The Latest Breaking News from Pollution

Cooking with gas ‘worse for health than living in polluted city’

Nitrogen dioxide irritates the lungs and can get into the bloodstream, increasing the risk of heart disease, cancer and Alzheimers’

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2023

Number of visible stars drastically falling, warns study, as ‘skyglow’ affects night sky

Stargazing has become much more difficult over the past 10 years, warn scientists, as levels of urban lighting and pollution increase

Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2023

Taxi boss hits out at 'bizarre' Newcastle Clean Air Zone charges and warns fares likely to increase

The boss of Blueline Taxis has alleged that the new anti-pollution tolls due to come into force at the end of this month are a “serious threat to public safety”

Chronicle Live · Jan 20, 2023

Editorial: 2022 brought more heat and pollution. We’re still careening toward climate disaster

You can’t say the 2022 climate data coming out is surprising. But it sure is alarming.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 19, 2023

Thailand’s tuk-tuks go green amid rising demand for electric models

Travel without the combustion-engine fumes and noise is increasingly popular in the country with some of the world’s worst air pollution

The Guardian - AU · Jan 19, 2023

City health official defends denial of Southeast Side metal shredder’s permit

A health department official says the city considered many issues, including air quality and health in the surrounding community, in nixing a scrap business along Calumet River.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 19, 2023

Why gas stoves matter to the climate – and the gas industry: Keeping them means homes will use gas for heating too

Gas stoves are a leading source of hazardous indoor air pollution, but they emit only a tiny share of the greenhouse gases that warm the climate. Why, then, have they assumed such a heated role in climate politics?

The Conversation · Jan 18, 2023

Plastic arts

In 2019, young artist Pratchaya Charernsook became aware of microplastic pollution after news reports of researchers at the Marine National Park Operation Centre finding an average of 78 pieces of microplastics in the stomach of every mackerel they collected from Hat Chao Mai National Park.

Bangkok Post · Jan 17, 2023

John Colley obituary

Other lives: Professor of public health medicine who helped to reveal the dangers of childhood exposure to atmospheric pollution

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2023

Freshwater fish are significantly more contaminated with toxic forever chemicals than saltwater fish and shellfish, analysis shows

CHICAGO — Eating just one freshwater fish a year can dramatically increase the amount of toxic forever chemicals coursing through a person’s blood, according to a new study that reflects more than a half-century of pollution contaminating the Great Lakes and rivers nationwide.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 17, 2023