Environmental Risk
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About Environmental Risk
These two volumes collect in convenient form a selection of authoritative and influential articles on the subject of environmental risk. The topics of the articles range from classic or foundational works on the concept of risk, to recent essays on current issues in risk analysis.
Huge rare earth metals discovery in Arctic Sweden
... Permitting processes take time due to Environmental Risk evaluations...
Research call over MND risk to elite rugby players
... " Moreover, we know that the vast majority of cases of MND involve a complex mix of genetic and Environmental Risk factors, so the level of genetic risk may be different in high-performance athletes compared with the general population...
UK farmers call for weedkiller ban over Parkinson's fears
... In the UK, research charity Cure Parkinson s said exposure was " a well-recognised Environmental Risk factor" but Parkinson s UK said studies show " a small increased risk" at most...
Winter Olympics: Will the Beijing Games be 'green and clean'?
... " The BOC was alerted to the potential Environmental Risk in this area as early as 2015 by Chinese biologists, but the site was not moved elsewhere...
Huge rare earth metals discovery in Arctic Sweden
By Phelan ChatterjeeBBC News
Europe's largest deposit of Rare Earths - which are used from mobile phones to missiles - has been found in Sweden.
No Rare Earths are mined in Europe at The Moment and a Swedish minister hailed The Find as a way of reducing the EU's dependence On China .
The Discovery is also being seen as " decisive" for The Green transition, given the expected rise in demand for electric vehicles or Wind Turbines .
Some 98% of Rare Earths used in the EU in 2021 were imported from China.
Over one million tonnes are reported to have now been found in Sweden's Far North .
Although significant, that is a fraction of The World 's 120-million-tonne reserves, according to a US estimate.
The term that are used to make a range of products and infrastructure which are increasingly important to Everyday Life .
They can be found in mobiles, hard drives and trains. But they are also important for green technology including Wind Turbines and electric vehicles. Some are essential for military equipment like missile guidance systems.
Extraction is both difficult and potentially damaging to The Environment .
Demand for them is expected to.
" Lithum and Rare Earths will soon be more important than oil and gas, " the EU's internal market commissioner Thierry Breton said Last Year .
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Swedish Energy Minister Ebba Busch said the EU was " way too dependent on other countries for these materials" and insisted a change was needed.
" Electrification, the EU's self-sufficiency and independence from Russia and China will begin in the mine" she asserted.
The newly discovered raw materials may not reach The Market before 10-15 years' time, the mining company's CEO Jan Mostrom said. Permitting processes take time due to Environmental Risk evaluations.
But Mr Mostrom called on authorities to speed up The Process , " to ensure increased mining of this type of raw material in Europe".
Source of news: bbc.com