are home to species such as freshwater shrimp, otters and stoneflies, also providing drinking water for millions of people. But just 11 have formal protection, with many ravaged by sewage pollution and overextraction. The Norfolk river is one of the few that does have legal protection, but it is in poor ecological health.
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Letter from 150 scientists, MPs and activists calls for action to protect lower-income and minority-ethnic communities
The government must hold an inquiry into the unequal impacts of air pollution, 150 scientists, MPs and activists have urged.
Research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies shows that across England, lower-income areas have persistently higher levels of air pollution than wealthier areas.
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Expedition was drawn to Nikumaroro after spotting what was described as a metallic glint in waters off uninhabited island
A US expedition that voyaged to a remote Pacific island in the hope of solving the mystery of what happened to pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart has said an object they suspected to be her plane was a clump of washed-up trees.
“Unfortunately, we weren’t able to find that smoking gun,” said Steve Schultz of Purdue University, standing on the sand in front of a blue lagoon on the atoll of Nikumaroro, about halfway between Australia and Hawaii.
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Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the fastest-warming places in the world
Residents of a remote town in Norway that is in one of the fastest-warming places in the world have been told they must no longer drink tap water due to heavy metal contamination that scientists have linked to the thawing permafrost.
Longyearbyen, in the archipelago of Svalbard, gets its main drinking water supply from a 1.5 mile-long (2.5km) dammed lake called Isdammen, or “ice pond”. Higher temperatures as a result of the climate crisis have thawed permafrost, leading to newly exposed bedrock leaching metals into the pond.
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Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: Rosehips, sweet chestnuts, sloes – there’s an order and a rhythm to their gathering, tied to the season and folklore
The government suggests stockpiling, and while tins and candles might prove useful, a more ancient urge kicks in for me at this time of year. Walking the hedgerows, the colours of jewels entice me, and my pockets fill with rosehips or glossy conkers. It’s ingrained. For a vast stretch of human history, we survived by foraging for food and medicine, even after agriculture became widespread.
My blackberries are stashed in the freezer. Folklore advises picking them before Michaelmas on 29 September – or 10 October in old folklore, when the devil spits on them. It’s reasonable, thus avoiding mouldy or frosted fruit.
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Conservation work by RSPB has led to recovery of terns, gulls, plovers and oystercatchers on England’s south coast
The colony of sandwich terns nesting at Pagham harbour, West Sussex, was completely wiped out by bird flu in 2022. But numbers have bounced back from zero to 756 breeding pairs in just three years after conservation work in the Solent.
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Spar pilot scheme will test whether heirloom fruit can thrive in today’s commercial and environmental conditions
Only about 10 of the 2,000 types of apples growing in Austria can be found in supermarkets among the polished, pristine fruit usually on display – a sad ratio according to fans of historic varieties being primed for a comeback.
One of the country’s biggest retail chains has embarked on a pilot rollout of unusual and long-forgotten apples enjoyed in previous centuries, riding an international trend of reviving heirloom fruit and vegetables.
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Program founded by tomato growers has some of the strongest US worker protections – and its approach is being emulated by other groups
“It’s the kind of heat that makes you feel like you’re being dehydrated, like your skin is drying out,” said Lucas Benitez, after harvesting watermelons with his sons and wife this summer. “The heat that we had 30 years ago is not nearly the heat that we have today.”
This summer was the hottest on record in the US, and most workers in fields, greenhouses and unconditioned indoor facilities still do not have heat protections on the job, putting their health at risk as the climate crisis is expected to make extreme heat more frequent and intense.
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In the face of terrible crises, it can feel right to shock people into action. But what if that has the opposite effect?
These days, it’s easy to succumb to hopelessness. Whether you’re thinking about the climate crisis, the prospect of AI apocalypse, war or political turmoil, the list of challenges facing humanity can seem insurmountable.
It certainly feels unprecedented, and much of it may be. The sense of impending doom, on the other hand, is nothing new. And what we have learned from the past is that doomerism can lead to paralysis. If everyone freezes, then nothing changes – but if we want to have a chance of mitigating some of the threats I’ve mentioned then action is what’s required.
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Dugo nakon završetka njihove reproduktivne uloge, jajnici nastavljaju prolaziti kroz molekularne promjene povezane s upalom, preoblikovanjem tkiva i staničnom signalizacijom, što otvara nova pitanja o njihovom potencijalnom utjecaju na zdravlje žena tijekom starenja.
Međunarodni tim znanstvenika otkrio je da bi lijek koji utječe na laktaciju, kabergolin, mogao smanjiti rizik od raka dojke kod majki nakon poroda. Kabergolin, lijek koji se koristi za zaustavljanje proizvodnje mlijeka nakon gubitka trudnoće ili u slučajevima kada dojenje nije moguće, pacijentice općenito dobro podnose, uz pojavu tek rijetkih nuspojava. No, on bi mogao pružiti i neočekivane koristi.
Tjelovježba bi trebala biti propisana kao temeljna komponenta prevencije i liječenja kardiovaskularnih bolesti (KVB), prema novoj znanstvenoj izjavi American College of Cardiology. Izjava naglašava da se najveće smanjenje kardiovaskularnog rizika događa kada osobe koje ne obavljaju dovoljno aktivan način života postanu još umjerenije aktivnije, a najbolji recept za tjelovježbu je onaj koji je siguran, individualiziran, ostvariv i održiv tijekom vremena.
Zatajenje srca mijenja koštanu srž, smanjujući zaštitne stanice koje reguliraju upalu, izvještava nova japanska studija. Prema studiji, srčani stres smanjuje populaciju mezenhimalnih stromalnih stanica koje proizvode faktor rasta sličan EGF-u koji veže heparin. Rezultirajuće smanjenje zaštitne signalizacije mijenja matične stanice koje stvaraju krv i potiče upalne makrofage.
Prvih 90 dana nakon početka antipsihotičkog liječenja ključno je za promjene šećera u krvi i težine, otkriva nova studija. Antipsihotici druge generacije važni su tretmani za teške mentalne bolesti, uključujući shizofreniju i bipolarni poremećaj. Međutim, mogu povećati rizik od dijabetesa i debljanja.
Sklerodermija (sistemska skleroza) rijetka je, kronična, autoimuna bolest zbog koje tijelo proizvodi previše kolagena, što dovodi do otvrdnjavanja i zadebljanja kože te unutarnjih organa. Više od 50 godina liječnici se oslanjaju na ručno hvatanje (štipanje) kože kako bi procijenili njezinu debljinu.
Osobe s epilepsijom mogle bi biti izložene većem riziku od razvoja demencije s ranim početkom u usporedbi s osobama koje nemaju epilepsiju, navodi se u nedavno objavljenoj studiji. Demencija s ranim početkom – ponekad nazivana i demencijom ranog nastupa – razvija se prije 65. godine.
Znanstvenici s Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Cincinnatiju objavili su prvu studiju dokaza koncepta koja pokazuje potencijal eksperimentalne genske terapije za hidrocefalus. Hidrocefalus nastaje kada se višak cerebrospinalne tekućine nakuplja u mozgu, povećavajući pritisak koji može komprimirati mozak i uzrokovati neurološka oštećenja. Trenutno liječenje zahtijeva invazivnu operaciju mozga kako bi se višak tekućine drenirao pomoću šanta, koji je sklon neuspjehu.
Dugo su se razlike između žena i muškaraca uglavnom povezivale s reproduktivnim organima. Ipak, i organi koji nemaju nikakve veze s reprodukcijom, poput kože, mogu biti oblikovani spolom. Ovo pitanje, ključno za bolje sprječavanje i liječenje upalnih bolesti te raka, dio znanstvene zajednice dugo je zanemarivao.
Novo istraživanje bacilo je svjetlo na to kako izloženost dimu cigareta može utjecati na reproduktivno zdravlje i muškaraca i žena, identificirajući promjene u biološkim procesima uključenim u funkciju jajnika i proizvodnju sperme. Smatra se, da ova studija pruža novi uvid u potencijalne mehanizme koji povezuju pušenje s reproduktivnim zdravljem.
Deep in the mountains of Palawan, Conservation International scientists are capturing what few people ever see: the secret lives of the Philippines’ rarest species.
At Maido — the Lima restaurant recently crowned the best in the world — one of the star dishes is paiche, a giant prehistoric river fish.Its journey to the table begins on a small family farm deep in Peru’s Amazon.
“Jane Goodall forever changed how people think about, interact with and care for the natural world,” said Daniela Raik, interim CEO of Conservation International.
Conservation International’s Neil Vora was selected for TIME’s Next 100 list — alongside other rising leaders reshaping culture, science and society.
Climate change is happening. And it’s placing the world’s reefs in peril. What can be done?
After decades of negotiation, the high seas treaty is finally reality. The historic agreement will pave the way to protect international waters which face numerous threats.
The Amazon rainforest, known for lush green canopies and an abundance of freshwater, is drying out — and deforestation is largely to blame.
The ocean is engine of all life on Earth, but human-driven climate change is pushing it past its limits. Here are five ways the ocean keeps our climate in check — and what can be done to help.
In a grueling and delicate dance, a team led by Conservation International removes a massive undersea killer.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. These pictures might be worth even more. An initiative featuring the work of some of the world’s best nature photographers raises money for environmental conservation.
