Jan. 16, 2025 — DDT soil pollution is still a major problem in many parts of the world. Researchers have developed a new method to manage ecological risks from the toxin by binding it with biochar.

Plastic pollution is a big problem for our oceans and although in recent years, people have started cutting down on plastic ...

Dec. 18, 2024 — Tires and degrading garbage shed tiny pieces of plastic into the air, creating a form of air pollution that researchers suspect may be causing respiratory and other ...

Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans, rivers, and lakes. Plastic pollution is a global problem. Every year 19-23 million tonnes of ...

Global efforts backed by the United Nations to work out a treaty for ending plastic pollution stalled last month as the 175 ...

Researchers in Germany found that while nitrogen dioxide emissions in the country have gone down significantly since 2010, high concentrations of this common environmental pollutant are still a public ...

Pollution-related deaths numbered 1.67 million in 2019, according to a new report led by Boston College researchers. Economic losses were in the billions. Pollution takes many forms in India, ...

Fungi have shown promise in biodegrading hydrophobic VOCs more ... technologies aimed at removing these challenging pollutants[2]. This aligns with findings from a systematic comparison of fungal ...

After two years of talks, we are closer to securing a treaty for the ages. One that hits the problem of plastic pollution hard and protects human, planetary and economic health. A high degree of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Myrtle Felton, from left, Sharon Lavigne, Gail LeBoeuf and Rita Cooper, members of RISE St. James, conduct a ...