Lead is often present in paint and pipes used in older homes, while chlorine and other chemicals are generated when plastic melts ... high levels of particle pollution in wildfire smoke have ...

Plastic pollution has emerged as a critical environmental issue in Bangladesh, exacerbated by rapid urbanization, inadequate waste management infrastructure, and a lack of widespread recycling ...

The release of the findings of the latest study comes after countries in November 2024 failed to reach an agreement on a global treaty to end plastic pollution ... mandated to report to NEA ...

Governor Gulab Chand Kataria has sought a report from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on the widespread pollution in the Sutlej. Kataria also reviewed the ongoing work and future plans to clean and ...

The report is clear in saying the fires likely still would have occurred in a world without climate pollution, but it concludes they would have been “somewhat smaller and less intense.” ...

INFORMATION on plastic pollution provided by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) should give all humans cause for great concern. “Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full ...

But this time, the urban landscape is different: Modern homes are full of plastic, turning house fires into chemical-laced infernos that burn hotter, faster, and more toxic than their predecessors.

TOKYO -- A disreputable scientific journal used generative AI to create bogus papers, using the names of three Japanese researchers without permission in what is thought to be an instance of ...

As the dust settles on last month’s failed United Nations negotiations to end plastic pollution, high-ambition countries in Europe and elsewhere ... “Russia clearly has taken on the role of making ...

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From coastlines to capital cities, healthcare workers are warning about the immediate need for a treaty to end plastic pollution. The danger of a global health disaster is at its highest level as ...