Israeli study: Tire particles may contaminate crops, enter food chain
Around the world, some 1.5 billion tires are produced each year, and tire-wear particles are increasingly recognized as…
A Hidden Crisis: Why Millions Are Burning Plastic Just To Survive
A global study has revealed that burning plastic in households across many developing countries may be far more…
Cleaner transportation could prevent thousands of premature deaths
A shift to cleaner transportation could prevent more than 3,600 premature deaths in Montreal and Toronto by reducing…
Simple toilet filter aims to curb antibiotic resistance risks
Antibiotics save lives, but they are also a global health threat. Scientist Noëlie Maurin at SINTEF has an…
Man who has travelled 195 countries in world calls India ‘least favourite’: Constant scammers, harassment, pollution
At 25, globetrotter Cameron Mofid became the youngest person to visit every country in the world. The California-born…
As Their Nationwide Pollution Problem Deepens, Russians Say They Have Bigger Worries
For residents of Ulan-Ude, the capital of Russia’s republic of Buryatia, the fleeting Siberian summer offers a rare…
Forward bending at work may raise miscarriage risk during pregnancy
Bending forwards, and to a lesser extent, walking a lot at work in early pregnancy, may raise the…
Microplastics mapped deep in living tissue for the first time
A study by Kingston University London researchers found non-invasive methods could be used to detect microplastics in the…
America’s top 10 dirtiest cities revealed
Here’s the dirt on America. A survey conducted last year revealed the US cities with the worst pollution,…
Bigger US wildfires are reversing progress on clean air
WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than a decade, the United States dramatically reduced its national smog levels, but…
Blood protein signature can predict lung cancer risk before diagnosis
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and University College London (UCL), funded by Cancer Research UK and the…
Long-term exposure to air pollution associated with lower semantic memory
A new study by researchers at UC Davis Health and Kaiser Permanente found that higher exposure to very small air…