Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Yeniköy Power Plant in Muğla. Emissions from coal-fired power stations cause severe impacts on public health. A report from the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) estimates that in 2019, there were almost 5,000 premature deaths caused by pollution from coal-fired power stations in Turkey, and over 1.4 million work-days lost to illness.
Turkey hosts more than three thousand endemic plant species, has high diversity of other taxa, and is mostly covered by three of the world's thirty-five biodiversity hotspots. [1] Although some environmental pressures have been decoupled from economic growth , the environment still faces many threats, such as coal and diesel fuel emitting ...
Turkey has the highest rate of obesity in the WHO European Region; according to the European Obesity Report 2022 by WHO, more than 65% of adults are overweight or obese in Turkey. [23] Further, obesity in females (39.1%) is higher than in males (24.6%). [24] The increased prevalence of obesity in Turkey is attributed to the changes in dietary ...
Science & Tech. Shopping. Sports
Food companies will soon face tougher rules about marketing unhealthy snacks and fast-food items to kids. Sort of, and not soon enough. According to the Wall Street Journal (subscription required ...
Obesity crisis: pizza, pastries, chips, donuts, cookies, hot dogs, and burgers – just your average school lunch.
In the Early modern period, the fall of Constantinople and the Ottoman wars in Europe—part of European Christians' effort to stem the expansion of the Ottoman Empire, the predecessor to Turkey—helped fuel the development of anti-Turkism.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us