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1051. September 15, 2020 | DW
All 20 biodiversity targets missed as pollution, climate change rage on: UN report
The world has failed to meet any of its biodiversity targets, the UN said in a landmark report published every five years. Extinction rates would likely have been three to four times higher without conservation efforts. 1052. September 15, 2020 | Bloomberg CityLab
Mapping the wildfire smoke choking the western U.S.
Using thousands of PurpleAir sensors, a community of tech enthusiasts and health-conscious residents are capturing a real-time portrait of an environmental crisis. 1053. September 15, 2020 | The New York Times
How to get better air quality
Breathing particulates is never good for your health, and in a disaster like the California wildfires, the risks are severe. 1054. September 14, 2020 | The Tyee
The big smoke
‘A regular thing?’ Scenes from Vancouver, where air quality has been declared among the world’s worst. 1055. September 14, 2020 | The Washington Post
Dense smoke smothers West Coast, shutting residents indoors and complicating fire response
Officials and health experts urged residents to stay indoors unless absolutely necessary, keep doors and windows closed, and use fans and air conditioners to keep air circulating in their homes. 1056. September 14, 2020 | UN Environment
UN-backed label launched to help shoppers choose environmentally friendly rice
Bangkok – A new ecolabel launched today by the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) will help shoppers reduce their environmental impact by identifying rice that has been sustainably produced 1057. September 13, 2020 | ABC7 News
Poor air quality causing headaches, taking toll on Bay Area residents' mental health
With COVID-19, wildfires and the worst air quality the Bay Area has seen in recent years, it's no wonder why a psychologist is seeing an increase in isolation and depression. 1058. September 11, 2020 | ProPublica
New research shows disproportionate rate of coronavirus deaths in polluted areas
The type of pollution emitted by many chemical plants in Louisiana's industrial corridor is correlated with increased coronavirus deaths, according to new peer-reviewed research from SUNY and ProPublica. 1059. September 11, 2020 | Wired
Those orange Bay Area skies and the science of light
Wildfire smoke turned California and Oregon skies orange. Inside that smoke was alchemy—the chemistry and physics of molecules and wavelengths. 1060. September 10, 2020 | CNN
Can plastic-eating mealworms help solve our pollution crisis?
Can't stomach the plastic pollution that washes up on beaches, kills sea life and makes its way into the food chain? Well mealworms can -- literally. 1061. September 10, 2020 | ฺBBC
The surprising dangers of cooking and cleaning
Experts say most of our exposure to air pollution could occur indoors. What are the most effective ways to reduce indoor pollutants? 1062. September 10, 2020 | Star Tribune
PFAS-laced water caused infertility, premature births and low birthweight, study says \
State health officials stand by their own conclusions: no reproductive impacts. 1063. September 9, 2020 | Newsday
Suit: Hazardous conditions caused illness in Northport Middle School students
School district leaders were aware of hazardous substances in the air, soil and groundwater at Northport Middle School but downplayed the community's health concerns. 1064. September 9, 2020 | AA Turkey
'Air pollution kills 400,000 in Europe every year'
Air pollution remains Europe's top environmental threat to health, with more than 400,000 premature deaths driven by air pollution every year in the EU. 1065. September 8, 2020 | Independent UK
Watching your child struggling to breathe is horrible’: The lives changed by Britain’s poisonous air
Failure to hit legal nitrogen dioxide limits is putting families and vulnerable people at serious risk 1066. September 7, 2020 | UN Environment
First International Day for Clean Air calls for decisive global action to beat air pollution
Nairobi - With extreme air pollution events on the rise, global efforts to reduce pollution and its effects will receive an advocacy boost when, for the first time ever,... 1067. August 20, 2020 | Mongabay
Agrochemicals and industrial waste threaten Argentina’s Gran Chaco
Farmers in Argentina are using increasing amounts of herbicides and other agrochemicals to boost their crop yields. 1068. August 20, 2020 | ABC7 News
Fire smoke makes Bay Area air quality worst in the world: Map shows where it's smokiest
Air quality in the Bay Area, particularly along the Peninsula, is the worst in the world Wednesday, as smoke from wildfires blows over the region. 1069. August 16, 2020 | VOX
Air pollution is much worse than we thought. Climate change is far from the only problem with fossil fuels
Researchers are now much more able to pinpoint air pollution's direct and indirect effects, and the news has been uniformly bad. 1070. August 13, 2020 | AP News
Tear gas at Portland protests raises concern about pollution
The presence of US agents has diminished in Portland, Oregon, but city officials are still cleaning up tear gas residue from the streets, dirt and possibly the storm drains after the chemical was used frequently by both police and federal officers during more than two months of often-violent protests over racial injustice. 1071. August 12, 2020 | New York Times
Should a study on pesticides affect our use of them?
Recent research, which found a link between pyrethroids and deaths from heart disease, highlights the limitations of epidemiological research. 1072. August 11, 2020 | Environmental Health Perspectives
Bisphenol A and puberty onset in female mice: Developmental effects of low-dose exposure
Girls have been entering puberty at increasingly younger average ages since the 1800s, in no small part because health and nutrition have improved over time. A new experimental study of mice exposed to low doses of BPA indicates EDCs may also contribute. 1073. August 11, 2020 | South Dakota News Watch
Smoking, and possibly vaping, can increase risks of serious health consequences from COVID-19
Research shows that smoking cigarettes and other activities that inflame the lungs are linked to heightened risk of serious complications from COVID-19. 1074. August 11, 2020 | Independent UK
Bees slower, sicker and living shorter lives because of air pollution, study suggests
Breathing toxic fumes due to exposure to heavily polluted air is one of the key contributors to early death all around the world, exacerbating risks posed by lung and heart conditions. 1075. August 11, 2020 | Futurity
Air pollution shortens life expectancy by 2 years
A new study quantifies the effect air pollution has on human life expectancy around the world. It's not good news, researchers report.
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