air pollution

The agency will conduct unannounced inspections of chemical plants, refineries and other industrial sites suspected of polluting air and water and causing health problems to nearby residents, Regan said. And it will install air monitoring equipment in Louisiana's “chemical corridor” to enhance enforcement at chemical and plastics plants between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

While exposure to air pollution is the fourth-leading risk factor for death worldwide, it remains a silent public health emergency, writes Emma De Roy.

The level for the most damaging tiny particles is halved, reflecting new evidence of deadly harm.

Air pollution kills more people than malaria, HIV/AIDS, and TB combined but receives only one per cent of development aid.

A study involving 13,000 people in London found that a relatively small increase in exposure to nitrogen dioxide led to a 32 per cent increase in the risk of needing community-based treatment.

A new analysis draws on public health studies that conclude that for every 4,434 metric tonnes of CO2 produced, one person globally will die.

A county in Washington state has become the first such jurisdiction in the U.S. to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure following a lengthy battle over the impact of oil refineries on the local community.

Dirty air is already known to increase hospital treatment for severe asthma attacks and other respiratory problems. But new research is the first using clinical data to show increased illness among the much bigger number of people who seek treatment from their doctor.

The health burden from pollutants in the air that come from industrial activities like oil and gas extraction, mining, manufacturing, construction, and transportation — as well as natural events like forest fires — contributed to 15,300 premature Canadian deaths in 2016.

Exposure to air pollution significantly increases the risk of infertility, according to the first study to examine the danger to the general population.

The new research out of Harvard will likely amplify calls to rapidly transition off of oil, gas and coal for reasons beyond curbing climate change.

Heat and wildfire smoke force residents to seek respite – and buy cooling systems and air purifiers, if they can afford them

Environment Canada has been doing fewer inspections, investigations and prosecutions over the last five years to enforce a law protecting people from toxic chemicals and air pollution.

Most major Canadian cities saw drastic improvements in air quality over the last two months as COVID-19 kept people at home instead of on the roads.