The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

Air pollution increases the financial damage of climate change by up to two-thirds, according to new research from the USA. The study revealed that in some cases, smog raises the social cost of carbon by as much as 66 percent.

Research from Rotterdam found those who grew up around busy roads had abnormal white matter

A new study has upended the way researchers think about how air pollution causes lung cancer. The work cracks open a whole new way of thinking about certain cancers and how to treat and even prevent them. It also suggests environmental agencies may have good reason to impose much stricter…

Concern as heart arrhythmias appear to be triggered even when air pollution within quality limits

As a child swimming off the coast of south Devon in the 1960s, I believed the warm water passing through my legs was the Gulf Stream current. Now, as an adult, I realise it was actually raw sewage being discharged into the ocean.

The Mayor of London is publishing a book on climate action inspired by his asthma diagnosis at age 43

Air pollution hits women harder than men, according to a new study.

On the morning news, you see the weather forecast is for high heat, and there is an “excessive heat watch” for later in the week. You were hoping the weather would cool down, but yet another heat wave is threatening human health and increasing the chance of wildfires. On top…

Defra said it is launching the ‘largest infrastructure programme in water company history to crack down on sewage spills and end pollution’.