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  Hello! It's been a long time since I left a personal story like this, right? But something big happened to me these days, so I really wanted to share it with many people! The big deal was to apply to the university I really, really want to go to, and I applied to Tsinghua University in China on October 15. Oh, my God! I'm so excited. The document results will be released next week. As I said in a previous posting, I am interested in sustainable developments,  Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS), water purification, and environmental improvement, so I applied for environmental engineering in university applications. I applied for the Department of Environmental Engineering at Tsinghua University(Always first priority, to me), and I have been working hard so I hope it goes well. I'm nervous and excited every day since I applied. If you're reading this, please pray that I can get accepted to Tsinghua. The Building of Environmental Engineering in Tsinghua

  While European governments, including Denmark, Sweden and Germany, are considering the so-called meat tax, studies have shown that imposing heavy taxes on actual meat significantly reduces deaths and medical costs. The BBC and other foreign media reported on the 7th (local time) that a research team at Oxford University analyzed the impact of the introduction of "meat tax" on deaths and medical costs in 149 countries that consume meat. The researchers conducted the study assuming that the government of high-income countries imposes 20 percent tax on meat and 110 percent tax on meat processed foods. In doing so, consumers in high-income countries expected to cut meat consumption by two people a week. As a result, the number of deaths per year across the country will decrease by 220,000 and medical-related costs will decrease by 30.6 billion pounds (about 45 trillion won). The research team also predicted that if the British government applies 14 percent tax rates to meat and

  The habit of touching receipts and waiting tables often with bare hands can have an adverse effect on your health. This is because of Bisphenol A (BPA) which is a representative environmental hormone (endocrine disruptor) in receipts and plastics. Endocrine disruptors replace hormones with similar structures in the human body, causing various diseases such as reproductive function problems, cancer and brain tumors. A commonly used heat-reducing receipt is engraved with letters in such a way that colors appear at the point when heated on the paper. Bisphenol A is a chemical coated on the surface of the thermal paper, which penetrates into the human body through the skin only with simple contact. According to the U.S. environmental group In vitro Mental Working Group (EWG), the amount of bisphenol A in a single receipt is hundreds of times more than that from canned drinks or milk bottles. Overseas studies have shown that touching a receipt with a lotion can be absorbed better, or that

  Oct. 16 is the "World Food Day" set by the FAO. As interest in the global environment has increased since the spread of new coronavirus infections (Corona 19), changing the diet to cope with the climate crisis has become more important this year. The study also draws attention to the urgent need to change the diet of the Group of 20 major countries. According to the Norwegian non-profit organization EAT's "Eating Habits for a Better Future" (2020), the G20 countries account for 75 percent of the world's food-related greenhouse gas emissions, based on an analysis of dietary habits, health and climate change causality. The conclusion is that in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to achieve the goals of the Paris Convention, a change in the diet of the G20 countries should be made first. "If the G20 countries, which occupy a huge position in the global food system, increase their consumption of fruits, vegetables, beans and nuts, and reduc

  Most of the Food Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDGs) by country are not enough to achieve global goals for the climate crisis and health, including the Paris Climate Change Convention, according to a study. They argue that the current dietary guidelines need to be improved. The FBDG is a recommended guideline for each country, focusing on food rather than nutrients. According to a recent study by Dr. Marco Springmann's team in public health at Oxford University published in the British Journal of Medicine, an analysis of dietary guidelines in 85 countries around the world showed that 98 percent were not effective enough to fail either global environmental or health task goals. The researchers considered goals such as the Paris Climate Change Convention to keep global warming below 2°C and global health tasks to reduce mortality from chronic diseases. "We were very surprised by the results," Marco said. "Some countries, such as the United States and the United Kingdom,

  The WWF announced on the 30th that it will publish Living Planet Report 2018 in 89 countries including Korea at the same time. The report, published every other year by WWF, comprehensively sheds light on the impact of various human consumption and development activities on species and forests, oceans, rivers and climate change throughout the globe. It is widely cited by various governments and research institutes as references. The contents of this year's report were analyzed based on the latest data collected until 2014. The Global Life Report revealed how excessive agriculture, foreign species and new diseases affected biodiversity, health and population. The "unsustainable development" of mankind has dealt an all-round blow to the oceans, forests, coral reefs and wetlands. Twenty percent of the Amazon jungle has disappeared in just 50 years, and coral reefs have halved in 30 years. In particular, the number of vertebrates living on Earth has decreased by 60 percent