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China's BRI project causing environmental degradation in South Asia, says
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 26 (ANI): While China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) promises to create opportunities for the South Asian states to facilitate a more sustainable growth model, it also implies significant environmental risks, apart from economic, legal and sovereignty issue
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Fungal growth in plants can be inhibited by modified yeast
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
California [US], July 16 (ANI): About 70-80 per cent of crop losses due to microbial diseases are caused by fungi. Fungicides are key weapons in agriculture's arsenal, but they pose environmental risks. Over time, fungi also develop a resistance to fungicides, leading growers on an endless q
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Modified yeast inhibits fungal growth in plants: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): About 70-80 per cent of crop losses due to microbial diseases are caused by fungi. Fungicides are key weapons in agriculture's arsenal, but they pose environmental risks. Over time, fungi also develop a resistance to fungicides, leading growers on an endless q
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China must consider environment effect, economic fragility for BRI project
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 20 (ANI): Highlighting environmental concerns, a new study in China argues that the majority of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) investment should go to countries in southern and southeast Asia due to fewer risks that threaten economic development.
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Ghana's bauxite deal with Chinese state-owned firm poses environmental ris
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Accra [Ghana], March 21 (ANI): Ghana's bauxite deal with a Chinese state-owned firm draws sharp criticism from environmentalists who warned that mining in the country's key forests would pose environmental risks.
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Poor quality environments contribute to 13 per cent of deaths in Europe: E
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Poor environmental conditions in European countries contribute to as much as one in eight deaths, a report on the environmental risks to health released by the European Environment Agency (EEA) released on Tuesday said.
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Filter Concept is making revolutions in the industrial Air filtration segm
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat), India, Aug 31 (ANI/PRNewswire): According to WHO, air pollution is the greatest environmental risk to health. The microscopic air pollutants such as particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5), airborne lead, VOCs, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, and more create seriou
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Pharmaceutical residues in fresh water pose environmental risk
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 24 (ANI): A new research now finds that over the past two decades, concentrations of pharmaceuticals have increased in freshwater sources all over the world.
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Candor International School conferred prestigious 'Green Pentagon Awa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): Candor International School conferred prestigious 'iCare Green Pentagon Award' to inspire sustainable pattern of development while eliminating environmental risk factors which contribute majorly to the global toll of more than ten million child death
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