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 | Environment This section contains articles about science, nature, medicine, anthropology, health and the human spirit. | |
| | | | | England bans single-use plastic products and packaging by Ovi Magazine Guest England bans single-use plastic products. From October, plastic tableware, Styrofoam cups and certain food packaging may no longer be sold or used. | | | Insulin, first use by The Ovi Team 23rd January, 1922: The first injection of Insulin (called isletin originally) on Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old diabetic who lay dying at the Toronto General Hospital on 11th January 1922 caused a severe allergic reaction. | | | Go Figure by Jan Sand Like the average guy I shop for various items in a store and try to keep the prices in my head so that when I approach the cash register I have a vague idea about how badly I am about to be hit... | |
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| | Lick Observatory by The Ovi Team January 3rd 1888; the refracting telescope at the Lick Observatory, measuring 91 cm in diameter, is used for the first time. It was the largest telescope in the world at the time.
| | | The birth of quantum theory by The Ovi Team December 14th 1900; German physicist Max Planck publishes his groundbreaking study of the effect of radiation on a "blackbody" substance, and the quantum theory of modern physics is born. | | | Celebrating Mountain Life by The Ovi Team December 11th; International Mountain Day. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the International Year of Mountains, the International Mountain Day strives to achieve a stronger engagement of actors/institutions and... | | | International Animal Rights Day by The Ovi Team December 10th. Sometimes we forget that humans are not the only animals on this planet with rights and ironically the international day for the animal's rights is exactly the same day with the International day for the Human Rights!!! | | | International Civil Aviation Day by The Ovi Team December 7th is the International Civil Aviation Day. On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, ICAO, born on 7 December 1944, established International Civil Aviation Day in 1994 through an Assembly. | | | Great Smog by The Ovi Team The environment had shown all the signs before Kyoto or Copenhagen, now is up to us to make the difference. December 4th, 1952; deadly smog created by the smoke soot and sulphur dioxide from the factories... | | | Bhopal Chemical Accident by The Ovi Team December 3rd, 1984; Thousands of people die from the effects of toxic gases which leaked from Bhopal Union Carbide Factory near the central Indian city of Bhopal. | | | | next | |
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