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- The world faces an air pollution 'pandemic' https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/esoc-twf022720.php 3 comments
- The EPA wants to know what you think about scrapping air-pollution and radiation rules http://www.businessinsider.com/epa-public-comment-pollution-rules-2017-4 11 comments politics
- EU aims at 'zero pollution' in air, water and soil by 2050 https://euobserver.com/climate/151850 15 comments worldnews
- India air pollution at 'unbearable levels' https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50280390 6 comments worldnews
- Air pollution in European countries http://maps.who.int/airpollution/ 11 comments europe
- Why Delhi's Plan to Wash Down Its Air Pollution With Rain Just Won't Work https://thewire.in/the-sciences/why-delhis-plan-to-wash-down-its-air-pollution-with-rain-just-wont-work 4 comments india
- Air pollution is the ‘new tobacco’, warns WHO head https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/27/air-pollution-is-the-new-tobacco-warns-who-head 5 comments politics
- Air Pollution In This City Is 10 TIMES WORSE Than Beijing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksmLmQ9jnlg 9 comments india
- WHO - Air pollution causes cancer http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24564446 4 comments worldnews
- EPA to reinstate air pollution panel disbanded under Trump https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/558340-epa-to-reinstate-air-pollution-panel-disbanded-under-trump 4 comments politics
- Study: Air Pollution Contributes To 500,000 Newborn Deaths A Year http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/10/27/928201367/study-air-pollution-contributes-to-500-000-newborn-deaths-a-year 6 comments worldnews
- Gurgaon releases holy smoke to cut air pollution http://www.timesofindia.com/city/gurgaon/gurgaon-releases-holy-smoke-to-cut-air-pollution/articleshow/55919137.cms 11 comments nottheonion
- Isro orbiter to scan India's air for pollutants http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/isro-orbiter-to-scan-indias-air-for-pollutants/articleshow/51035569.cms 6 comments india
- Researcher adds to evidence linking autism to air pollutants http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141015112119.htm 3 comments science
- Edmonton study finds link between air pollution and substance use disorder https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-study-air-pollution-associated-substance-use-disorder-1.6409442 15 comments science
- Air pollution crisis exposes more environmental racism in illinois https://theintercept.com/2019/05/07/medline-wendy-abrams-air-pollution/ 7 comments politics
- Air pollution in northern Chinese city surpasses WHO guideline by 100 times http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution-iduskbn1480xm?il=0 6 comments worldnews
- Air pollution index - New Delhi vs Beijing (xpost r/China) http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/files/2014/03/air-pollution-action-china-vs-delhi.jpg 134 comments india
- Jar of French mountain air sells for £512 in polluted Beijing http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/10/jar-french-mountain-air-polluted-beijing 3 comments worldnews
- Forest Service Finds Urban Trees Remove Fine Particulate Air Pollution http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/ufs--fss061913.php 9 comments science
- 'Forest cities': the radical plan to save China from air pollution | Cities https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/feb/17/forest-cities-radical-plan-china-air-pollution-stefano-boeri 4 comments worldnews
- ‘Old and unsafe’ cars sent to developing world fuelling air pollution, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/oct/27/old-and-unsafe-cars-sent-to-developing-world-fuelling-air-pollution-report-finds 13 comments worldnews
- Air Pollution Exposure Is Linked to Increased Violent Crime, Domestic Violence https://www.ecowatch.com/air-pollution-violent-crime-domestic-2640927925.html 11 comments worldnews
- Cleaning with bleach could create indoor air pollutants https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/acs-cwb092719.php#.xzsdxob97f0.reddit 6 comments science
- Researchers make disturbing air pollution discovery in small rural town: 'Everyone — from young to old — is inevitably affected' https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/wood-coal-heating-air-pollution-germany-study/ 2 comments germany
- Beijing, one of the most polluted cities of the world, will spend $2.6 billion to curb deadly air pollution. http://www.newsheads.in/world/news/beijing-to-spend-usd-26-billion-this-year-to-fight-deadly-air-pollution/article/2051.html 5 comments politics
- Mexico city orders 1 million cars off the road due to air pollution. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/16/choked-mexico-city-bans-1m-cars-in-air-pollution-alert 5 comments worldnews
- Arnab's NewsHour to be aired on alternate days to curb noise pollution http://www.fakingnews.firstpost.com/2015/12/arnabs-newshour-to-be-aired-on-alternate-days-to-curb-noise-pollution/ 12 comments india
- The healthcare industry is responsible for 10% of carbon emissions in the U.S. The industry also emits 9% of all harmful non-greenhouse air pollutants in the U.S. https://news.yale.edu/2019/08/02/healthcare-industry-major-source-harmful-emissions 7 comments science
- Edinburgh city centre goes car-free to combat air pollution: Open air yoga and chess games fill streets for trial initiative https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/edinburgh-air-pollution-open-streets-cars-old-town-a8901086.html?utm_source=reddit.com 49 comments europe
- Air Pollution Is Killing More People Than Smoking—and Fossil Fuels Are Largely to Blame | A new study finds that air pollution caused by fossil fuel emissions is killing millions and disrupting the water cycle. https://psmag.com/environment/air-pollution-is-killing-more-people-than-smoking-and-fossil-fuels-are-largely-to-blame 4 comments politics
- Breathing dirty air causes stress hormones to spike, new research suggests, which could help explain why long-term exposure to pollution is associated with heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and a shorter life span. http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/136/7/618 41 comments science
- New inhaler protects lungs against effects of air pollution: Inexpensive over-the-counter product could help millions of people avoid worst health effects of breathing toxic air, say scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/16/new-inhaler-protects-lungs-against-effects-of-air-pollution 7 comments worldnews
- Paris bans old cars in air pollution crackdown - You can't drive pre 1997 vehicles here during 8AM to 8PM Monday to Friday http://www.itv.com/news/2016-07-01/paris-bans-old-cars-in-air-pollution-crackdown/ 646 comments worldnews
- According to a report by scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center, the annual economic cost of the nearly 16,000 premature births linked to air pollution in the United States has reached $4.33 billion. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/nlmc-yco032416.php 8 comments science
- Even Low-Level Air Pollution May Cause Harm http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/even-low-level-air-pollution-may-cause-harm/ 12 comments science
- With less pollution, Beijing's Olympic babies born heavier, says study. Women in the Chinese capital in the final stage of pregnancy during the 2008 Beijing Olympics — when officials strictly controlled air pollution — gave birth to heavier babies than in years when the city was smoggier http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/4/29/beijing-babies-born-during-olympics-are-heavier.html 14 comments worldnews
- Climate change is going to increase the severity of air pollution, scientists say. A new study has shown that a hotter globe had more stagnant air, and this traps pollution over cities http://www.nature.com/news/air-quality-to-suffer-with-global-warming-1.15442 10 comments science
- Air pollution from Europe's 300 largest coal power stations causes 22,300 premature deaths a year and costs companies and governments billions of pounds in disease treatment and lost working days, says a major study of the health impacts of burning coal http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/12/european-coal-pollution-premature-deaths 42 comments europe
- Dubai : 71-year-old inventor from Uruguay creates buzz showcasing his "zero pollution" engine that runs on compressed air at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi ... tests show capabilities of 100 km on 300 liters of air. http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/environment/air-power-riding-on-thin-air-1.749236 55 comments technology