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What are bio-beads used for and how did they get spilled on to Camber Sands beach?

Plastic pellets attract algae and smell like food so can be eaten by birds, fish and dolphins, which can prove fatal

The Guardian - UK

Plastic beads spreading on Sussex coast after ‘catastrophic’ spill, meeting told

Local people describe devastating impact of millions of toxic beads from Southern Water site near Camber Sands

The Guardian - UK

Not so Golden Brown: DJ plays 24 hours of No 2s in Lake District sewage protest

Radio host uses chart songs that didn’t quite make top spot to highlight issue of Windermere pollution

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Delhi’s air pollution is so bad even top court is asking lawyers to work from home: ‘Why are you all here?’

‘Even masks are not enough,’ says Justice PS Narasimha as he urges lawyers to use virtual hearing facilities amid toxic pollution

The Independent UK

‘Eat out to help out’ scheme added to air pollution in London, study finds

Commercial cooking shown to be cause of unusual peaks when policy was operating during pandemic in autumn 2020

The Guardian - UK

‘I can’t breathe in this city’: inaction over Delhi’s suffocating pollution sparks rare protest

The failure by state governments to do anything about pollution means it has often been met with apathy. But at a rare protest anger and frustration were rife

The Guardian - UK

Southern Water apologises for catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads in Sussex

Resulting pollution on Camber Sands beach poses threat to wildlife including dolphins and seals

The Guardian - UK

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Air pollution levels surge in India's capital, sparking rare protests

A thick layer of smog has enveloped India’s capital, New Delhi, as pollution levels surge, worsening a public health crisis

The Independent UK

‘Environmental catastrophe’ fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands

MP asks for explanation from Southern Water amid concerns the spill could have dire impact on rare sea life

The Guardian - UK

Mercury treaty summit criticized for inaction on gold mining crisis

A global mercury summit in Geneva has faced criticism from environmental and Indigenous groups for failing to act on mercury use in small-scale gold mining, the world’s top source of mercury pollution and a growing threat to the Amazon

The Independent UK

Placing Climate Tort Litigation in Context (Updated)

Using tort law for environmental protection has a deeper historical pedigree than does resort to administrative regulation.

Reason

‘Not everyone can afford air purifiers’: Delhi protest seeks answers on air crisis

As toxic air continued to blanket Delhi-NCR, activists gathered at Jantar Mantar to protest the governments’ continued failure to confront the crisis.

Newslaundry

Can you clean and reuse your air purifier filter? I asked the experts

If you’re tempted to clean and reuse your air purifier filter, read this first! Here’s what the experts have to say.

Tom’s Guide

Misleading UK adverts for ’very low emission’ wood-burning stoves banned

ASA action won approval of clean air campaigners, who said some ‘seriously misleading myths’ had been debunked

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Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’

Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated

The Independent UK

Explosion at Mississippi chemical plant causes ammonia leak, evacuations

Officials say an explosion at a hydrogen and nitrogen product manufacturer in Mississippi has caused an ammonia leak and forced nearby residents to evacuate

The Guardian - UK

Low-income areas in England and Wales face worst air pollution, analysis finds

Exclusive: Experts say impact on people of colour and those who do not drive is ‘grave environmental injustice’

Tom’s Guide

This simple trick may be the secret to banishing kitchen smells — and all you need is a glass of water and paper towel

Want to avoid coming back to a smelly kitchen after vacation?

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As India's Capital Chokes on Toxic Smog, Top Doctor Warns: Flee Delhi if You Can Afford It

Delhi's air turns toxic as a top pulmonologist urges residents to leave the city if they can. Rising smog, lung damage and health risks spark urgent warnings.

Newslaundry

As smog thickened, Haryana’s air quality network went dark

As air quality levels dipped across north India this week, Haryana’s pollution monitoring system faltered, leaving many parts of the state without real-time data.

The Guardian - UK

Tackle wood burning and road traffic to improve Europe’s air quality, study finds

Researchers measure toxicity of air samples across continent to advise on ‘efficient’ policies to reduce harm

Newslaundry

Delhi AQI ‘fraud’: Water sprinklers cleaning the data, not the air?

Newslaundry had earlier reported how several of Delhi’s air quality monitoring stations were themselves in violation of basic norms, placed behind trees, beside walls, or hemmed in by buildings that obstruct airflow within the mandatory 20-metre radius. But it seems even that wasn’t enough. As the city’s air turned poisonous…

The Guardian - UK

Toxin levels in fish lead to calls for UK-wide ban on mercury dental fillings

Exclusive: More than 98% of fish and mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above EU safety limits

Newslaundry

Govt denies air-death link, but Lancet report says over 17 lakh died in India in 2022

While the Narendra Modi government denies any direct correlation between air pollution and mortality, a Lancet report has said that more than 17 lakh people died in India during 2022 from exposure to PM 2.5. Fossil fuels reportedly played a key role.

The Independent UK

Tech school student sues campus, saying toxic fumes from construction made her go into labor 16 weeks early

Several students and a math instructor at Ozarks Technical Community College also reported feeling sick from strong chemical fumes during campus construction, according to the lawsuit

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