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85 organizations call on WHO to revise drinking water nitrate standards in place since 1958

Greenpeace, WONCA and the European Environmental Bureau sent an open letter to the WHO demanding that nitrates be included in the upcoming revision of the drinking-water quality guidelines. The current limit of 50 mg/l was set in 1958 to prevent blue baby syndrome, but, according to the signatories, it does not take into account new evidence linking nitrates to bowel cancer and preterm birth.

Aziz Karimov
3 min read
Science

Greenpeace: A network of 'ocean sanctuaries' in the Atlantic could protect leatherback turtles

A Greenpeace International report titled 'Well Connected' states that creating a network of fully protected marine reserves in the open Atlantic would protect more than 35% of 'risk zones' for leatherback turtles, which face industrial fishing. The organization identified 17 areas covering more than 31% of the Atlantic's open waters. The report was published ahead of the UN biodiversity conference CBD COP17 in Armenia, where progress toward the goal of protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030 will be assessed for the first time.

Madina Usmonova
2 min read