"Burning plastic releases harmful chemicals such as dioxins, furans and heavy metals into the air, which can have a range of health and welfare impacts such as lung diseases," Dr. Bharadwaj said.

Australian researchers have called for action to reduce the burning of plastic for heating and cooking in developing nations, warning of health risks. In a new study, researchers from Curtin ...

He is originally from Nepal and told Mongabay by phone that low-income people in Nepal commonly burn plastic in winter to keep warm and for cooking fuel. Plastic waste as fuel has become so common ...

UNC-Chapel Hill has withdrawn its application to burn pellets made of paper and plastic scraps instead of coal in its power ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Poor people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic to cook their food, warm their homes and boil water for hot showers. Waste plastic is ...

Burns may also become infected easily. Pain from a burn may get worse in the first few weeks as the burn heals. The color, texture, and feel of your skin will change as new skin and scar tissue form.

KUALA LANGAT: For years, the stretch of road leading from Kuala Langat to Klang would be covered in smog almost every night due to peat soil fires and open burning by vegetable farmers. But the ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Sydney, Feb 19 (IANS) Australian researchers have called for action to reduce the burning of plastic for heating and cooking in developing nations, warning of health risks.

During the spring burning season, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality is reminding North Carolinians: If it doesn’t grow, don’t burn it. Open burning is ...

“Burning plastic releases harmful chemicals such as dioxins, furans and heavy metals into the air, which can have a range of health and welfare impacts such as lung diseases,” Dr Bharadwaj said.