In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic consumed humanity’s attention, our species ran through 4.5 trillion doses of myriad pharmaceuticals. In India alone, one drug, paracetamol — a pain reliever used to treat…

From BBC Published25 minutes agoSharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Hussein Faleh/BBC News Major oil companies are not declaring a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions, a BBC News investigation…

In April 2022, a Texas company unveiled a plan to transform a tiny Pennsylvania town into an industrial hub: it would invest $1.1 billion into building a manufacturing plant that…

From BBC Published42 minutes agoSharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Nils Reinecke A group of German residents are suing their government over “dangerously” high air pollution levels there. They claim…

JEMBER, Indonesia — Earlier this month, Siti Aisyah Amini, a fourth-year law student, took a break from campus life in Semarang, Indonesia, to attend the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Committee…

From BBC Published4 days agoSharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images A study of school uniforms in the US and Canada reveals high levels of so-called “forever chemicals”. The…