The government of Yap has launched an initial investigation into the cause of water discoloration and mass fish mortality that threaten the island’s seafood supply and raise public health concerns.

Pacific island nations are taking steps to strengthen the role of environmental agencies in regional health planning as governments confront the growing impacts of climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss and emerging disease threats.

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Koror (Office of the President) — Palau has asked the United Nations to place nicotine, the addictive molecule in cigarettes, vapes and pouches, under global drug control. Tobacco and nicotine products kill more than seven million people every year. Without decisive action, the WHO projects that up to one billion people could die from tobacco-related diseases this century. “We may be a small nation, but the scale of a problem has never deter