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Utilities argue proposed EPA power plant rules are too strict, while environmental groups say they should reduce climate pollution even more.

Chennai-based 'Poovulagin Nanbargal' and 'Manthan Adhyayan Kendra' released a report highlighting health hazards caused by two thermal power stations and a mine in Neyveli and Cuddalore. Findings showed high levels of mercury, selenium and fluoride in drinking water sources, air and soil pollution, and lack of adequate health facilities. Report…

Exposure to relatively high levels of air pollution is associated with increased use of community mental health services by people with dementia, according to a large long-term study published in the open-access journal BMJ Mental Health. Read further on Dynamite News:

A new study raises questions about the quantity of plastic in the ocean, but the threat itself is clear

A new study suggests cutting pollution could reduce the use of such services by dementia patients by as much as 13%

Thousands of muddy plastic bottles and other waterlogged pieces of rubbish are piled onto a flatbed trailer on the banks of the Tisza River in Hungary — a metric ton of waste that was removed by hand from the waterway and its floodplain in a single day

Global study suggests connection has strengthened over time across every country and continent

The emergence of a possible link between air pollution and antibiotic resistance shows why action to clean up air is so badly needed

Researchers studied more than 5,000 patients with various types of dementia over a nine-year period.

The closure is equivalent to taking 110,000 cars off the road.

Can clean air zone cut pollution-linked deaths as doctors hope?