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Chuyên mục: Ô nhiễm – Pollution
Nhuệ-Đáy river basin polluted despite clean-up efforts
vietnamnews Update: February, 03/2018 – 09:00
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| A part of the Nhuệ River running through Thanh Trì District’ Hữu Hòa and Tả Thanh Oai communes. — VNA/VNS Photo Trọng Đạt |
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Nhuệ-Đáy river basin continues to suffer from pollution despite a range of environmental protection projects that have been carried out by several agencies, including Hà Nội’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
Lê Tuấn Định, deputy head of the department, said the level of pollution in the water had steadily worsened and that many stretches of the river were seriously polluted, especially during the dry season.
He said, the water quality in the Nhuệ and Đáy rivers would improve when they received water from the Hồng (Red) River.
However, statistics from the department show that the water level of the Hồng River has been low since 2003. Tiếp tục đọc “Nhuệ-Đáy river basin polluted despite clean-up efforts”
How can development cooperation address ocean plastic pollution?
23 January 2018
In the first weeks of 2018 there were (for me) unexpected announcements from both the EU and the UK Government on the urgent global issue of ocean plastic pollution. The EU intends to make all plastic packaging on the European market recyclable by 2030 and in her speech announcing the UK’s 25 Year Environment Plan, Prime Minister Theresa May committed the UK to eliminating all “avoidable plastic waste” by 2042. The Prime Minister also said it would direct UK aid to help developing nations reduce plastic waste, which could indicate a new direction for the UK’s and other countries’ aid programmes.
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Ministry acts first on environment
Last update 11:04 | 26/01/2018
VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has asked agencies to comment on its special project to control companies thought to be likely of polluting the environment – even industries not yet in operation, such as power plants.
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| A worker at a steel smelting machine.— VNA/VNS Photo Hoang Nguyen |
Tran Hieu Nhue from the Viet Nam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment said the project was imperative, especially after the massive death of fish in the central provinces in 2016.
“When we clearly name producers at high risk of polluting the environment, it is easier to force them to fix the situation,” he said. Tiếp tục đọc “Ministry acts first on environment”
Dangerous levels of untreated waste in water samples
Last update 11:51 | 26/01/2018
VietNamNet Bridge – The content of untreated waste in a pond at a company in the northwestern province of Dien Bien exceeded national standards dozens of times, said the provincial Environmental Police Department.
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| Dien Bien Province’s Environmental Police Department reports content of untreated waste in the Hong Diep–Dien Bien Starch JSC’s pond exceeded the national standard dozens of times. — Photo vov.vn |
Local media reported on January 14 and 15 that hundreds of cubic metres of wastewater flowed into the Nam Nua Stream after a waste tank, belonging to a cassava starch-processing factory of Hong Diep–Dien Bien Starch JSC, cracked open, polluting the stream with a foul-smelling dark liquid and killing hundreds of fish. Tiếp tục đọc “Dangerous levels of untreated waste in water samples”
Photochemical smog threatens public health in HCM City
Last update 18:49 | 24/01/2018
People living in HCM City are suffering from photochemical smog, a kind of air pollution that’s harmful to human health.
HCM City people suffer from photochemical blindness, a kind of air pollution that’s harmful to human health.— Photo nld.com.vn
Photochemical smog is caused by the interaction of solar ultraviolet radiation, engine exhaust emissions and industrial emissions.
It has become a frequent phenomenon in recent years, especially during the hot and dry summer months. Photochemical smog is widespread in large cities such as Hà Nội and HCM City, posing increasingly serious risks to public health. Tiếp tục đọc “Photochemical smog threatens public health in HCM City”
Death toll from air pollution four times higher than traffic accidents
Last update 07:50 | 12/01/2018
VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Le Viet Phu, a lecturer at Fulbright University, says the damages caused by air pollution to Vietnam in 2013 could be assessed up to $10 billion.
Vietnam is among 10 countries with the worst air quality
The figure was calculated based on WTP approaching method, which considers the willingness to pay for reduction in air pollution.
In 2013, the number of deaths because of PM 2.5 dust was 40,000, including 3,000 in HCMC. Tiếp tục đọc “Death toll from air pollution four times higher than traffic accidents”
Forty per cent of global e-waste comes from Asia
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scidev.net_[NEW DELHI] Humans generated a staggering 44.7 million metric tonnes of electronic waste (e-waste) in 2016 — the equivalent of 4,500 Eiffel Towers, and five per cent more than the electrical and electronic goods discarded just two years earlier, says a new study.
The trend is set to continue, with volumes of e-waste expected to rise to 52.2 million metric tonnes by 2021. Tiếp tục đọc “Forty per cent of global e-waste comes from Asia”
Mời tham gia khảo sát về chất lượng không khí tại Việt Nam
️MỜI THAM GIA KHẢO SÁT VỀ CHẤT LƯỢNG KHÔNG KHÍ VIỆT NAM 2017 tại đây http://bit.ly/ONhiemKhongKhi
Quan sát trong hai năm qua cho thấy, ô nhiễm không khí là một trong những chủ đề môi trường, xã hội và kinh tế rất đáng quan tâm ở Việt Nam.
♻️ Chất lượng không khí ở Việt Nam đang trong tình trạng đáng báo động. WHO đã có thư gửi đến nhân viên của họ tại Hà Nội để cảnh báo về vấn đề ô nhiễm không khí đang ở mức nguy hiểm tại Hà Nội thời gian gần đây. Trong thời gian tới, không khí ở Hà Nội sẽ tiếp tục duy trì tình trạng này, và có khả năng đạt ngưỡng như các thành phố ô nhiễm nhất thế giới như Dehi (Ấn Độ), Bắc Kinh (Trung Quốc) và Ulaanbaatar (Mông Cổ). Tiếp tục đọc “Mời tham gia khảo sát về chất lượng không khí tại Việt Nam”
Mưu sinh trên “núi” rác
Với nhiều người, rác là nguồn thu nhập, là sinh kế không chỉ giúp họ mưu sin; mà còn nuôi sống cả gia đình, là tiền học phí của con, là viện phí của cha mẹ… Thậm chí, những người dân mưu sinh tại bãi rác Nam Sơn (Sóc Sơn, Hà Nội) còn tự nhận cuộc đời của họ là “sống trong rác, chết vùi trong rác”.
Liệu ô nhiễm không khí đang gây sạt lở đất ở Trung Quốc? – Is air pollution causing landslides in China?
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- • Cracks caused by mining under the potential slide rock mass ruptured the aquiclude.
- • Acid rain supplied nutrients to organisms decomposing organic matrix in the shale.
- • Acid rain reduced strength of the shale layer on which the failure surface formed.
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Gánh nặng bệnh tật do nhiệt điện đốt than ở Đông Nam Á – Burden of Disease from Rising Coal-Fired Power Plant Emissions in Southeast Asia
Shannon N. Koplitz*† 
, Daniel J. Jacob‡, Melissa P. Sulprizio‡, Lauri Myllyvirta§, and Colleen Reid∥
, Daniel J. Jacob‡, Melissa P. Sulprizio‡, Lauri Myllyvirta§, and Colleen Reid∥† Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 United States
‡ John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 United States
§ Greenpeace International, 1066 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
∥ Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309 United States
Environ. Sci. Technol., 2017, 51 (3), pp 1467–1476
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b03731
Publication Date (Web): January 12, 2017
Copyright © 2017 American Chemical Society
*Phone: 617 496 9428; e-mail: skoplitz@fas.harvard.edu.
Abstract
Southeast Asia has a very high population density and is on a fast track to economic development, with most of the growth in electricity demand currently projected to be met by coal. From a detailed analysis of coal-fired power plants presently planned or under construction in Southeast Asia, we project in a business-as-usual scenario that emissions from coal in the region will triple to 2.6 Tg a–1 SO2 and 2.6 Tg a–1 NOx by 2030, with the largest increases occurring in Indonesia and Vietnam. Simulations with the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model show large resulting increases in surface air pollution, up to 11 μg m–3 for annual mean fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in northern Vietnam and up to 15 ppb for seasonal maximum 1 h ozone in Indonesia. We estimate 19 880 (11 400–28 400) excess deaths per year from Southeast Asian coal emissions at present, increasing to 69 660 (40 080–126 710) by 2030. 9000 of these excess deaths in 2030 are in China. As Chinese emissions from coal decline in coming decades, transboundary pollution influence from rising coal emissions in Southeast Asia may become an increasing issue.
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Beyond recycling: solving e-waste problems must include designers and consumers
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