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The airline industry would be forced to adopt new measures to protect passengers and crew members from toxic fumes on airplanes under a bill introduced in Congress this month.

The area should be converted to parkland, say organizers who want dredged toxic sediment from the Calumet River sent elsewhere.

Employers in the smoggy North and other areas are being advised to allow their employees to work from home whenever possible because of the high levels of PM2.5 dust in the air.

Images of dead fish floating in murky water and menacing plumes of gray smoke are haunting the nation’s front pages. Interviews with distressed residents are interspersed with exasperated talking heads on our television screens. More than month after the train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, America continues to bear…

Research finds waste flushed down toilets and sent to sewage plants probably responsible for significant source of water pollution

Unhealthy levels of fine dust remained high in the northern provinces on Monday, held there by stagnant air, while a southerly wind was easing the pollution in Greater Bangkok.

Chiang Mai had the world's worst air pollution with 180 microgrammes of PM2.5 per cubic metre of air over the 24 hours ending at 4am on Sunday, according to a leading pollution website.

This past week, two of Thailand's largest cities, Bangkok and Chiang Mai, earned the ignominious privilege of being among the 10 cities of the world with the worst air quality during that period. The Ministry of Public Health has blamed air pollution for causing 200,000 hospital admissions in the past…

The event was part of a week of UK action called Dirty Water, highlighting sewage and waste dumped in rivers and waterways

In a bid to control dust in the air, the main factor contributing to air pollution, BMC Commissioner on Sunday constituted a seven-member committee and directed it to submit a report within a week. Read further on Dynamite News:

Ozone air pollution is linked to a higher rate of hospitalisations for heart diseases, according to a study that marks the latest warning of the health dangers posed by greenhouse gases.