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In the mountainous villages of northern Thailand, a health crisis unfolds each year as thick smoke blankets communities like Nong Krating. “The sky gets dark, it’s uncomfortable when we breathe,” explains Sawattiphon Wongkasettakon, a former village deputy chief, describing how…
A shocking new investigation has revealed that nearly one-third of shark meat sold in European markets contains dangerously high levels of toxic methylmercury—often without consumers even knowing they’re eating shark at all. Marine conservation groups tested shark meat samples from…
Sand and dust storms are becoming a growing global health crisis, with increasingly powerful weather systems exposing billions of people to dangerous air pollution levels. According to recent data reported by Mongabay, approximately 3.8 billion people faced dust exposure exceeding…
