The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

Saliva from the humble wax worm could soon melt away London’s plastic pollution

A new study suggests that we can use worm saliva to break down one of the most commonly used plastics and reduce pollution.

Should schools and vulnerable communities be protected from health hazards associated with warehouses?

Research shows hospital admissions are linked to even short-term exposure, with boys more at risk than girls

Households are being asked to avoid the use of solid fuel when possible

Fine particulate air pollution increased cardiac arrhythmias in teens.

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.