A growing "effluent plume" near Hobart's Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) was far from ideal a week before Christmas. Emails and reports show how the environmental emergency at a nearby Cadbury ...

The researchers followed 500 mothers and their children in rural Bangladesh, where fluoride occurs naturally in the drinking water, to investigate the association between early exposure to ...

A study by the Karolinska Institute in Sweden has found an association between fluoride in drinking water and reduced cognitive function in children. The findings may add fuel to the debate over ...

Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies—rivers, lakes, seas, and groundwater—primarily caused by human activities. It occurs when harmful substances, such as chemicals, wastes, and ...

Water firms were found to have breached their environmental permits at one in five unannounced inspections by a green watchdog, the Express can reveal. The Environment Agency (EA), which only ...

Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University ...

The steep rise in PM10 levels — fine dust particles generated from industrial emissions, vehicular pollution, and construction activity — raises serious health concerns. Prolonged exposure can ...

Every morning, Kiwi kids fill their water bottles from the tap. Across the Pacific, children skip class just to find water – water that may still make them sick. The Pacific Learning Gap Appeal ...

Even worse, in a study of over 50,000 cities, Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, produced the most plastic pollution. To their credit, Nigeria has taken steps over the years to achieve greener initiatives ...

Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team ...

Various activities were held nationwide throughout ... of packaging in the food and beverage industry will help reduce pollution and promote sustainable resource use, building a green and ...