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Exposure to air pollution may increase the risk of stroke

As we understand the winter season is here and air quality is already at alarming levels across the Delhi-NCR region. Hence, the risk of stroke is likely to double in these circumstances. The occurrence of ischaemic stroke is significantly higher in the winter season, especially when the temperature drops sharply…

The Times of India

Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution – here's how to clean your clothes more sustainably

Microplastics are turning up everywhere, from remote mountain tops to deep ocean trenches. They also are in many animals, including humans.

The Conversation

Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board asks public to celebrate a ‘smoke-free’ Bhogi

Celebrate a 'smoke-free' Bhogi by avoiding burning rubber tyres, plastic, and waste materials to prevent air pollution.

The Hindu

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Dyson’s global air quality study shows indoor air quality is worse than outdoors

Dyson unveiled the results of its first Global Connected Air Quality study… and the results are shocking

Evidence grows of air pollution link with dementia and stroke risk

Long-term UK study adds to body of research associating pollutants with declining brain health

The Guardian - UK

PM wants electric mass transit to cut PM2.5

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin vowed to promote electric mass transit to help solve the air pollution problem in Chiang Mai.

Bangkok Post

South West Water forced to apologise after sending hundreds of tanker loads of sewage to seaside resort

South West Water transported up to 240 tanker loads of sewage through Exmouth every day due to a burst pipe

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EU lawmakers eye tougher laws after plastic spill in Spain

EU lawmakers are considering strengthening plastic pollution laws in response to a recent spill in Spain. The aim is to address the growing issue of plasti...

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Thames Water bypassing local opposition in attempt to launch water recycling project

Company faced public backlash over scheme, which campaigners say threatens to increase river pollution

The Guardian - UK

Does air pollution make us lazy? Study links breathing toxic air to sedentary behaviour

Britons exposed to polluted air more likely to sit or lie down, researchers find

Evening Standard

Carbon pollution is down in the US, but not fast enough to meet Biden's 2030 goal, new report says

A new report says climate-altering pollution from greenhouse gases declined by nearly 2% in the United States in 2023, even as the economy expanded at a faster clip

The Independent UK

U.S. cut climate pollution in 2023, but not fast enough to limit global warming

Climate-warming greenhouse gasses in the U.S. declined 1.9% last year, but that's only a third of what's needed to meet Paris climate change goals.

WEKU

Choking smog hits 55 provinces

People in 55 of the 77 provinces were breathing dirty air on Wednesday morning, with red-coded pollution levels in 20 provinces, mainly in the Central Plains.

Bangkok Post

Conservative ‘failures’ have led to more sewage pollution, say water experts

Increased flooding blamed on years of government delays over ‘sponge cities’ rules

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Majority of cities far from clean air target, says study

The Centre’s ambitious attempt to improve air quality in some of India’s most polluted cities suggests that a majority of Indian cities are far from making significant progress. In 49 cities whose particulate matter numbers were consistently available for five years, 27 cities showed a decline in PM 2.5 —…

Bangkok Post

Smog worse, and spreading

Forty-eight of the 77 provinces had unsafe levels of ultra-fine dust on Tuesday morning, 21 of them reporting red-level air pollution.

The Hindu

TNPCB seeks more time to file detailed report on ammonia leak in Ennore

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has sought more time to file a detailed report before the southern bench of the National Green Tribunal on the ammonia leak from Coromandel International Limited.

The Texas Tribune

How Texas polluters classify big facilities as smaller ones to avoid stricter environmental rules and public input

Industrial developers describe large facilities as “minor” polluters to avoid federal permitting requirements, and environmental lawyers say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality lets it happen.

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Evening Standard

Storm Henk: Raw sewage spills onto public path in Surrey after treatment works flooded

The Horley treatment works near Gatwick Airport has flooded four times since October

The National (Scotland)

Scottish cities found to have 'cleanest air' in 'shocking' pollution study

GLASGOW and Edinburgh have been shown to have the “cleanest air” in a study of UK cities and towns.

The Independent UK

Native Hawaiian salt makers combat climate change and pollution to protect a sacred tradition

A salt patch on the island of Kauai is one of the last remaining in all of Hawaii

Texas Observer

How Texas Commission On Environmental Quality Helps Polluters Evade Federal Law

Environmental lawyers say TCEQ, the state watchdog agency lets polluters escape regulation through legal loopholes.

Salon

The many benefits of plant-based diets

"[Food] choices not only impact your own health, they affect the health of the planet too"

The Conversation

Switching to plant-based diets means cleaner air – and it could save more than 200,000 lives around the world

Adopting a healthier diet will probably feature prominently in many of our new year’s resolutions. But it’s often challenging for people to live up to their intentions.

The Guardian - UK

Great Ormond Street to look at home air pollution when diagnosing illnesses

Pioneering initiative to consider children’s addresses after coroner ruled air pollution a factor in death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, nine

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