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Could residents of Dumaguete, touted as the safest city in the country by the World Travel Index, be breathing polluted air?
A new study found that air pollution can cause lung cancer in people who have never smoked, and can damage the organ in ...
New research suggests that being exposed to air pollution for long periods can have similar effects to smoking and aging.
Smoke travels hundreds of miles to harm air quality far from the fire, according to the EPA’s Wildfire Smoke and Your Patient ...
Before India significantly relaxed sulphur dioxide (SO2) emission control norms exempting a large number of coal-fired power ...
The current infrastructure also isn’t set up to fully account for the shifting behavior of wildfire smoke, which can travel ...
In a major policy reversal, Centre exempts most coal-fired units from $30bn desulphurisation mandate, citing emissions ...
Large plumes of black smoke and flames started coming out of the smokestacks from Marathon Refinery about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, ...
Bangladesh, one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, is witnessing a troubling rise in lightning-related deaths.
Researchers found microplastics in nearly all Italian supermarket milk, fresh cheese, and ripened cheese samples, with ...
Politics of disaster Using natural disasters as a political cudgel has long been a hallmark of President Donald Trump’s political career. Now, Democrats are using those tactics against him, Scott ...
The research on black carbon needs to be updated as more becomes known about the aerosol, and that makes tracking wildfire ...