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601. November 22, 2021 | Yahoo! News
Serious health risk from air pollution lingers
You may not be able to see them but they can take a toll on your health or even kill you. From vehicle pollution, wildfires to fossil fuel burning, the air around us is increasingly becoming more toxic and harmful than ever. 602. November 19, 2021 | BBC
Delhi pollution: All schools and colleges shut as air turns toxic
Schools and colleges in the Indian capital city have been closed by authorities after worsening levels of air pollution. 603. November 19, 2021 | The Guardian
Inside Delhi’s air pollution crisis
Delhi is engulfed in its seasonal thick brown smog – air so toxic that schools and offices have closed. But where does all this air pollution come from, and what is India doing about it? 604. November 19, 2021 | Environmental Health News
Air pollution can alter our brains in ways that increase mental illness risk
This is part 1 of our 5-part series, Pollution's mental toll: How air, water and climate pollution shape our mental health. 605. November 18, 2021 | The New York Times
India's toxic air pollution prompts Supreme Court to act
Schools and factories close. India’s Supreme Court blasts the government’s do-nothing response. But Delhi residents continue to suffer from the bad air. 606. November 17, 2021 | Mongabay
Primary-colored poison: Lead paint still a major threat to Indonesian kids
Nearly 70% of commercially available paints in Indonesia contain levels of lead higher than the regulatory safe limit of 600 parts per million (ppm). 607. November 17, 2021 | Environmental Health News
Phthalates’ regulatory standards may not protect people’s health, new study
"Safe" limits on human exposure to phthalates set by national and international regulatory authorities may not adequately protect public health, according to a new analysis published in the journal Environmental Health on Monday. 608. November 16, 2021 | The Guardian
Canada: First Nation exposed to high levels of cancer-causing chemicals
A First Nations community in Canada has learned that levels of a cancer-causing chemical in its air are 44 times higher than is considered safe, after years of fighting for the data. 609. November 16, 2021 | The Washington Post
China is producing more coal than ever before despite COP26 pledges
COP26 was hailed as coal’s “death knell,” but China is massively boosting capacity. 610. November 13, 2021 | The Independent
Toxic smog sends Delhi’s children back indoors as city enforces air pollution lockdown
Toxic air pollution levels have once again forced millions of people in Delhi indoors as the administration imposed lockdown-like restrictions, with schools set to be closed for a week and many workers told to stay home. 611. November 12, 2021 | ProPublica
How you can report on the toxic hot spots near you
A journalist’s guide for investigating cancer-causing air pollution from industrial facilities by using ProPublica’s original air toxics map and data. 612. November 11, 2021 | Consumer Reports
Your herbs and spices might contain arsenic, cadmium & lead
Consumer Reports found that herbs and spices might contain arsenic, cadmium, and lead, based on tests of products from McCormick, Whole Foods, and dozens of other big brands. 613. November 10, 2021 | First Post
India struggles to breathe as it battles deadly combination of COVID-19 and air pollution
Doctors across India including in cities such as Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, and Indore, have started witnessing a surge in cases of chronic cough attacks, asthma and inflammation of the tissues around airways. 614. November 9, 2021 | UPI
U.S. heart attack rate dropped as COVID-19 lockdowns cut air pollution from driving, study says
Urban air cleared during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns as fewer commuters hit the road, and that might have resulted in one unexpected heart health benefit for Americans, a new study suggests -- fewer heart attacks. 615. November 8, 2021 | Reuters
Why air quality has deteriorated sharply in India's capital
Pollution has been hitting dangerous levels across New Delhi and other parts of northern India this month, in a sharp deterioration from October when people breathed the cleanest air in four years. 616. November 8, 2021 | Bloomberg
NYC schools show how to cut lead exposure in children
New York City reduced exposure to the dangerous toxin by finding and fixing problem drinking faucets. A new study finds Black students had the most to gain. 617. November 7, 2021 | Gulf News
Delhi chokes on Diwali: The cost of breathing
Delhi lives through an extreme shroud of smog - the kind that leads to not just the obvious symptoms of itchy eyes, headache and breathlessness but also serious respiratory long-term issues - like clockwork every year. 618. November 4, 2021 | The Sun-Gazette
California protest pesticides linked to childhood cancers
Tulare County-based advocates present two recent reports linking pesticides used in Tulare and Fresno counties to early childhood cancers. 619. November 3, 2021 | Coastal Review
Fish study’s findings trigger consumption advisory update
A recent study that showed fish favored by subsistence fishers along the Brunswick and Cape Fear rivers were found to have elevated levels of arsenic, hexavalent chromium and mercury has prompted a state health advisory. 620. November 2, 2021 | The Washington Post
Top economies responsible for 2 million air pollution deaths worldwide, mostly in developing countries
Fossil fuel burning by the world's richest nations and their citizens' consumption habits cause half the global deaths from fine-particle pollution, according to a new study. 621. November 2, 2021 | Propublica
The most detailed map of cancer-causing industrial air pollution in the U.S.
Using the EPA’s data, we mapped the spread of cancer-causing industrial air emissions down to the neighborhood level. Look up your home to see if you and your loved ones are living in a hot spot. 622. November 2, 2021 | DW
Why Pakistan has some of the most polluted cities in the world
Air pollution is a major health challenge affecting millions of people in Pakistan. Experts warn that inadequate action to tackle the problem could prove disastrous for the country. 623. October 29, 2021 | Environmental Health News
Op-ed: The ghosts in our water 29 October
Last year, the global chemical giant Bayer agreed to pay $650 million to settle the claims of 2,500 cities, counties, and ports for cleanup of contamination from polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, a notorious group of chlorinated chemicals that have long been linked to cancer and reproductive and immune system harms. 624. October 28, 2021 | UC Davis Health
How much is the dust in your home affecting your child?
When it comes to keeping kids safe, parents may not think about household dust as a potential hazard. But those fine particles all around your home can expose kids to a wide range of chemicals. 625. October 27, 2021 | Environmental Health News
Fast food burgers, fries, and pizza may leave you full of phthalates
As Americans devour a fast-food burger in the car or gobble up a chicken burrito in front of the TV, some may bite into phthalates, according to a new study in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology.
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