Is our drinking water contaminated with forever chemicals? (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
Academics and activists looking to win the hearts and minds of the public and politicians need to explain environmental hazards in language that most people can relate to, a conference heard Monday.
Panelists at an online confab organized by the Environment and Health Fund warned that academic reports and big-picture problems would fail to sway decision-makers or ignite grassroots pressure from the street.
“The average citizen doesn’t connect the macro-problems, [doesn’t link] the things in the atmosphere that are far away, with, for example, one’s asthma,” said Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, an economist who served in the Knesset from 2015 to 2017 and now teaches at Tel Aviv University.
Health Ministry reports 5,815 new coronavirus
Ynet |
Published: 02.01.21 , 21:11
The Health Ministry Monday evening reported that 5,815 new coronavirus cases have been diagnosed since midnight.
The death toll since the start of the pandemic rose to 4,813.
Out of 73,387 battling the disease, 1,139 are in serious condition, with 325 connected to ventilators.
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Health Ministry reports 6,015 new coronavirus cases
Ynet |
Published: 01.25.21 , 20:02
The Health Ministry Monday evening reported that 6,015 new coronavirus cases have been diagnosed since midnight.
The death toll since the start of the pandemic rose to 4,478.
Out of 71,333 patients battling the disease, 1,174 are in serious condition, with 325 connected to ventilators.
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