Tag: Air pollution

A new study was published this Tuesday which analyses the effects of inhalable pollutant particles on foetal and gestational health. ...

Black carbon particles were first discovered in placentas and then in other foetal organs; now, microplastics have been found in ...

It’s like trying to catch smoke. Forest-fire haze drifting from Indonesia to neighbouring countries every dry season has eluded domestic ...

This story on air pollution originally appeared in 360info and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration ...

The climate action by the major economies comes shortly after the publication of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel ...

A deal has been made at the COP26 climate conference but only just. Negotiations have seen countries agree to keep ...

Air pollution is often referred to as the silent killer, claiming over 7 million lives annually. Recent reports are putting ...

The UN Human Rights Council has declared that access to a clean and healthy environment is a human right, in ...

Since early 2020, the world’s attention has been on the global coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic continues to put massive stress ...

The Biden administration has committed to a historically ambitious climate agenda. We can expect a profound shift in U.S. federal climate ...

Update 21 April 2020. A new study further confirms the link between the mortality rate of COVID-19 and air pollution. Carried out ...

International consensus on cross-border environmental issues has been difficult to achieve, but the 40-year-old Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air-Pollution (or ...