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HEALTH ALERT: Chicago Ozone Crisis Enters a New Phase — Air Pollution Action Days Are Coming Earlier, Hitting Harder, and Exposing 9.4 Million Residents to Lung Damage

The greater Chicago metropolitan area was placed under an Air Quality Alert this week as the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency declared an Air Pollution Action Day, warning that ground-level ozone had reached concentrations classified as "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" — and was forecast to worsen into Wednesday.

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PCD extends probe into blackened Saraburi canal

Closer inter-agency cooperation is needed to trace the source of illegal waste discharges after the Takhe canal in Saraburi turned black, says the Pollution Control Department.

Bangkok Post

US garbage incinerators are failing to eliminate ‘forever chemical’ air pollution, experts warn

The virtually indestructible Pfas waste puts largely low-income neighborhoods at risk, public health advocates say

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LA Drinking Water Tests Positive for Lead, Cancer-Linked Chemicals — City Council Demands Emergency Investigation

In an unanimous 10-0 vote, the Los Angeles City Council has demanded an immediate investigation by the Department of Water and Power and the city's Housing Authority after samples of drinking water in the Watts neighborhood were found to contain elevated levels of lead.

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Chicago Issues Air Pollution Alert as Unhealthy Ozone Threatens 9.4 Million Residents

The greater Chicago metropolitan area is under an active Air Quality Alert this week after the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency declared an Air Pollution Action Day, warning that ground-level ozone has reached concentrations categorized as "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups."

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Is Trump's White House Ballroom Project Poisoning Washington? Preservationists Sound the Alarm in New Court Filing

The Trump administration is facing fresh allegations in federal court after preservation advocates claimed that debris from the demolition of the White House East Wing was dumped at a historic public golf course in Washington, D.C., and contains potentially hazardous contaminants including arsenic, lead and petroleum-related pollutants.

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Air pollution slows lung growth during childhood, research shows

The more air pollution breathed in during pregnancy, infancy and early childhood, the slower the lungs developed all the way up to early adulthood, researchers found

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University Of Leicester Warns UK Air Pollution Permanently Stunts Child Lungs To Trigger Early Heart Disease

A University of Leicester study reveals UK children face lifelong health risks from air pollution, with reduced lung capacity leading to increased heart disease risk in adulthood.

International Business Times UK

Air pollution slows lung growth during childhood, UK study shows

Researchers find breathing more air pollution can slow lung development all the way up to early adulthood

The Guardian - UK

Flint Happened There. Now It's Los Angeles: The Ongoing Lead and Toxic Chemical Crisis in LA's Drinking Water

When residents of Watts, one of Los Angeles's most historically marginalized neighborhoods, learned that samples of their drinking water contained elevated levels of lead, it triggered a unanimous 10-0 vote by the Los Angeles City Council demanding an immediate investigation by the Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and the…

Medical Daily

SA:Company fined $1.1m over deadly sewage truck crash

A record $1.1 million fine has been imposed on a waste management company that had denied culpability over a sewage truck crash that killed two people.

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Company fined $1.1m over deadly sewage truck crash

A record $1.1 million fine has been imposed on a waste management company that had denied culpability over a sewage truck crash that killed two people.

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How the plastic bottle cap became a parable for the value of EU regulation

Supporters of deregulation want Europe to be more like the US. But that would serve only American interests, says Alberto Alemanno, a professor of EU law

The Guardian - UK

'No Company Is Above the Law': Mamdani Cracks Down on Amazon's Pollution, Recovering $9M in Fines

New York City has recovered over £7.1 million in unpaid fines from Amazon for vehicle idling violations as part of the city's commitment to enforcing clean air policies.

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World’s cleanest ocean: What makes its 40 million square kilometres so different from the rest of Earth’s waters

Far from the shipping corridors and crowded industrial coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere, the South Atlantic Ocean stretches across a quieter part of the planet. Its waters connect South America with Africa, covering enormous distances where human presence becomes sparse and maritime traffic thins out considerably. That relative isolation has…

Bangkok Post

Pollution control boss rejects bribery ranking, takes aim at survey

The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has reaffirmed its readiness to accept scrutiny over corruption allegations while questioning the methodology of a private-sector survey that identified it as the agency with the highest average bribery payments.

The Independent UK

Grove garden crisis: Why is the chemical so dangerous and what happens if it explodes?

Authorities in Southern California are scrambling to find a safe resolution as a damaged chemical tank overheats

The Guardian - UK

River Wye granted rights in UK first that could help in fight against pollution

Charter to be adopted along river’s entire catchment from Cambrian mountains to Chepstow and Bristol Channel

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Pope decries profits earned by companies that pollute

Pope Leo has visited Italy's "Land of Fires", which is known for toxic waste dumping, and slammed those making "dizzying" profits while soiling the environment.

The Independent UK

Pope Leo visits Italy's 'Land of Fires' as families seek justice for children lost to toxic waste

Families in a toxic-waste polluted area around Naples are preparing to meet Pope Leo XIV during a pastoral visit

Bangkok Post

Toxic air deadlier than tobacco

Air pollution is one of the greatest environmental threats to human health. Every day, 99% of the global population breathes in invisible microparticles from dirty air, which enter our bloodstream and cause damage to our cells and organs. This contributes to 7.9 million deaths around the world every year and…

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French court keeps low-emission driving bans despite growing backlash

France’s Constitutional Council has upheld maintaining low-emission zones, which restrict the use of the most polluting vehicles in towns and cities. The ruling blocks attempts by right-wing and far-right MPs to weaken two flagship environmental policies through amendments to an unrelated bill.

Bangkok Post

Thicker skin needed

The latest verbal threat that Environment Minister Suchart Chomklin made against a journalist who was grilling him about a survey on bribery amounts to more than just media intimidation. It raises questions about whether the government of Anutin Charnvirakul has what it takes to seriously battle bureaucratic graft.

Evening Standard

London river polluted by untreated waste flowing from homes

The Wandle, one of the capital’s most biodiverse rivers, is being polluted due to household plumbing ‘misconnections’

Medical Daily

The Growing Threat of Drinking Contaminated Water and Toxic Water Pollution Health Risks

Learn how water contamination introduces toxins into drinking water, the health risks involved, and practical ways to reduce water pollution health threats in daily life.

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