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Much of Bangkok was covered with unsafe levels of PM2.5 dust, averaging 72.6 microgrammes per cubic metre (µg/m3), from 5am-7am on Tuesday, according to City Hall's daily air quality report.

Bangkok Post

Minister confident of pollution safeguard's success

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen is confident of the success of a proposed pollution safeguard mechanism, despite the Greens' concerns with the scheme.

AAP

NI Primary schools asking parents to stop poisonous car idling

A child’s exposure to pollution is significantly higher during school time

Belfast Live

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Pollution sensing backpacks to help kids breathe easier

Melbourne school children are set to hit the streets kitted out in special air quality monitoring backpacks as part of a study to monitor pollution.

AAP

Justice Dept. sues Louisiana polluters

"EPA is finally treating this health crisis for what it is — an emergency"

Salon

No, the Fukushima water release is not going to kill the Pacific Ocean

Japanese authorities are preparing to release treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, nearly 12 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. This will relieve pressure on more than 1,000 storage tanks, creating much-needed space for other vital remediation works. But the plan has attracted controversy.

The Conversation

Toxic Launders Lane fires making residents ‘prisoners in their own homes’

Locals are anxiously awaiting air quality tests

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Concern that Chiang Mai PM2.5 may slow tourism

Levels of PM2.5 dust in the air in the North – particularly in Chiang Mai – on Saturday reached a record high, raising concerns among tourism operators that the situation will affect tourism and travel patterns.

Bangkok Post

Warning issued after 2 weeks of smog in Lampang

Health warnings were issued on Saturday as the northern province of Lampang entered a second week contending with heavy smog from agricultural burning that has generated an excess of particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5).

Bangkok Post

Solutions sought as North ravaged by toxic PM2.5

The National Environment Board (NEB) will beef up preventive measures against PM2.5 ultrafine dust after 17 northern provinces have seen smog pollution hit crisis levels.

Bangkok Post

New disease caused by plastics discovered in seabirds

Natural History Museum scientists say plasticosis, which scars digestive tract, likely to affect other types of bird too

The Guardian - UK

Here's why it's hard to clean up toxic waste from the East Palestine train derailment

Nearly two million gallons of wastewater and thousands of cubic yards of contaminated soil have already been removed from the site, with more to go. Every aspect of removal is governed by regulations.

WEKU

Winvic Construction fined £160,000 for polluting brook at East Midlands Gateway

Water near East Midlands Gateway site was apparently ‘running red with silt pollution’

Birmingham Post

EPA orders Norfolk Southern to test for "highly toxic" dioxins in Ohio train derailment

Dioxins can cause cancer, damage the immune system and lead to problems with developmental processes and reproductive health.

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Daily Mirror

Streets polluted by plastic and toxic chemicals in plague of discarded single-use e-cigs

MIRROR SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Single-use vapes are also posing a significant health threat to wildlife, sea life and birds as they contain materials and poisonous substances including plastic, lithium and nicotine

Tribune News Service

Tijuana sewage isn't only in Imperial Beach waves. It's in the air. And San Diegans are breathing it

SAN DIEGO — Sewage pollution spilling over the border from Tijuana into the San Diego region not only threatens the health of surfers and swimmers but potentially those simply breathing the air.

Chronicle Live

Firm told to pay almost £26,000 after releasing 'unregulated and smelly gases' into the air in South Tyneside

BioConstruct New Energy Limited has been told to pay a substantial fine for breaching its environmental permit

The Guardian - US

Not a breath of fresh air: study finds sewage bacteria in ocean spray

Pathogens such as E coli, norovirus and salmonella can be blown miles into coastal communities after a rainstorm

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The Independent UK

Communities await first US limits on 'forever chemicals'

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable

The Guardian - AU

David Pocock wants urgent action on carbon credits before vote on key climate policy

Crossbench senator’s support is crucial if government is to introduce planned revamp of safeguard mechanism

Manchester Evening News

'Thousands' of dead fish found in major river - and experts are still searching for the cause

The pollution in the river between Macclesfield and Prestbury left white foam on the water's surface

Wales Online

Pollution leak from business turns river bright green

The source has been discovered

The Guardian - UK

River Ouse may become first in England to gain legal rights

Lewes council passes motion recognising Sussex river’s rights to protection, amid growing concerns over pollution of waterways

Tribune News Service

Emitting greenhouse gases in Washington state? Here's who will need to pay up to pollute

SEATTLE — Blue and orange flames flicker and whir within five massive natural gas-fired boilers, visible only through hatches where coal used to be shoveled.

The Independent UK

Scientists find air pollution in East Palestine which could impact long term health, despite EPA assurances

Local officials say tests in the area have shown chemical levels are not concerning

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