Pollution
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We’d like to find out about air pollution around the world. How does it affect your daily life? Share your views and experiences
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Chief medical officer for England Prof Dame Sally Davies to carry out study into health impacts of tiny particles of plastic consumed by fish
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Pollutionwatch Substances released during Guy Fawkes celebrations are often the very pollutants that industry goes to great lengths to filter out
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After barely surviving decades of pollution during the communist era, the Danube is facing new threats from microplastics, pesticides and pharma waste
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Levels of pollution reached record highs this week across India. In Delhi the government declared the poor air quality an ‘emergency situation’
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In Ghana’s capital, cars, motorbikes and minibuses jostle for road space during a daily descent on the city centre. With air pollution killing thousands every year and Accra’s population set to double within 20 years, can the city find a solution?
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Letters: If anything, the government seems to be going out of its way to protect manufacturers
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Ministers reject court proposal to deliver an effective plan within eight months following their legal defeat against NGO ClientEarth last week
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Algae on drifting plastic waste gives off a sulfur compound which smells similar to the krill many marine birds feed on, researchers have discovered
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Cristal Pigment Ltd has been sentenced for two serious incidents at its titanium dioxide plant that arose from poor operational practices, reports ENDS UK
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Editorial: Adults who grew up in less grim conditions can cope with poorer air. When a child’s lungs are damaged, they are damaged for life
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A chance has emerged to press the UK government into action over deadly pollution – and I don’t mean just the fumes from diesel engines. We must take it
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Dry summer, tighter regulations and more spending by water companies sees 98.5% of beaches monitored by the Environment Agency meet EU standards
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Resilient cities This is humankind's 'great urbanisation'. We must do it right, or the planet will pay
Dimitri Zenghelis and Nicholas SternThe world will never again build cities as rapidly as it does this century. If we are serious about limiting global warming, tackling air pollution and promoting innovative, resource-efficient growth, there is a narrow window of opportunity
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Using the hashtags #Delhismog and #DelhiChokes, locals are voicing concern over heavy pollution shrouding the city
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Ten years ago the leading economist warned about climate change in a landmark report – he says while there is cause for optimism, the picture is still grim
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With the finding that 40% of illegal dumping in England takes place in the capital, we asked readers to share photos of fly-tipping in their neighbourhoods
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Letters: In Britain, firework night and the following day are the peak days for hospital admissions for asthma and other breathing problems
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Government plans to tackle air pollution are officially wholly inadequate. If industry were incentivised to help clean it up, we could all be winners
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Ministers now bound to implement new measures to cut toxic air quickly after high court ruling that current plans are so poor they are illegal
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Court rules for second time in 18 months that the government is not doing enough to combat the national air pollution crisis
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IPPR study on delivering clean air in the capital comes as the high court is due to rule on the UK government’s air quality plan
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Hartos de la burocracia y el tráfico, los ciclistas de San José resuelven los problemas de transporte urbano
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With high nitrogen dioxide levels in Spanish capital, council is on verge of halving number of cars allowed in
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Three hundred million children live in areas with extreme air pollution, Unicef research shows. A new photo collection shows the scale of the problem in highly polluted countries in Africa and Asia
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Global study reveals huge number of children breathing toxic fumes more than six times over safe limits, while billions are affected by air pollution that exceeds guidelines
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World pollutionwatch The ban on diesel cars in Athens and Thessaloniki has been lifted and the price of heating oil has tripled. Hard-pressed Greeks have turned to burning logs – and other things
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Indian capital plans to combat dangerous levels of smog during the festival of lights with mist fountains and air cleaners to ‘help pollutants settle’
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International Maritime Organisation agrees sulphur emissions cap but is condemned for delaying measures to cut greenhouse gases
From the Guardian archive Editorial: polluted rivers are a national problem – archive