The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

In a bid to control dust in the air, the main factor contributing to air pollution, BMC Commissioner on Sunday constituted a seven-member committee and directed it to submit a report within a week. Read further on Dynamite News:

Ozone air pollution is linked to a higher rate of hospitalisations for heart diseases, according to a study that marks the latest warning of the health dangers posed by greenhouse gases.

The council wants to reduce exposure to pollutants which can increase the risk of asthma

Skyscrapers in Beijing have disappeared into the haze and air quality plummeted as China’s capital is enveloped in a dust storm and heavy pollution

Operators pump a sea of “produced water” underground for disposal. Intensifying tremors raise fears that the deep toxic waste pits could intermingle with water used for farming and drinking.

Billions of tiny plastic beads, known as nurdles, have been washing up on beaches in the north of Spain and along France’s Atlantic coast. This is the result of industrial pollution on a massive scale. To understand how this form of pollution has gone undetected for so long, the Down…

US study finds bone loss occurs twice as fast among women living in areas with higher air pollution

The high levels of PM2.5 air pollution seen this month revive the question of what national and local governments could have done but failed to do. Within this, the proposed relocation of Bangkok Port out of the capital city -- part of the national master plan to reduce PM2.5 --…

The environment minister is under mounting pressure to force industry to deal with the waste it produces and stop relying on voluntary targets.