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Car brake dust can be more harmful than diesel exhaust – new study

Exposure to air pollution is associated with around seven million premature deaths per year across the world. When we think of urban air pollution, diesel exhaust emissions are often portrayed as a key culprit – rightly so, given previous research findings. However, our latest research shows that dust from brake…

The Conversation

Brake pad dust can be more toxic than exhaust emissions, study says

Research shows move to electric vehicles may not be enough to enable pollution from cars to be eradicated

The Guardian - UK

London High court probes Shell over Niger Delta pollution claims

The High Court in London commenced a hearing to address allegations that the oil company Shell has polluted vast areas of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, particularly in regions traditionally claimed by the Ogoni people.

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'Terrified' Families Seek Justice In Italy 'Forever Chemicals' Trial

Managers of a chemical plant accused of knowingly contaminating the water of hundreds of thousands of people are on trial in Italy, in one of Europe's biggest environmental disaster lawsuits.

International Business Times

Nearly everyone in the world breathes bad air. This is what you can do to lower your risk

Most of the world's population is exposed to polluted air and or those living in cities with chronically bad air, the smog might feel inescapable

The Independent UK

Heathrow to pledge to use UK steel and boost growth in third runway proposal

Airport’s chief executive to formally spell out expansion plans in speech at British Steel plant in Scunthorpe

The Guardian - UK

The plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Trump wants them to stay

Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade

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Air pollution causing 1,100 cases a year of main form of lung cancer in UK

Exclusive: Health experts and cancer charities say findings should serve as wake-up call to ministers

The Guardian - UK

Struggling to concentrate? It might be air pollution, study finds

Even brief exposure to particulate matter may impair a person’s ability to focus on tasks

Evening Standard

Trump to reverse Biden’s plan to phase out plastic straws across US government

President said he will sign an executive order next week despite global plastics crisis

The Guardian - US

Hafta letters: Trump’s promises, understanding spirituality, India’s middle class

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Delhi's air quality improves

The air quality in the national capital improved due to better weather condition on Friday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first year

After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter

The Guardian - UK

Environmentalists sue after feds allow new drilling permits in one of the country’s most polluted areas

The San Joaquin Valley’s Kern County is home to some of the country’s most polluted cities

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The Conversation

Reducing air pollution could increase methane emissions from wetlands – here’s what needs to be done

What if well-meaning policies that reduce one atmospheric pollutant could also increase natural emissions of powerful greenhouse gases?

The Guardian - UK

Air pollution reduces people’s ability to focus on everyday tasks, study finds

Even brief exposure to particulate matter found to impede selective attention and emotional recognition

The Conversation

‘Serious concerns’: national assessment reveals rivers flowing into the Great Barrier Reef are getting more polluted

Polluted runoff is still smothering the Great Barrier Reef, our first national assessment of water quality trends in Australian rivers has revealed. The problem on the reef is getting worse, not better, despite efforts to improve farming practices and billions of dollars committed by governments to water-quality improvements.

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Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist

Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, though other scientists disagree

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Vehicle tyres found to be biggest source of nanoplastics in the high Alps

Mountaineers now scaling more peaks for first global study of nanoplastics, which can enter lungs and bloodstream

The Independent UK

Lung cancer in people who have never smoked on the rise - with research pointing to one common cause

New research points to air pollution as a growing contributor to lung cancer around the world

International Business Times

Japan's Olympic Pool-sized Sinkhole Highlights Risk Of Old Pipes

A massive sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a truck and its driver a week ago, and has filled with sewage and debris, highlights the risk posed by Japan's ageing pipes.

The Independent UK

Several flights diverted in Bangkok due to poor visibility caused by smog

Several flights were diverted at Bangkok’s airports this week as the Thai capital continued to battle dangerous levels of air pollution covering the city’s skyline.

The Guardian - UK

Lung cancer diagnoses on the rise among never-smokers worldwide

Research shows need for further studies into air pollution and other causal factors, expert says

The Independent UK

EPA warns more than 1,100 employees could be fired 'immediately‘ amid Trump government cutbacks

Environmental Protection Agency workers seem to be the first to receive a notice that they could be dismissed immediately

The Guardian - UK

Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests

Research looking at tissue from postmortems between 1997 and 2024 finds upward trend in contamination

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