English Time with Yves

  Raw sewage keeps swimmers away from UK beaches  Watch:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2BmJI_5s3s The UK is experiencing "poonami" – a sewage crisis. The environmental group Greenpeace said water   companies poured toilet waste into rivers and seas for more than 300,000 hours in 2022. Many people have complained about becoming sick after swimming in the sea. Others expressed concerns about the terrible smell on beaches, or the horrible brown colour of the water.  The research company Savanta conducted a poll about people's opinions on the poor quality of water. Almost a quarter of swimmers said they might not swim in the sea this year because of the risk. Last week, at least 57 people got diarrhoea after competing in sea swimming events at a World Triathlon Championship. England and Wales are the only countries in the world to have privatized their water  and sewage services. The UK government sold its water to private companies in 1987. The compan...

  Top US doctor wants social media health warnings    Watch :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N4E5QXDv4Y Social media has changed the world. There are good and bad things about it. One bad thing is that it can cause mental health problems. This is something the USA's top   doctor  wants to address. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants social media companies to display mental health warnings on their platforms. He is particularly worried about the harm the platforms do to young people. He said algorithms lead youngsters to extreme sexual and violent content. Dr Murthy said: "It is time to require a surgeon general's warning label on social media platforms, stating that social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents." He said laws were also needed to keep young people safe online. Dr Murthy has campaigned for tighter controls of social media for many years. In 2023, he warned that social media presented, "a profoun...