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Sep 4, 2019 · The Norwegian Institute of Public Health wants regular testing of PFAS levels in Norwegians' blood. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) believes Norwegians should undergo regular testing to monitor levels of the environmental toxin PFAS. NIPH is currently conducting the first large-scale study of PFAS levels in the Norwegian population.
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Study: Risk of giving birth to small babies increases when the mother lives farther from green spaces. Opinion: Nuclear power is a friend of nature and the environment. These small bacteria eat huge amounts of methane.
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How can Norway’s sickness absence rates be reduced? Here’s …
3 days ago · Currently, the employer only pays for the first 16 days of sickness absence, after which the state takes over. The employment committee, which includes labour market representatives and experts, discussed a new financing model in 2021 to reduce long-term absenteeism. The model suggested reducing the employer's period to 12 days, while requiring ...
Massive snowfall and unusually freezing temperatures in Norway – …
Jan 6, 2024 · A temperature of minus 43.5 degrees Celsius was recorded in Kautokeino. In other places in Norway, schools are closed due to large amounts of snow. Published saturday 06. January 2024 - 07:10. In Kautokeino, a temperature of minus 43.5 degrees Celsius was recorded on Thursday. In Oslo, the forecast for Friday and Saturday was down to 30 degrees ...
Is Norway a climate laggard compared to Sweden and Denmark?
Feb 13, 2024 · According to VG, Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Finland have cut their emissions by between 35 and 49 per cent since 1990. Norway has only cut 4.6 per cent, according to Environment Norway. This is despite the fact that Norway has a target of cutting 55 per cent of emissions by 2030.
How healthy and climate friendly is Norwegian farmed salmon?
Mar 18, 2021 · When the researchers compared salmon with meat from pork, cattle and chicken, they found that salmon is higher in terms of many important nutrients. “When it comes to iron and zinc, animal meat is higher. But farmed salmon beats animal meat when it comes to Omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin B12, vitamin D, iodine and selenium,” Hallström said.
Norwegian study reveals long Covid also among non-infected …
Apr 20, 2023 · The study is based on a group of around 500 youths between the ages of 12 and 25, as reported by Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten (link in Norwegian).. After thorough investigations, the researchers found that half of those who had been infected had long Covid. Surprisingly, they found the same result among youths who had not been infected with Covid-19.
Climate change is a bigger field of research in Norway than in …
Nov 3, 2020 · In 2019, Norwegian researchers published 1,56 per cent of all the research on climate change in the world. The country that contributed the most to this field of research was the USA. “Norway is obviously a very small contributor in any field of research. Still, research is a global effort where everybody has to do their part”, says Aksnes.