Air Pollution

It’s becoming clear that black and Latino communities in the U.S. suffer disproportionately from the novel coronavirus. The COVID-19 mortality rate for black New York City residents, for example, is twice that of white residents, and a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report has suggested that black Americans in…

EPA published a proposal in the Federal Register yesterday that critics described as an assault on minority communities coping with the public health legacy of structural racism. The agency's plan would mandate changes to the way future rules under the Clean Air Act would weigh the costs and benefits of climate and…

By Mie Olsen  •  last updated: 09/06/2020 Langelands Square   -   Copyright  Mie OlsenA square in Copenhagen is using a groundbreaking design to fight back against air pollution.The tiles of Langelands Square, in the Frederiksberg district of the Danish capital, have a special coating that helps absorb nitrogen dioxide (NO2).NO2 is one of the harmful…

NASA has announced four projects that will study the effects of the coronavirus on our planet. From air pollution to the economy, NASA’s Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth Science will lead the studies. More from SlashGear:The coronavirus pandemic caused an unprecedented, and incredibly rapid, change in human activities.…

By: Education Desk | New Delhi | Updated: June 8, 2020 8:46:12 pm An app has been created by a student under observation of faculty. (Express Photo by Narendra Vaskar)In a bid to raise awareness around air pollution, a team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Tirupati…

Police officers wearing riot gear shoot rubber bullets at demonstrators outside of the White House, June 1, 2020 in Washington D.C., during a protest over the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man.Photo: GettyThe U.S. has erupted in protests over the brutal killing of George Floyd by police.…

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H. Gilbert Welch is a general internist in the Center for Surgery and Public Health at Brigham and Women's Hospital and author of "Less Medicine, More Health." Vinay Prasad is an oncologist, associate professor of medicine at Oregon Health and Science University and author of "Malignant: How Bad Policy and…

Soaring temperatures and thick humid air can cause breathing difficulties for a number of people as summer approaches each year.Add a cloth face mask to the equation and those problems can be further exacerbated.With southern Ontario and Quebec experiencing their first heat wave of the season this week, health experts…