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Air pollution is a major risk factor for various lung-related illnesses. Since the lungs are constantly exposed to the air we breathe, the quality of that air is critical to overall lung health. The impact of poor air quality affects all age groups, but it is especially severe for women,…

Two pesticides which have been banned from farming were found where dogs had been swimming at the beloved London park

Sue Kim’s film about South Korea’s underwater fishers has everything from nuclear pollution to sexism to cover, but sticks to bland reportage

When the environment around us shifts, whether it's due to changing seasons or city living, our skin often takes a hit. Changes in temperature, more sun exposure, and higher levels of pollutants in the air can make our skin open to many problems.

Australia may have to overhaul its emissions measuring methods as new data suggests methane pollution from gas and coal projects may have been under-reported.

Long-term exposure to air pollutants such as fine particulate matter increases the risk of respiratory illnesses, cardiovascular diseases, and cancers. In 2020, household air pollution was responsible for an estimated 3.2 million deaths per year.

Former employees say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality weakened the unit in the years following the onset of the fracking boom. The operation never returned to what it was before.

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as UK gilt yields rise and water companies face paying £157m to customers

For the second year in a row, no company achieved the top rating, although four companies did show an improvement from last year.

AN INVESTIGATION by an environmental watchdog which found a “leak” at a distillery on the Black Isle after the report of a pollution incident at…

The air quality in the City Hall subway station in downtown Philadelphia is much worse than on the sidewalks directly above the station. That is a key finding of our new study published in the Journal of Exposure Science Environmental Epidemiology.