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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

Daily Mirror

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.

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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

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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

The Guardian - US

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 Independent UK

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

The Guardian - AU

'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

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Pollution leak from business turns river bright green

The source has been discovered

Wales Online

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Tribune News Service

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

The Independent UK

Despite restrictions elsewhere, NZ still uses a wood preservative linked to arsenic pollution

Timber with a green-grey hue – treated with copper chromium arsenic (CCA) – is a common sight in New Zealand. But how many people are aware that it pollutes the environment, is associated with health risks and is a toxic waste complicating the transition to a circular bioeconomy?

The Conversation

US justice department sues two companies over pollution in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

Japanese company Denka, along with US chemicals giant DuPont, have operated the plant that produces cancer-causing chloroprene

The Guardian - US

EPA opens office near site of Ohio toxic train derailment

The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says he doesn’t want any stigmas attached to the Ohio community where a train derailed and spewed toxic gases three weeks ago

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Credit agency warns NZers are blind to 'astronomical' costs of fixing Three Waters

Bigger councils are building 'gold-plated' plants because their ratepayers won't have to pick up the tab; smaller councils are nervous about being amalgamated and shut down. Jonathan Milne reports.

The Guardian - UK

UK MPs could weigh merits of urban ban on domestic wood burning

Wood burning is one of biggest sources of small particle pollution in Britain, having doubled in a decade

Dynamite News

Uttar Pradesh bans use of plastic bottles in govt offices, Chief Secretary issues guidelines

In its ongoing efforts to do away with single-use plastic in Uttar Pradesh and avoid wastage of paper to protect the environment, the Yogi Adityanath-led government has directed government departments to not use plastic water bottles in meetings and also use soft copies. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Swimming event on picturesque Perthshire loch cut short after raw sewage pollutes water

The Scottish Winter Swimming Championships were well under way on Saturday at the Taymouth Marina at Kenmore before the sudden discharge

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Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Los Angeles is the chrome capital, but chemical behind the shine is too dangerous to keep using

Southern California has the nation’s highest concentration of chrome platers, the metal shops that dip car bumpers, plumbing fixtures, airplane parts and other products in large industrial tanks to coat them with a shiny, mirror-like finish.

Dublin Live

Dublin waste management company among sites listed as priority pollution areas by the EPA

Of the 13 sites listed just one of them was in Dublin and it's located on the Naas Road

Bangkok Post

Haze problem set to worsen in March

The Centre for Air Pollution Mitigation (CAPM) on Monday revealed that the haze pollution the country faces, especially in the northern region, will likely worsen next month, while Bangkok and its adjacent provinces will likely experience high levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5).

The Independent UK

Waste shipments resume from Ohio toxic train derailment

Federal officials say contaminated waste from the site of a fiery train derailment in Ohio have started moving out

The Independent UK

Dam owner guilty in field turf pollution of Washington river

A company that operates a hydroelectric dam near Mount Rainier National Park and its chief operating officer have each pleaded guilty to a single criminal count in connection with a spill of field turf into the Puyallup River in 2020

Salon

Alarm over toxic Ohio water — in Texas

Contaminated water used in East Palestine transported more than 1,300 miles to a Houston suburb for disposal

Daily Mirror

Paul Whitehouse hits out at 'liquid death' sewage dumps in UK rivers

Actor and keen angler Paul Whitehouse is fronting two hard-hitting documentaries, where he looks into why Britain's rivers are so polluted with sewage

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