Environment – THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO

Microplastics Found In SEMEN And Female Reproductive Fluid

Microplastics are now present practically everywhere on Earth, from the Mariana Trench’s depths to the top of Everest. Now, it turns out even our most intimate moments can’t escape their blight. Scientists have found microplastics are ‘common’ in both male and female reproductive fluids. Additionally, they cautioned that the quality of the sperm and eggsContinue reading “Microplastics Found In SEMEN And Female Reproductive Fluid”

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The Disposable Vape Could Push 200,000 People Back To Smoking

The disposable vapes ban could push 200,000 people back to smoking when it comes into effect next month, a report warns. The law is aimed at protecting the environment and tackling a surge in youth vaping rates, which have skyrocketed from 0.8 percent in 2013 to 7.2 percent last year. But the Future Health ResearchContinue reading “The Disposable Vape Could Push 200,000 People Back To Smoking”

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Smokers Are Being Hammered By Jeremy Hunt

The price of rolling tobacco will soar as Jeremy Hunt hammered smokers with huge tax rises in his Autumn Statement. Announcing his latest financial package to the House of Commons, the Chancellor told MPs he would massively increase the duty on hand-rolling tobacco. This will rise by an additional 10 per cent above the tobaccoContinue reading “Smokers Are Being Hammered By Jeremy Hunt”

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Ten Ways Brexit Impacts Your Daily Life – And What’s To Come

It may be seven years since UK voters opted to exit the EU, but that has come with new consequences and a lot more to come. The Government is working out how to deliver its bonfire of EU rules after enraging Tory backbenchers with a screeching U-turn on the timescale. But changes to travel rules,Continue reading “Ten Ways Brexit Impacts Your Daily Life – And What’s To Come”

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The High Court Hears Evidence From Prince Harry

Prince Harry began giving evidence at the High Court for his phone hacking trial against the publisher of the Daily Mirror, becoming the first royal to testify in open court since 1891. Harry was sporting a navy suit and dark purple tie as he entered the witness box and swore an oath to tell theContinue reading “The High Court Hears Evidence From Prince Harry”

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Labour’s Ulez Britain

Labour is under pressure to rule out expanding a Ulez-style emissions tax from London to other major cities in the United Kingdom if it wins the next election. A policy document drafted by Sir Keir Starmer’s party supports the concept of clean air zones in major urban areas alongside the expansion of public transport. LondonContinue reading “Labour’s Ulez Britain”

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Don’t Swim In Britain’s Rivers

An Environment Agency boss urged Britons to not risk swimming in the country’s waterways amid lingering concern over sewage being deposited into them. John Leyland, the agency’s chief of staff, insisted rivers were not there for human bathing and were instead for the wildlife and the fish that live within them. It comes after dataContinue reading “Don’t Swim In Britain’s Rivers”