Air Pollution

As the air quality of the Delhi NCR region in India continues to worsen, the Delhi government on Friday asked half of its staff to work from home. Delhi's environment minister Gopal Rai announced that due to the severe air pollution, 50 per cent of government employees in Delhi will…

Outdoor air pollution was linked to 45 out of 100 000 deaths in South Africa in 2019, a new report by the Health Effects Institute has revealed. The analysis of the state of air quality and related health impacts in Africa was produced by the State of Global Air initiative,…

Credit: The State of Air Quality and Health Impacts in Africa (2022). Nearly all the African continent faces severe health impacts caused by air pollution, with several countries experiencing some of the highest levels of air pollution in the world, according to a new HEI report. The report, The State…

The month of October continues to be a sensitive and emotional month for the majority of women, especially those who have battled, survived, been diagnosed with, or lost loved ones to breast cancer. Numerous factors have been linked to this condition in studies, but extended exposure to household air pollution…

While ordinary houseplants have little effect on pollution, two companies have developed genetically modified pothos plants that may have a bigger impact Environment 27 October 2022 By Michael Le Page Neoplants’ pothos Neoplants There are now two genetically modified versions of the common houseplant known as pothos designed to enhance…

By Tony Selwyn, head of environmental planning at Plowman Craven Whilst enjoying an ice cream on a recent holiday, I couldn’t help but notice the idling engine of the ice cream van nearby. Not great in terms of either noise or air pollution, but essential for a large majority of…

Higher exposure to a certain type of traffic-related air pollution called particulate matter may be linked to an increased risk of dementia, according to a meta-analysis published in the October 26, 2022, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers specifically looked at fine…

Every year for the past seven years, the medical journal the Lancet has published a report summarizing the previous year’s research on how climate change is affecting human health around the globe. In 2020, the journal drew an exceedingly grim conclusion: that climate change threatens to unravel 50 years of…

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission proposed on Wednesday tougher legal limits on health-damaging dirty air and rules to make pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies pay to clean up wastewater polluted by their products. The European Union’s executive proposed three laws targeting air and water pollution. Among them is…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The Presidential Symposium at the ongoing American Neurological Association 147th Annual Meeting has outlined major risks to neurological health from environmental exposures to pesticides, air pollution, synthetic materials, and more—now emerging as a major research area in neuroscience. The symposium, titled "Neurologic Dark Matter: Exploring the…