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The first training session for triathletes at the Paris Olympics was scrapped on Sunday due to pollution in the River Seine, organisers said.

A training session for the swimming section, due to held in the Paris river, has been cancelled just 24 hours before the main event

The US vice-president has now won the backing of all the Democratic party’s high-profile figures. Plus: a sweltering summer in Las Vegas

Connection found between early exposure and bronchitic symptoms in adults without previous lung problems

Ending an eight-year legal battle, chemical giant Monsanto has agreed to a $160-million settlement with Seattle for its part in polluting the Lower Duwamish River with toxins that posed a threat to humans, fish and wildlife

But improvement in air quality is far less dramatic than after the launch of the central London Ulez in 2019 and the inner London Ulez in 2021

You would be hard-pressed to find a corner of the world free from microplastics, plastic particles measuring less than five millimetres. They contaminate our drinking water, accumulate in the food we eat and have been found in the human body, including in blood, organs, placenta, semen and breast milk.

No country has ever in history produced as much oil and gas as the US does now and Louisiana is ground zero

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