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HISTORICAL FACTS: Environment pollution - Caught on Camera

Newcastle primary school to be monitored after 'concerning' air quality results

A report found elevated levels of carbon dioxide in some schools.

Newcastle Herald

Scientists debunk common health misconception about living with cats

Cat allergen exposure is common even outside home, scientists say

The Independent UK

Popular California beach closed for more than 1,000 days due to toxic sludge coming from Mexican river

Local activists have accused the government of not doing enough to protect them from the toxic water

The Independent UK

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This LA neighborhood is choked by smog. The solution: a network of sensors on offices, homes and bags

Pacoima is hemmed in by highways and heavy industry, and its residents are fighting pollution with hyperlocal air quality monitoring

The Guardian - US

Dark, smelly waters linked to sediment

The Ministry of Industry has ordered the strictest level of environmental monitoring following reports of unusually dark seawater and foul odours in Pradu Bay in Rayong province.

Bangkok Post

UN warns of 'deepening crisis' in oceans, urges action

PARIS (FRANCE) - Oceans are in a "deepening crisis" that demands urgent global action, a major UN report warned Monday, with seas warming and rising faster, ice cover shrinking and marine ecosystems under mounting strain.

Bangkok Post

I Was Blaming Stress for My Bad Skin. It Was Actually My Flat's Air Quality.

The air in your home is affecting your skin more than you think.

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New Zealand homes flooded with faeces after storm blocks sewage pipes: ‘Feral and disgusting’

Wellington Water says five properties in suburb of Island Bay were affected after a blocked main caused a wastewater overflow

The Independent UK

River pollution threat persists

The government should treat transboundary pollution in the Kok River basin as a national agenda issue, the National Health Commission Office (NHCO) says, as the threat to locals' health and incomes persists.

Bangkok Post

HEALTH ALERT: Chicago Ozone Crisis Enters a New Phase — Air Pollution Action Days Are Coming Earlier, Hitting Harder, and Exposing 9.4 Million Residents to Lung Damage

The greater Chicago metropolitan area was placed under an Air Quality Alert this week as the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency declared an Air Pollution Action Day, warning that ground-level ozone had reached concentrations classified as "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" — and was forecast to worsen into Wednesday.

Medical Daily

PCD extends probe into blackened Saraburi canal

Closer inter-agency cooperation is needed to trace the source of illegal waste discharges after the Takhe canal in Saraburi turned black, says the Pollution Control Department.

Bangkok Post

US garbage incinerators are failing to eliminate ‘forever chemical’ air pollution, experts warn

The virtually indestructible Pfas waste puts largely low-income neighborhoods at risk, public health advocates say

The Guardian - US

LA Drinking Water Tests Positive for Lead, Cancer-Linked Chemicals — City Council Demands Emergency Investigation

In an unanimous 10-0 vote, the Los Angeles City Council has demanded an immediate investigation by the Department of Water and Power and the city's Housing Authority after samples of drinking water in the Watts neighborhood were found to contain elevated levels of lead.

Medical Daily

Chicago Issues Air Pollution Alert as Unhealthy Ozone Threatens 9.4 Million Residents

The greater Chicago metropolitan area is under an active Air Quality Alert this week after the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency declared an Air Pollution Action Day, warning that ground-level ozone has reached concentrations categorized as "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups."

Medical Daily

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Is Trump's White House Ballroom Project Poisoning Washington? Preservationists Sound the Alarm in New Court Filing

The Trump administration is facing fresh allegations in federal court after preservation advocates claimed that debris from the demolition of the White House East Wing was dumped at a historic public golf course in Washington, D.C., and contains potentially hazardous contaminants including arsenic, lead and petroleum-related pollutants.

The Independent UK

Air pollution slows lung growth during childhood, research shows

The more air pollution breathed in during pregnancy, infancy and early childhood, the slower the lungs developed all the way up to early adulthood, researchers found

International Business Times UK

University Of Leicester Warns UK Air Pollution Permanently Stunts Child Lungs To Trigger Early Heart Disease

A University of Leicester study reveals UK children face lifelong health risks from air pollution, with reduced lung capacity leading to increased heart disease risk in adulthood.

The Guardian - UK

Air pollution slows lung growth during childhood, UK study shows

Researchers find breathing more air pollution can slow lung development all the way up to early adulthood

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Medical Daily

Flint Happened There. Now It's Los Angeles: The Ongoing Lead and Toxic Chemical Crisis in LA's Drinking Water

When residents of Watts, one of Los Angeles's most historically marginalized neighborhoods, learned that samples of their drinking water contained elevated levels of lead, it triggered a unanimous 10-0 vote by the Los Angeles City Council demanding an immediate investigation by the Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and the…

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SA:Company fined $1.1m over deadly sewage truck crash

A record $1.1 million fine has been imposed on a waste management company that had denied culpability over a sewage truck crash that killed two people.

AAP

Company fined $1.1m over deadly sewage truck crash

A record $1.1 million fine has been imposed on a waste management company that had denied culpability over a sewage truck crash that killed two people.

The Guardian - UK

How the plastic bottle cap became a parable for the value of EU regulation

Supporters of deregulation want Europe to be more like the US. But that would serve only American interests, says Alberto Alemanno, a professor of EU law

International Business Times UK

'No Company Is Above the Law': Mamdani Cracks Down on Amazon's Pollution, Recovering $9M in Fines

New York City has recovered over £7.1 million in unpaid fines from Amazon for vehicle idling violations as part of the city's commitment to enforcing clean air policies.

The Times of India

World’s cleanest ocean: What makes its 40 million square kilometres so different from the rest of Earth’s waters

Far from the shipping corridors and crowded industrial coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere, the South Atlantic Ocean stretches across a quieter part of the planet. Its waters connect South America with Africa, covering enormous distances where human presence becomes sparse and maritime traffic thins out considerably. That relative isolation has…

Bangkok Post

Pollution control boss rejects bribery ranking, takes aim at survey

The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has reaffirmed its readiness to accept scrutiny over corruption allegations while questioning the methodology of a private-sector survey that identified it as the agency with the highest average bribery payments.

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