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Carpets, dust are sources of airborne 'forever chemicals' in schools, offices
Aug 31, 2021 (UPI)
Using a new measurement technique, researchers detected surprisingly high concentrations of PFAS in air sampled from kindergarten classrooms, university offices...
Illegal mining on Brazil indigenous land up 500% in decade
Aug 30, 2021 (AFP)
The massive surge in mining activity from 2010 to 2020 raised new concerns about the impact on the Amazon rainforest, where the race for gold is fueling defores...
Plastic threatens migratory species in Asia-Pacific: UN
Aug 30, 2021 (AFP)
Plastic particles have infiltrated even the most remote and seemingly-pristine regions of the planet, with tiny fragments discovered inside fish in the deepest ...
Kuwait aims to transform 'tyre graveyard' into new city
Aug 29, 2021 (AFP)
The 2-square-kilometre (0.7-square-mile) dump in the north of the oil-rich Gulf country was where tyres went to die -- a total of more than 40 million at the en...
Thousands rally to 'hug' Spain's dying Mar Menor lagoon
Aug 28, 2021 (AFP)
One of Europe's largest saltwater lagoons, the Mar Menor has long been a draw for tourists but is slowly dying as a result of agricultural pollution, with milli...
Spain's Mar Menor lagoon 'paradise' spits out tonnes of dead fish
Aug 26, 2021 (AFP)
The sparkling saltwaters have spat out millions of dead or dying sea creatures on to sandy beaches which have long drawn tourists to the southeast. Images of dy...
LED streetlights contribute to insect population declines: study
Aug 25, 2021 (AFP)
Artificial lights at night had been identified as a possible factor behind falling insect populations around the world, but the topic had been under-researched....
'Catastrophic' pollution plagues Libya beaches
Aug 25, 2021 (AFP)
The environment ministry last month ordered the closure of a number of beaches along the 30-kilometre (18-mile) Greater Tripoli coastline, despite the roasting ...
We count lights because the night counts
Aug 24, 2021 (SPX)
The web application allows artificial light sources on the ground to be systematically recorded at large scale for the first time. In September and October 2021...
Death of family and their dog on California trail baffles police
Aug 23, 2021 (AFP)
Autopsies on John Gerrish, 45, his wife Ellen Chung, 31, and their one-year-old daughter, Miju, found no signs of attack and no obvious poisoning. According to ...
Indian capital opens first 'smog tower'
Aug 23, 2021 (AFP)
Concentrations of tiny deadly particles in Delhi's air regularly exceed safe limits by up to 20 times, particularly in winter when its 20 million people are env...
Scientists say they have found low-cost way to destroy cancer-causing 'forever chemicals'
Aug 19, 2021 (UPI)
Researchers at Northwestern University reported the results of a study in the Journal Science, saying they used cheap household products to make the breakthroug...
Analysis: Sewage pipes are leaking pharmaceuticals into the Chesapeake Bay
Aug 18, 2021 (UPI)
According to the new study, published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, leaky sewage pipes allow thousands of human doses of pharma...
Hippos die as DR Congo river contaminated with 'toxic' waste
Aug 13, 2021 (AFP)
This "discolouration would be caused by a toxic substance spill by an Angolan factory specialising in industrial diamond mining," DR Congo Enviroment Minister E...
Contested Chilean mining project given crucial boost
Aug 11, 2021 (AFP)
The project was previously rejected in 2017 under the government of socialist ex-president Michelle Bachelet for environmental reasons. But a year later, under ...
Report: PFAS pollution from military bases threatens Chesapeake Bay
Aug 11, 2021 (UPI)
The Environmental Working Group revealed its finding on Wednesday that it had found perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl, chemicals known as "PFAS," at nine milit...
Biden to meet military families in Utah on anniversary of PACT Act
Aug 10, 2021 (UPI)
Biden will mark the first anniversary of the bipartisan PACT Act in a speech at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake ...
Common air, water pollutants disrupt mucus structure, function
Aug 10, 2021 (UPI)
The new paper -- a review of the scientific literature, published Tuesday in the journal Biophysics Reviews -- highlights important links between common polluta...
Court fines France record sum over air pollution
Aug 04, 2021 (AFP)
The Council of State slapped its highest fine ever, 10 million euros ($12 million), on President Emmanuel Macron's government, warning it would do so again with...
Small rise in airborne pollutant exposure increases dementia risk, study finds
Aug 04, 2021 (UPI)
Based on data from two long-running studies of air quality in the Seattle area, it appears that small rises in levels of a specific type of air pollution called...
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