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Posts Tagged ‘ pollution ’

Five Most Pressing Environmental Issues Announced

by: Verity Mulkeen | 05 June 2009 | section: Round Ups Argentina

Internationally, ‘Environment Day’ is celebrated on the 5th June every year. Interestingly, this is the day that the Argentine government chooses to announce the five most pressing issues threatening the environment in Argentina: Climate change, deforestation, water, waste and conservation of protected areas

Tags: climate change, global warming, pollution
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Alexandre Orion – Exposing the City

by: Kate Stanworth | 27 June 2008 | printed in: Edition 40 | section: Art

“Graffiti is a crime,” Brazilian street artist Alexandre Orion reminds me, as we chat during Puma’s International Urban Art Festival in Buenos Aires. Obvious that may be, but its controversial status seems easy to forget in a world where top graffiti artists’ discarded pizza boxes are sold to fans on eBay.

Tags: graffiti, pollution, street art
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Troubled Waters: the Matanza-Riachuelo river basin

by: Lindsey Hoshaw | 23 May 2008 | printed in: Edition 38 | section: Environment

Toxic chemical residue and methane gas bubbles are a thing of momentary concern to most tourists who pass the end of the 64km Matanza-Riachuelo river, on their way to the vibrant buildings that make up Caminito, in La Boca.

Tags: la boca, pollution, sewage
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Poor Bear Burden of Industrialisation

by: Sanra Ritten | 19 October 2007 | printed in: Edition 27 | section: Environment

The Blacksmith Institute, in its second annual report, found that the top ten worst polluting sites in the world are in developing countries. The institute ranks places according to the scale and toxicity of the pollution and on the numbers of people at risk, particularly focusing on the health impact of children. And surprisingly, Argentina figured in the organsition’s new ‘Dirty Thirty’ list for the first time.

Tags: health, pollution, toxic
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