Smoke from Australia’s bushfires killed far more people than the fires did, study says

Exclusive: Poor air quality likewise added to more than 4,000 health center participations, brand-new research study in Medical Journal of Australia reveals Smoke contamination that blanketed Australia’s south-east for numerous months throughout the bushfire crisis might have eliminated more than 400 individuals, according to the very first released price quote...
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France loses landmark court case over air pollution

Mother and child win legal battle to hold state accountable for stopping working to deal with issue The French state has actually stopped working to do enough to restrict air contamination around Paris , according to a landmark court judgment provided after a female and child with breathing issues took...
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Air pollution particles found in mothers’ placentas

New research study reveals direct proof that poisonous air currently highly connected to damage in coming infants takes a trip through moms bodies Scientists have actually discovered the very first proof that particles of air contamination travel through pregnant ladies’s lungs and lodge in their placentas. Toxic air is currently...
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Want to cut air pollution? Get rid of your car | John Vidal

Governments should accept the plain truth that automobiles need to be eliminated from the street completely, states ecological author John Vidal I compose this from St Martin’s, among the biggest of the Isles of Scilly , where in 5 days invested amongst its 120-odd occupants I have actually seen just...
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Air pollution linked to changes in heart structure

Study reveals connection in between levels of direct exposure to great particle matter and chamber enhancement seen in early phases of cardiac arrest Air contamination is connected to modifications in the structure of the heart of the sort seen in early phases of cardiac arrest, state scientists. The finding might...
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‘We have different ways of coping’: the global heatwave from Beijing to Bukhara

Swimming in the Nile, wearing wet towels, absorbing heat with sacks of rice people from nine countries around the world tell us how theyre coping or not coping with the extreme heat In Cairo people swim in the Nile and absorb the heat in their homes with sacks of rice....
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Blue-sky thinking: how China’s crackdown on pollution is paying off

Clear skies above Beijing once again however some fear the issue is simply being pressed in other places T he photos on display screen at Wu Di’s Beijing studio envision China and Beijing at their dystopian worst. Naked, expectant moms look out from the walls, their tummies exposed however their...
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Air pollution: black, Hispanic and poor students most at risk from toxins study

Children are facing risks that will affect their ability to learn, says expert following study covering 90,000 schools across the US Schools Air pollution: black, Hispanic and poor students most at risk from toxins study Children are facing risks that will affect their ability to learn Study covered 90,000 schools...
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Fueling dissent: how the oil industry set out to undercut clean air

After casting doubt on climate change for decades, skeptic consultants have turned their attention to air pollution On sunny days, when his classmates run out to play, Gabriel Rosales heads to the school nurse for a dose of Albuterol. The fine mist opens his airways, relaxing the muscles in his...
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‘Half my lung cancer patients are non-smokers’: toxic air crisis chokes Delhi

Pollution not just affecting peoples health but also Indias political leadership, with Modi appearing reluctant to head response As the air quality fell, first to severe, then to emergency levels this week, doctors at Sir Ganga Ram hospital knew they needed to start fast-tracking patients. They come in, they get...
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