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New Zealand to ban 'forever chemicals' in make-up
Jan 31, 2024 (AFP)
The Environmental Protection Authority said it will ban long-lasting substances perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl -- known as PFAS or "forever chemicals" -- by...
More than 80% of English rivers polluted with phosphates: study
Jan 30, 2024 (AFP)
The first annual report from the water quality monitoring network Angling Trust said there was an "urgent need for action" over waterway pollution. It said that...
Sahara dust shrouds Senegal capital prompting air quality warning
Jan 26, 2024 (AFP)
A thick layer of dust blown in mainly from the Sahara has enveloped Dakar, forcing residents to don facemasks in scenes reminiscent of the Covid-19 pandemic. Se...
Industrial pollution costs 2% of Europe's GDP: report
Jan 25, 2024 (AFP)
Costs of air pollution caused by Europe's largest industrial plants are "substantial," averaging between 268 billion to 428 billion euros ($295 million to 470 m...
Nigeria's polluted economic hub Lagos bans styrofoam, plastics
Jan 22, 2024 (AFP)
The state government said in a statement Sunday the ban would take effect immediately but environmental experts said implementing and enforcing it could be comp...
Study shows high air pollution in three Paris metro stations
Jan 22, 2024 (AFP)
Activists have alleged high rates of air pollution in parts of the Paris metro system, mostly from the trains using mechanical breaks as they come in to each st...
Spain's 'nurdle' row spills over into EU parliament
Jan 18, 2024 (AFP)
Millions of the pellets -- called "nurdles" -- arrived on the coastline of Spain's Galicia region in December and January after the containers they were in fell...
A new way to swiftly eliminate micropollutants from water
Jan 16, 2024 (SPX)
Devashish Gokhale, a PhD student in Doyle's lab, uses the example of a magnet to describe zwitterionic materials. "On a magnet, you have a north pole and a sout...
Senegal's Hann Bay, a paradise turned sewer, awaits clean up
Jan 15, 2024 (AFP)
The smell is acrid. A few metres from the man, a pipe carries a black mixture of household and factory wastewater into the Atlantic. Once considered one of the ...
Toxic heavy metal pollution in the Southern Hemisphere over the last 2,000 years
Jan 12, 2024 (SPX)
"Seeing evidence that early Andean cultures 800 years ago, and later Spanish Colonial mining and metallurgy, appear to have caused detectable lead pollution 9,0...
Bhutan's Tobgay, environmental advocate facing economic headwinds
Jan 09, 2024 (AFP)
Tshering Tobgay, who is expected to become premier for a second time after his party won nearly two-thirds of seats in elections on Tuesday, served as prime min...
Thai cabinet endorses clean air bill
Jan 09, 2024 (AFP)
The country registers dire air pollution levels every year, with Bangkok and the northern city of Chiang Mai ranked among the most polluted cities in the world ...
Spain politicians bicker as plastic 'nurdle' spill swamps beaches
Jan 09, 2024 (AFP)
The minuscule pellets, called nurdles, began arriving on the coast of Spain's Galicia region after six containers fell from a Liberia-registered ship on Decembe...
Amsterdam 'fashion library' takes aim at clothes waste
Jan 05, 2024 (AFP)
Billed as one of the world's only physical centres for renting used and new clothing, the "big shared wardrobe" in the Dutch capital is a response to clothes wa...
Vietnam's Ha Long Bay losing its hue
Dec 28, 2023 (AFP)
The UNESCO site is one of Vietnam's most popular tourist destinations, with more than seven million people visiting its blue-green waters and rainforest-topped ...
Oil spill blackens part of Venezuela's western coast
Dec 28, 2023 (AFP)
The spill was first detected on Tuesday, Yohan Flores, a regional director of the Azul Ambientalistas NGO, told AFP. "A large part of the beaches of Puerto Cabe...
Vietnam police arrest senior official over illicit sand mining
Dec 25, 2023 (AFP)
Mining sand -- mainly for concrete used in construction -- has boomed in Vietnam in recent years, prompting dire warnings over the environmental impact of overe...
China air pollution worsens in 2023, first time in decade
Dec 22, 2023 (AFP)
"2023 is the first year that China's national average PM2.5 level has increased year-on-year since the beginning of China's 'war on pollution' in 2013," a study...
Researchers: Fragrant allure of live Christmas trees can affect indoor air quality
Dec 22, 2023 (UPI)
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology published a study Friday to determine the effect of compounds emitted by live Christmas trees ...
Fresh Research for Fresh Air: Harnessing microbes for removing indoor pollutants
Dec 21, 2023 (SPX)
In the study, published in SCI's Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, the scientists demonstrated that the system could operate for 8 months withou...
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