World report on vision
At present at least 2.2 billion people around the world have a vision impairment, of whom at least 1 billion have a vision impairment that could have been prevented or is yet to be addressed. The world
Health Effects
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Sierra Leone National Action Plan for Health Security (2018-2022)
The Sierra Leone National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) is based on the recommendations of the 2016 Joint External Evaluation (JEE). The JEE is a voluntary, collaborative and multi-sectoral process
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2019 update on the global status of legal limits on lead in paint
As of 30 September 2019, 73 countries have legally binding controls to limit the production, import and sale of lead paints, which is 38% of all countries. In many countries, using lead paint in homes
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Association of obesity with heart failure outcomes in 11 Asian regions: A cohort study
<p>Asians are predisposed to a lean heart failure (HF) phenotype. Data on the ‘obesity paradox’, reported in Western populations, are scarce in Asia and have only utilised the traditional classification
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Exposure to excessive heat and impacts on labour productivity linked to cumulative CO2 emissions
<p>Cumulative CO2 emissions are a robust predictor of mean temperature increase. However, many societal impacts are driven by exposure to extreme weather conditions.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/labour-productivity-excessive-heat.pdf"
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding industrial pollution in village Bhagwanpur, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, 18/09/2019
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Asha Devi, Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Bhagwanpur, Khand Chhanchhrauli, Yamunanagar Vs State of Haryana dated 18/09/2019 regarding industrial pollution
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Ambient black carbon particles reach the fetal side of human placenta
<p>Particle transfer across the placenta has been suggested but to date, no direct evidence in real-life, human context exists. Here we report the presence of black carbon (BC) particles as part of combustion-derived
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding contamination of groundwater due to arsenic in India, 11/09/2019
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sunita Pandey & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/09/2019 regarding contamination of groundwater due to Arsenic and availability
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Association between soft drink consumption and mortality in 10 European countries
<p>In this population-based cohort study of 451 743 individuals from 10 countries in Europe, greater consumption of total, sugar-sweetened, and artificially sweetened soft drinks was associated with a
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The dirty footprint of the broken grid: the impacts of fossil fuel back-up generators in Developing Countries
Around the world, nearly 1 billion people live without access to electricity, and about 840 million more live with unreliable and intermittent service from electric grids. For many of them, fossil fuel