Chinese Study Finds Suicide Rates Spike When Air Quality Drops
A new study including data from some 1,400 air quality monitoring stations across China has found that suicide rates rise as air quality declines.
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A new study including data from some 1,400 air quality monitoring stations across China has found that suicide rates rise as air quality declines.
In a new study published in Volume 15 of the journal Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, researchers from Wuhan University of Science and Technology revealed that even a modest increase of 10 μg m−3 in O3 concentration was associated with a hazard ratio of 1.18 for all-cause mortality, indicating an 18% higher risk of death.
By Liu Yi, Kou Jiangze There have been significantly more "blue sky" days over recent years, said Zou Yi, a Beijing citizen. Since 2013, Zou has taken photos of the sky at a fixed spot in Beijing's Chaoyang district every day, as a way to record the changes in air…
Tibet wants to bottle up much more of the region’s water resources, despite shrinking glaciers and the impact that exploitation of precious resources would have on neighboring countries.This week, the Tibet Autonomous Region’s government released a 10-year plan to encourage the massive expansion of the bottled water industry in the ecologically fragile region.The target is to
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