Entries by Laia
Pollution causes structural changes in children’s brains.
Being exposed to air pollutants in the womb and during the first eight and a half years of life alters the structural connectivity of the child’s brain, month by month. In particular, the greatest changes occur the greater the contamination received in the first five years. This is the conclusion reached by the ISGlobal study, […]
The solution to the ammonia problem.
The evolution of the livestock sector in Spain in recent years has made it essential to draw up a new standard that includes different environmental and animal welfare aspects. Its articles 10 and 11, Royal Decree 306/2020 of February 11, and the European Directive 2016/2284 on emission reduction require an immediate reduction of ammonia emissions, […]
The “new” food production and its problems.
Actually, no, it’s not new. The macro farms began to be installed in the decade of the sixties. We have been consuming animal products that come from macro-farms for many years. But for you to understand what has happened recently and why they are being talked about now, I have to explain to you, first, […]
The ammonia problem on farms.
The metropolitan area of Barcelona and El Vallès are the hot spots for pollution. A large part of the polluting gases is generated there. In these environments, the majority of polluting agents come from industrial activity and traffic by land, sea, and air. But each summer with the arrival of heat, another problem is added […]
48 million birds slaughtered and the first human case detected.
Health confirms the first case of avian influenza in humans in Spain in a worker of a poultry farm. Europe has suffered for a year the largest outbreak of avian influenza (H5N1) since there are records, according to a report published Monday by the European Center for Disease Control (ECDC). The ECDC data for all […]
Pollution causes structural changes in children’s brains
An ISGlobal study shows how this organ is “particularly vulnerable” to pollution not only during pregnancy but also in childhoodBeing exposed to air pollutants in the womb and during the first eight and a half years of life alters the structural connectivity of the child’s brain, month by month. In particular, the greatest changes occur […]
Bird flu returns to Europe and Spain
Avian flu is hitting farms and parks in Spain, forcing specimens to be sacrificed and parks to be closed, such as El Soto in Mostoles, where a hundred dead wild birds appeared from one day to the next. Avian flu or avian influenza (AI) is a disease of birds that represents a global threat not […]
Brussels fails Madrid and Catalonia in their efforts to reduce emissions. THEY ARE NOT ENOUGH.
Spain faces the European Commission during a trial on the quality of the air in the country. The European Commission affirmed this Thursday that the measures implemented in recent years by Madrid, Barcelona, Vallès Oriental and Occidental and Baix-Llobregat to reducing nitrogen dioxide emissions and complying with the community directives on air quality have not […]