The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

How to clean a fan safely to maintain maximum efficiency during summer heat

Fans are the saviors of summer and keeping them clean is a good way to make sure they work more efficiently

Woman & Home · Jun 25, 2023

Sewage hotspots across UK mapped as Brits warned to avoid certain beaches and rivers

Brits can use this map tool to see the hotspots for sewage spillages around the country including treated and untreated waste so that they can be avoided this summer

Daily Mirror · Jun 23, 2023

3M agrees to $10.3 billion settlement in "forever chemicals" claims

The Minnesota-based company was hit with thousands of lawsuits over water contamination claims.

Axios · Jun 23, 2023

Huge Cadia gold mine ordered to reduce polluting dust. Is it safe to live near a mine like this?

For the past 15 months, I have been helping residents living near the massive Cadia gold and copper mine in NSW to verify their concerns about pollution from the mine. The findings of alarming levels of heavy metals in their water tanks, as well as in blood and hair samples,…

The Conversation · Jun 22, 2023

Newcrest’s Cadia goldmine fails to meet clean air standards, NSW EPA finds

Regulator’s call for action on dust pollution comes after local residents reported blood tests with high levels of selenium, nickel and copper

The Guardian - AU · Jun 21, 2023

High Court agrees children have right to be heard on landmark air quality case

Friends of the Earth NI is bringing a judicial review against the Department for Infrastructure over its 17-year long failure to identify dangerous emissions levels during MOT testing

Belfast Live · Jun 21, 2023

Gold mine faces licence ban over ongoing air pollution

NSW's environmental watchdog says it is ready to take strong action against a dirty gold mine operating near a major outback regional centre.

AAP · Jun 21, 2023

Air pollution ‘aged’ hospital Covid patients by 10 years, study shows

Patients exposed to dirty air spent four days longer in hospital, the same impact as if they had been a decade older

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2023

Air Pollution Worsens COVID-19, Even At Low Levels, New Study Finds

Exposure to air pollution increased hospital stays and risk of death, equivalent to being a decade older, research shows.

Zenger · Jun 21, 2023

Plan to discharge water into Hudson River from closed nuclear plant sparks uproar

The Indian Point nuclear plant along the Hudson River is at the center of a controversy two years after it was shut down

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2023