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Indian duo self-immolate in Bhopal waste protest
Jan 03, 2025 (AFP)
Images on social media showed the two men dousing themselves in liquid before being engulfed in shooting flames, although officials said the men survived. The p...
Oil from Russian tanker spill reaches Sevastopol
Jan 03, 2025 (AFP)
The Volgoneft-212 and the Volgoneft-239 were hit by a storm last month in the Kerch Strait linking Crimea to the southern Russian Krasnodar region, about 250 ki...
India clears toxic waste 40 years after Bhopal gas disaster
Jan 02, 2025 (AFP)
Communities have for decades blamed a high level of sicknesses on contamination of the groundwater in the wake of the highly toxic gas leak from the Union Carbi...
Commercial tea bags identified as major source of microplastics in infusions
Jan 01, 2025 (SPX)
Research conducted by the Mutagenesis Group at the Department of Genetics and Microbiology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) has revealed a substa...
Russia says oil spill 'critical' as Crimea declares emergency
Dec 28, 2024 (AFP)
One tanker sank and another ran aground on December 15 in the Kerch Strait between Russia and the annexed Crimean peninsula. Thousands of volunteers have been m...
Thousand people march against air pollution in Skopje
Dec 28, 2024 (AFP)
It was the second such demonstration in less than a month in Skopje, with the previous march involving a slightly smaller crowd of several hundred people. The p...
Russian scientists criticise oil spill cleanup; Oil leak in Peru tourist zone triggers 'environmental emergency'
Dec 25, 2024 (AFP)
On December 15, two Russian oil tankers, the Volgoneft-212 and the Volgoneft-239 were hit by a storm in the Kerch Strait, with one sinking and the other running...
Russia says oil spill may have polluted 200,000 tonnes of soil
Dec 23, 2024 (AFP)
"The volume of polluted soil could reach 200,000 tonnes," Alexander Kozlov said at a meeting broadcast by the Zvezda channel on Telegram. On December 15, two Ru...
El Salvador Congress votes to end ban on metal mining
Dec 23, 2024 (AFP)
The small Central American nation became the world's first country to outlaw metal mining in 2017, warning of the harmful effects of the chemicals used, like cy...
Sierra Leone student tackles toxic air pollution
Dec 21, 2024 (AFP)
Rush hour in the West African country's major cities is a frenetic medley of minibuses, mopeds, shared taxis and three-wheeled vehicles known as "kekehs" -- eac...
Japan inspects US air base over chemical spill
Dec 20, 2024 (AFP)
Japan's probe at the Yokota Air Base followed a US notice two months ago that water containing PFOS -- classified by the World Health Organisation as "possibly ...
Russian oil spill contaminates 50km of Black Sea beaches
Dec 18, 2024 (AFP)
An ageing Russian oil tanker broke up and sank and another ran aground Sunday in a strait linking the Azov and Black Seas, between Moscow-annexed Crimea and sou...
Somalia struggles to rid itself of plastic despite ban
Dec 18, 2024 (AFP)
It follows similar plastic bans in other east African countries including Kenya and Tanzania. But brightly-coloured polythene still dominates in the markets and...
EU countries back stricter rules to curb microplastics pollution
Dec 17, 2024 (AFP)
The microscopic pellets, called nurdles, are the base material used in most of the world's plastic production, from car bumpers to salad bowls. About the size o...
Russian beach town declares emergency over oil spill
Dec 17, 2024 (AFP)
A storm on Sunday wrecked two vessels, with one sinking after being split in half and another severely damaged boat running aground. One crew member died from h...
Air pollution in India tied to significant mortality rates
Dec 16, 2024 (SPX)
The research focused on fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, which refers to particles smaller than 2.5 micrometres in diameter. These particles can penetrate dee...
Four Zimbabwe rhinos die after drinking polluted water
Dec 14, 2024 (AFP)
Three zebra, four wildebeest, four fish eagles and several goats and cattle also died over the past week after drinking from Lake Chivero, 30 kilometres (19 mil...
Students, employees told to stay home due to air pollution in Iran
Dec 11, 2024 (AFP)
Tehran, where high pollution levels are common, has been engulfed in smog in recent days. The capital is located in the southern foothills of the Alborz Mountai...
Fine particle pollution blamed for nearly 240,000 EU deaths in 2022
Dec 10, 2024 (AFP)
The agency estimated there were "at least 239,000" deaths attributable to exposure to above-recommended levels of PM2.5, the smallest particulate matter that ca...
Can insects play a role in reducing microplastic pollution
Dec 10, 2024 (SPX)
Previous studies have demonstrated that insects can consume and process pure microplastics under highly artificial, food-limited conditions. However, a new stud...
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