Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Saturday said as the monsoon is drawing to a close, the anxiety and concern of Delhiites about winter pollution are increasing. In the past decade, due to ...

Individuals’ alertness tends to be lower than usual on days with poorer air quality, they say, which has implications for mental health outcomes in the long term. According to a new study out of ...

Four South Asian countries -- Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan -- have agreed to drastically bring down the annual average of particulate matter (PM) 2.5 in the countries' air to 35 microgrammes ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- One afternoon last month, artist Sarahlaine Calva kneeled on the sidewalk above a storm drain along John Chavis Memorial Park, southeast of downtown, painting a mural of giant flowers ...

US health campaigners Wednesday hailed the announcement of new anti-pollution standards for American manufacturers, but industry leaders condemned the rules for being costly and overly aggressive. The ...

Countries have agreed to negotiate a new legally-binding treaty to end plastic pollution in a move hailed by environmental campaigners. Representatives of 175 countries endorsed a resolution at the UN ...

The state has been working for a year to update its plan to reduce the amount of pollutants that flow into waterways from farmland, city streets, your back yard and other places you might not suspect ...

A review of the current evidence from Imperial College London found there is no safe limit for particulate matter. Air pollution has been linked to low sperm count, childhood asthma and dementia later ...

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