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"Air pollution can affect how well we sleep, scientists discover"
#Pollution #AirPollution #Health

🖐️ EPA delay threatens fenceline communities near steel and coke plants, report warns
https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/08/steel-plants-fenceline-air-pollution-epa-rules/

EPA delay threatens fenceline communities near steel and coke plants, report warns
By Brian Bienkowski Steel and coke plants in the US are regularly releasing illegal amounts of air pollutants and the Trump administration’s delay on stricter rules at these plants leaves fenceline communities struggling for long-sought federal help, according to a new report. 

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

"Frailty in ageing populations worsened by air pollution, global review finds"
#Pollution #AirPollution

For a few days now, the IQAir app has reported anormal levels of pollution around me (mainly due to level of PM2.5 particles).
The “hazardous” status is certainly wrong and due to a single station.
May be this particular station has been damaged by tear gas emanations from a few days ago ? 🫢😮
#Madagascar

Air #pollution directly linked to increased #dementia risk
Long-term exposure accelerates the development of Lewy body dementia Parkinson’s disease w/dementia in people who are predisposed to the conditions.

Air pollution directly linked to increased dementia risk
Long-term exposure accelerates the development of Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease with dementia in people who are predisposed to the conditions.

Silicon valley e-waste invisibility trick.
#ewaste #pollution
https://gerrymcgovern.com/silic…

So now Trump also actively supports the faster destruction of our planet. It will also worsen living conditions in the US. #coal #trump #climate

Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal
The new effort, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining and eliminating pollution limits, aims to save an industry that has been declining for decades.

"Thousands take legal action over ‘widespread pollution’ of three UK rivers"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Pollution

"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. […]

"Water firms in England could face harsher sewage fines under new Environment Agency powers"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Water

"Cigarette filters do nothing for smokers’ health and just create plastic pollution – they should be banned"
#Plastic #Plastics #Pollution

Cigarette filters do nothing for smokers’ health and just create plastic pollution – they should be banned
Cigarette filters are one of the biggest sources of plastic pollution and they serve no purpose.

"Growing cocktail of medicines in world’s waterways could be fuelling antibiotic resistance"
#Water #Pollution #Environment

Growing cocktail of medicines in world’s waterways could be fuelling antibiotic resistance
Every flush sends traces of our medicines into rivers. When antibiotics mix with common drugs like painkillers or hormones, bacteria can evolve to resist treatment.

"An E.U. Plan to Slash Micropollutants in Wastewater Is Under Attack"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Pollution

An E.U. Plan to Slash Micropollutants in Wastewater Is Under Attack
Earlier this year, a European Union directive mandated advanced treatment of micropollutants in wastewater, with the cost to be borne by polluters. But the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, which are responsible for most of those contaminants, are now pushing back.

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

"Revealed: river pollution twice as bad inside national parks as outside them"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Rivers #Pollution

"Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds"
#Cars #Vehicles #Environment #Pollution

"At least 45,000 sites in Wales could be contaminated with toxic waste, study says"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment

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