Air Pollution

People living in areas with higher levels of air pollution are more likely to develop severe COVID-19 illness that leads to hospitalization and even death, a new study suggests. The research, published Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), found an elevated likelihood of hospitalization, admission to an intensive…

Placeholder while article actions load Coming home from the park in the mid-1960s, Hazel Henderson would draw a bath to wash the soot off her young daughter. Ash would fall from the New York City sky as incinerators burned through garbage, and the horizon would disappear behind a yellowish haze.…

An Environmental Scientist, Prof. Chris Gordon, wants the government to do more to protect Ghana’s vegetative cover. He said encroachment of forest covers poses a threat to the environment and Ghanaians in general, given its adverse effects of air pollution. “By 2050, we are going to be spending an extra…

Despite the wave of laws challenging the teaching of “critical race theory,” a recent study that found a link between past “redlining” practices and air pollution is yet another reminder of how much the past is directly tied to the present. The lingering effects of past discrimination are far more…

JOHANNESBURG - Environment Minister Barbara Creecy says efforts are underway to choke what she's called the country's severe air pollution. She said a panel of experts will look into any objections to these measures. Creecy was speaking on Wednesday, ahead of her budget vote presentation to Parliament. READ: Air pollution, temperature…

Air pollution was responsible for 16.7 lakh deaths in India in 2019, or 17.8% of all deaths in the country that year. This is the largest number of air-pollution-related deaths of any country, according to a recent report on pollution and health published in The Lancet Planetary Health. Globally, air…

Cleaning crews working to remove oil from a beach off the summer resort town of Ancon, northern Lima, on January 22, 2022.Photo: Carlos Reyes (Getty Images) Pollution continues to be a huge global killer. A new report this week estimates that pollution contributed to 9 million early deaths worldwide in…

NEW DELHI: Pollution led to over 2.3 million (23 lakh) premature deaths in India in 2019, accounting for over a fourth of the nine million such fatalities worldwide, an update to The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health published in The Lancet Planetary Health said. Economic losses from modern forms…

The top 10 most polluted postcodes in Australia have been named by national environmental organisation, the Australian Conservation Foundation. The group's analysis looked at National Pollutant Inventory emission data, collected annually from power stations, mines and manufacturing plants across the country.  It focused on locations emitting the largest amounts of five pollutants: sulfur…

Eskom's Kusile power station in Mpumalanga. Barbara Creecy, South Africa’s environment minister, said she will appoint a panel to adjudicate appeals made by state power utility Eskom against orders aimed at curbing air pollution that the utility said could lead to the closure of 16 000 MW of power generation…