The Latest Breaking News from Pollution

This past week, two of Thailand's largest cities, Bangkok and Chiang Mai, earned the ignominious privilege of being among the 10 cities of the world with the worst air quality during that period. The Ministry of Public Health has blamed air pollution for causing 200,000 hospital admissions in the past…

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.

Chiang Mai had the world's worst air pollution with the air quality index of 180 at 4am on Sunday, according to a leading pollution website.

Work-from-home measures will be implemented in Bangkok if the hazardous pollution levels caused by ultra-fine particles do not improve soon, said Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda on Saturday.

More than 31,000 people in Bangkok and 1.4 million nationwide have developed respiratory diseases due to haze pollution since Jan 1, according to the Public Health Ministry.

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

Beijing and other parts of the region have been inundated by a wave of dust and pollution blown down from Mongolia, triggering the first sandstorm warning of the year

Chancellor Olaf Scholz denounces ‘brutal act’ after suspected gunman found dead. Plus, the people who inherit hobbies from loved ones

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

Plastic pollution of the world's oceans has reached "unprecedented levels" over the past 15 years, according to a new scientific study. The authors are calling for a legally binding international treaty to stop the harmful waste.