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The study investigated how air and noise pollution during pregnancy impact a child's mental health at different stages of development, such as early childhood and adolescence.

Party unveils plans for new regulator to tackle sewage crisis and banning bonuses for water firm CEOs as it vies for attention

Court finds Robert Pullinger guilty over pollution breaches.

THE number of Scots who support the rollout of low-emission zones (LEZs) has grown since last year, a poll suggests ...

Organisers expect 75% of identified bacterial pollution will be gone by the time the starting gun fires for the open water events

In a significant development for small island nations threatened by rising seas, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has found greenhouse gases constitute marine pollution.

For 140 years, gold mines in Johannesburg, South Africa have been leaking wastewater contaminated with heavy metals. The acid mine drainage from Johannesburg’s estimated 278 abandoned mines and 200 mine dumps includes uranium (a radioactive metal), toxic arsenic, copper, cobalt, nickel, lead and zinc. Acid mine drainage can pollute land…

Nobody really knows how much plastic is in the world’s rivers or where it accumulates.

Ten days into starting my PhD to research trace metal pollution, I found myself at a beautiful small private farm in rural Wales. A clear stream flowed past lush pastures and copses of trees, while sheep and horses grazed nearby. Even the nearby abandoned mine site, the reason for my…