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Lung cancer cases are on the rise in non-smokers around the world, and air pollution could be an insidious, contributing ...
A study shows for the first time the relationship between this disease and the damage caused to DNA by breathing pollution.
The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its thorn-covered small fruit ...
Early one October afternoon in 2023, thick grey smoke drifted across Sheffield’s western skyline. As much of the city became blanketed, residents turned to social media to complain about “bonfire ...
Yet the country needs to move faster. Pollution in the northern plains routinely exceeds the maximum readings of air-quality sensors. That means millions die from pollution-linked disease every year.
Cities like Lahore, Pakistan, Hotan China and Delhi, India have consistently poor air quality, but it's impossible to accurately identify the city with the world's worst air pollution.
This guest essay reflects the views of Dominique Browning, co-founder and director of Moms Clean Air Force and vice president of the Environmental Defense Fund. The slogans "Make America Great ...
PM2.5 explained. My colleagues and I wanted to examine how exposure to air pollution may lead to deaths in the world’s most populated and highly polluted country – India. What we saw was alarming.
Living room, 6. Bedroom, 6. Children’s bathroom, 5. Kitchen, 28. These numbers reflect the air quality levels in different corners of Parth Phiroze Mehrotra’s house in a posh south Delhi ...
Why is this issue relevant? The issue of air pollution is significant for the UPSC CSE, as environmental pollution is explicitly in mentioned General Studies Paper III syllabus. The UPSC has ...
It sucks trillions of dollars out of the global economy. The toll is especially acute in South Asia. Air pollution drains 3.9 years of life in Pakistan. In India, it steals 5.3 years.
People ride on a boat on the river Yamuna, as the sky is enveloped with smog after Delhi’s air quality turned “hazardous” due to alarming air pollution, in New Delhi, India, November 18, 2024.