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Childhood Obesity Surges Across Developing Nations as Rates Stabilise in Wealthier Countries, Global Study Finds

Scientists found that obesity among school-aged children and adolescents increased in nearly every country over the past four decades. But while some high-income countries are beginning to slow the pace…

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Endangered Species Day highlights wildlife wins — and mounting losses

At least 18,000 animal species globally are threatened with extinction: they’re listed as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered by the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority. Sustained conservation efforts have resulted in…

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Read more about the article Toxic Arsenic Detected in Mekong River for First Time as Mining Pollution Raises Alarm Across Southeast Asia
Thai authorities have detected dangerous arsenic contamination in the Mekong and its tributaries, raising fears that unregulated upstream mining in Myanmar is threatening ecosystems and livelihoods across the river basin. Image: Parker Hilton, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Unsplash.

Toxic Arsenic Detected in Mekong River for First Time as Mining Pollution Raises Alarm Across Southeast Asia

According to Thailand’s Pollution Control Department, sediment samples collected in March from three monitoring stations along the Mekong mainstream in the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai contained…

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