Air Pollution

An investigation by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) is under way, with officials and experts from Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo and the North West looking into the cause of the sulphur stench in parts of Gauteng and North West.   The stench, which was present at about the…

A new study by University of Delaware researchers discovered that eating more apiaceous vegetables could help mitigate the effects of air pollution. Toxins from cigarette smoke and air pollution may be absorbed by celery, carrots, parsnips, and parsley.Air pollution is defined as the release of pollutants into the atmosphere that…

Analysis of air pollution and crop health via satellite imagery suggests that limiting emissions of nitrogen dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas, could boost crop yields by up to 28 per cent Environment 1 June 2022 By Jason Arunn Murugesu Farmer working in a rice field during harvest in China Delpixel/Shutterstock…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Living in areas with higher air pollution is associated with an increased risk of in-hospital death from stroke, and the risk varies depending on the size of the air pollution particles, according to a new study published in the May 25, 2022, online issue of Neurology.…

Air pollution poses a major threat to public health, having been associated with higher rates of heart disease, stroke, and respiratory illness. Now, new research also links it to worse outcomes of COVID-19. In a study published May 24 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, researchers looked at data from…

Author of the article: This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. An extensive study of thousands of COVID-19 patients in Ontario hospitals has found…

An early phase out of coal plants around the world could help avoid over 14.5 million premature deaths from air pollution over the next three decades, a new analysis published said Topics Coal plant | health | Research IANS  |  New Delhi  Last Updated at May 24, 2022 12:51 IST An early phase out…

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…