water pollution

A sewage spill in the lake raises concerns in Carlos Paz.

A serious sewage spill in the Costa Azul neighborhood, in the city of Carlos Paz, in Córdoba, is deeply worrying the residents. It involves hundreds of thousands of liters of substances without any kind of treatment. The spill occurred on...

Saint Paul discovers an economic method to remove micro and nanoplastics from water

Micro and nanoplastics have invaded every corner of the planet, from drinking water to the human body. These tiny fragments, invisible to the naked eye, infiltrate the soil, air, and living organisms, causing environmental and health impacts that are...

Salta: Children walk through contaminated waters to get to school

Parents take their sons and daughters to School 4820 in Rivadavia Banda Sur (Salta), facing obstacles such as walking long distances or crossing paths flooded with contaminated water. "We have asked for a wooden bridge to be built or for...

Dying of Thirst: Oil-contaminated waters worsen the crisis in South Sudan

The shepherds who collect **turbid water** from a small pond in the grasslands of **South Sudan** are very aware of the dangers they face if they drink it due to **oil contamination** and **chemicals**. The **floods** in Unity State are...

Devotion at the Yamuna River: Thousands of Indians bathe in its polluted waters

Thousands of Indians bathed in the Yamuna River, with contaminated but sacred waters, on the outskirts of New Delhi, despite the warnings from authorities. Krishnawati Devi, a 45-year-old mother, expressed her belief that the river's waters are pure and blessed...

From the kitchen to cosmetics: where does lead contamination reach?

Although we may not notice it, in different areas of everyday life we come across (https://noticiasambientales.com/medio-ambiente/arsenico-en-el-agua-estos-son-los-puntos-mas-criticos-de-argentina/). The main sources are mining, metallurgy, industrial manufacturing, recycling, and the addition to various products. Most of the lead used worldwide is employed to...

To compensate for marine pollution, artificial reefs are created

"We transform gray spaces into blue oases." This is the philosophy behind Ocean Ecostructures, a project born in Barcelona whose objective is to reverse the marine pollution caused by humans, regenerating life and biodiversity through innovative and pioneering technologies...

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More than 70 organizations rejected Argentina’s withdrawal from COP29.

More than **70 environmental organizations** and civil society rejected the withdrawal of Argentina from COP29. They warned, through a...