Sentences with phrase «deadly environment report»
Our 2013 Deadly Environment report found that Honduras was the second most deadly country on the planet to be an environmental or land defender, with 109 known killings between 2002 and 2013.
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The report, «Peru's Deadly Environment,» is being released today at a Manhattan event organized with the Alexander Soros Foundation.
Floods are the second deadliest of all weather - related hazards in the United States.57, 58 Elevated waterborne disease outbreaks have been reported in the weeks following heavy rainfall, 59 although other variables may affect these associations.60 Populations living in damp indoor environments experience increased prevalence of asthma and other upper respiratory tract symptoms.61
On harmful substances and hazardous waste, the report spotlights the historic adoption of the Minamata Convention on Mercury — a global, legally binding agreement to reduce mercury emissions and the first new global convention on environment and health for close to a decade — which was widely viewed as a major step forward in the global phase - out of the deadly heavy metal.