The tobacco industry is a far greater threat than many realise as it is one of the world's biggest polluters, from leaving mountains of waste to driving global warming, the WHO said Tuesday.
Environment
May 31, 2022
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Has the World Health Organization become collateral damage in the wars over global commerce? Producers of such products as commercial milk formulas, processed foods, alcoholic beverages, pharmaceuticals and electronic gaming ...
Economics & Business
May 18, 2022
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I think we should ban all fossil fuel advertisements, plain and simple. I know it sounds extreme, but it's imperative for the future of our planet.
Environment
Dec 8, 2021
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Cigarette butts with filters are the most commonly littered item worldwide, with a staggering 4.5 trillion of them tossed into the environment each year. This is a huge problem; many end up on beaches and in the ocean, and ...
Other
Dec 6, 2021
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It's not a new thing for people to try to mislead you when it comes to science. But in the age of COVID-19—when we're being bombarded with even more information than usual, when there's increased uncertainty, and when we ...
Other
Mar 9, 2021
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It seems that science has been taking a beating lately. From decades of denial by the tobacco industry that smoking causes cancer to more recent attempts to use the COVID-19 pandemic to score political points, a presumption ...
Social Sciences
May 4, 2020
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A new report shows that the six trillion cigarettes produced yearly impact the environment through climate change, water and land use, and toxicity.
Environment
Oct 2, 2018
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A major new online project, TobaccoUnmasked, designed to reveal the activities and influences of the tobacco industry on public health policy, has been launched in Sri Lanka on the back of the success of TobaccoTactics – ...
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2017
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A Michigan State University scholar is warning those who read about the latest groundbreaking research to proceed with caution.
Social Sciences
Feb 19, 2017
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The debate over climate change is relatively young while nuclear power and pesticides have been heated topics since the 1960s, and fluoridation since the 1950s. So what is it about these scientific controversies that makes ...
Social Sciences
Aug 4, 2014
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