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"Air pollution may be linked to increased risk of motor neurone disease, our new study indicates"
#Pollution #AirPollution #Health

Air pollution may be linked to increased risk of motor neurone disease, our new study indicates
A new study from Sweden links long-term air pollution exposure to higher risk of motor neurone disease and faster progression.

"Cigarette filters: An underestimated source of microplastic pollution"
#Cigarettes #Pollution #Environment

Cigarette filters: An underestimated source of microplastic pollution
It is well known that discarded cigarette butts release nicotine, heavy metals and other toxins into the environment, including natural water systems. Less understood, however, is what happens to the plastic-based filters that shed these chemicals.

"World warming faster than forecast as pollution cuts remove hidden cooling effect"
#Pollution #Climate #ClimateChange

We’ve ‘seriously underestimated’ how fast Earth is warming. Here’s why
Experts have sounded the climate alarm after discovering that global temperatures are accelerating faster than predicted.

The disaster of #Fukushima that, despite common wisdom, is still going on, going strong.
Informative pod, as always: Cultures of Energy: 246 - Radioactive Governance (feat. Maxime Polleri).
#pollution #climate

😠 Defunct Pennsylvania oil and gas wells may leak methane and metals into water
#pollution

Defunct Pennsylvania oil and gas wells may leak methane and metals into water
In the dense forests of northwestern Pennsylvania, hundreds of thousands of retired oil and gas wells—some dating back to the mid-1800s, long before modern construction standards—dot the landscape, according to geochemists in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences who recently led a study in the region. Left uncapped and exposed to air and erosion, they break down, leaching harmful chemicals into the atmosphere and, the researchers reported, into the groundwater.

"Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’"
#Plastic #Plastics #Pollution

"Air pollution linked to over 180,000 deaths in the EU. Which country was hit the hardest?"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Pollution

Air pollution in EU linked to 182,000 deaths despite progress - report
Air pollution remains one Europe’s deadliest environmental threats despite recent progress.

"Supercharged dust storms are exposing millions to deadly air pollution"
#Pollution #AirPollution

Supercharged dust storms are exposing millions to deadly air pollution
More people are getting sick due to sand and dust storms that are now more intense and frequent, contributor Sean Mowbray reported for Mongabay. The intensifying storms have exposed many millions more people to dangerous levels of particulate pollution across the world. In some regions, it has also triggered outbreaks of respiratory and infectious diseases. […]

"Many ships found breaching pollution limits despite tighter controls"
#Ships #Pollution

"Water firms could be let off pollution fines as part of government overhaul"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Pollution #Environment

"Tire rubber decays into a potentially dangerous chemical cocktail, research shows"
#Cars #Vehicles #Pollution

Tire rubber decays into a potentially dangerous chemical cocktail, research shows
The small, spongy black beads used as fill material in most artificial turf fields are called crumb rubber, which has long been touted as a major win for recycling. However, conflicting studies have alternately identified crumb rubber as either safe for people to play atop or dangerous to human health.

"Up to 4,700 metric tons of litter flows down the Rhine each year"
#Rhine #Pollution #Litter

Up to 4,700 metric tons of litter flows down the Rhine each year
The river Rhine is estimated to carry between 3,000 and 4,700 metric tons of macrolitter—pieces of litter larger than 25 millimeters in size—towards the North Sea every year, according to research published in Communications Sustainability.

"Satellites are now tracking big polluters around the world"
#Pollution #AirPollution

Satellites are now tracking big polluters around the world
Climate Trace is mapping data from power plants, factories, and other industrial facilities.

"Oil residues can travel over 5,000 miles on ocean debris, study finds"
#FossilFuels #Oceans #Pollution

Oil residues can travel over 5,000 miles on ocean debris, study finds
When oily plastic and glass, as well as rubber, washed onto Florida beaches in 2020, a community group shared the mystery online, attracting scientists' attention. Working together, they linked the black residue-coated debris to a 2019 oil slick along Brazil's coastline. Using ocean current models and chemical analysis, the team explains in Environmental Science & Technology how some of the oily material managed to travel over 5,200 miles (8,500 kilometers) by clinging to debris.

"EPA to stop calculating money and lives saved by curbs on air pollution"
#US #USA #America #Pollution

"‘Eat out to help out’ scheme added to air pollution in London, study finds"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #London #Pollution

"Ofwat letting water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Sewage #Pollution