Filter bed beside Afon Rheidol Water draining from an adjacent disused silver-lead mine is passed through these filter beds so as to allow the toxic heavy metals to settle out, thereby reducing pollution of the river.

Experts warn of cardiovascular risk from heavy metal pollution

29 August 2018

Even low doses of toxic chemicals in the environment pose a significant risk to cardiovascular health, according to a report in today’s edition of The BMJ, led by researchers at the University of Cambridge. The researchers have also challenged the omission of environmental risk factors such as toxic metal contaminants in water and foods from the recent World Health Organization report on non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

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Farmer from the Indian state of Bihar

Changing the face of Indian farming

25 October 2017

Indian agriculture is expected to feed a growing and increasingly urbanised population. But if everyone wants to move to towns and cities, who is left to farm the land?

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