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Exclusive: General manager says chemical analysis shows ‘slight overlap’ of mine lead and samples from local residents’ rainwater tanks

Tulare Lake in California reemerged this past winter due to intense storms and flooding and has submerged farmland and infrastructure, making it dangerous for swimming and other recreational activities

The Labour leader said the London mayor had a legal obligation to improve air quality and so ‘had to take action’.

Health fads come and go, but drinking more water (and less beer and soda) is one of the few things that's unequivocally good for the human body. It should be as easy as putting a glass under the tap, but what kinds of potentially harmful chemicals lurk there? News that…

Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel set foot in the courtroom for the last time as the chairperson of the National Green Tribunal on Thursday. It was around 11 am, there were no witnesses to his swan song except the two dozen law interns who filled half of the room for 50.

With climate change and pollution continuing to impact weather and atmospheric conditions around the globe and the pandemic highlighting just how vulnerable humans are to invisible pathogens, many people are thinking harder about the air they breathe and how it could affect their health. Unfortunately, almost 36 percent of Americans…

The council estimates it will make £225k a year from the increased charges

Dozens of fireworks shows, and many smaller backyard or neighborhood pyrotechnic displays, lit up Southern California skies throughout the Fourth of July celebration Tuesday — leaving an almost instant negative effect on the region's air quality.

Chief medical officer says move to electric cars can reduce impact of exhausts, but may bring different problem to the fore