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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.

Newsroom.co.nz

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

The Guardian - UK

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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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.

Los Angeles Times

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

Dublin Live

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).

Bangkok Post

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

The Independent UK

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

Salon

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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Tennessee residents complain Jack Daniels is polluting community with ‘whiskey fungus’

‘I’m extremely concerned. My wife has breathing problems. One of the neighbours got cancer,’ resident says

Bristol Post

Bristol group working to inspire young people in 'deprived and polluted' neighbourhoods

Lawrence Hill has the lowest number of cars per person in Bristol

Liverpool Echo

Air quality declines as case builds for clean air zone in Sefton

Increasing traffic from the port is threatening the health of many in the borough, a report stated

The Guardian - UK

Selfish or a godsend? Readers share their views on wood-burning stoves

Demand for wood stoves is soaring in energy crisis despite research showing their harmful effects

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Water company bosses told to 'swim in the mess you've made' after pollution warnings

The campaign launched this month, which at the time of writing had garnered 48,386 signatures, said: 'We challenge the CEOs of South West Water and Southern Water to swim in the mess they've made'

Asharq Al-Awsat

Toxic Smog: Iran Criticized for Winter ‘Air Pollution Catastrophe’

In Iran this winter, hospital emergency rooms have been full, schools regularly closed, and many people unable to work or even leave their homes due to toxic smog, which a leading United Nations expert is calling an "air pollution catastrophe". Dirty air is a chronic problem in Iran. Many of…

The Guardian - UK

‘We need to change, whether we like it or not’: London’s Ulez expansion

Clean air zone will cover whole capital from 29 August, pitting health against household finances

The Guardian - UK

‘Big irony’ as winter sports sponsored by climate polluters, report finds

As global heating cuts snow cover, study reveals how many events, organisations and athletes have high-carbon backers

WEKU

Contaminated waste shipments from Ohio derailment will resume

The news follows the Environmental Protection Agency order to pause shipments from the site of the Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine to allow additional oversight about where waste was shipped.

AFP

Far-reaching UN treaty a must to cut global plastic use: experts

Paris (AFP) - Only a bold and ambitious UN treaty with sweeping reforms of the entire plastic life cycle can stem the world's waste crisis, experts said Monday.

The Guardian - UK

Sheffield becomes latest city to implement clean air zone

Most-polluting commercial vehicles will pay up to £50 daily under new scheme

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