Air Pollution

In recent years, new research has significantly increased my belief that air pollution has substantial negative effects on productivity, IQ and health (see previous posts). Research in the field is exploding which means that there must also be more false positives. Consider two recent papers. The first, The Real Effect…

By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Published: January 30, 2020 3:44:40 am It is estimated that half of these deaths are in the northern belt of the country. (File)Fourteen per cent of under-five deaths in India — approximately 1,27,000 deaths annually — happen due to pneumonia. In 2013,…

A group of environmental and labor activists in Southern California are taking on Amazon and the U.S. government, in hopes of stopping a new airport terminal that’s expected to be used as a massive Amazon fulfillment center that could make air quality in the area even worse. The groups filed…

If you want to avoid getting dementia or Parkinson’s disease, get out of town. Literally. A new scientific study in Canada has added to the growing body of data that people who live in polluted or urban settings, especially if they live near major roads and far away from any…

North Macedonia's government on Monday said it was imposing urgent measures in the country's capital, Skopje, and the western city of Tetovo in order to protect people from severely high levels of air pollution. Authorities said the levels of toxic particles…

For employees whove spent decades working for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Trump administration is like nothing theyve ever seen before. Thats exactly whyfor the first time everthe agencys union employees have authored a Bill of Rights to se…

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Dozens of activists held a rare protest on Thursday over air pollution in Bangkok, a day after Thai officials closed schools due to concern over the impact. A woman wears a mask during an environmental activists' rally to demand rights to clean air, near the Thai Government…

BEIJING (Reuters) - The public face of China’s effort to control a new strain of coronavirus, which has killed 17 and infected nearly 600, is an 83-year-old doctor who became a household name 17 years ago for “daring to speak” in the fight against SARS. Zho…

Image copyright NSW GOVERNMENT Image caption Fire authorities said there were no survivors in the crash An air tanker has crashed in a fireball while fighting bushfires in Australia, killing the three people on board.Officials lost contact with the C-130 Hercules plane shortly before 13:30 local time (02:30 GMT) on…