Pollution
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Remain supporters point to latest water quality tests as an example of how EU membership has spurred a dramatic clean up of UK beaches
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Exposure to vehicular and industrial emissions heightens risk during pregnancy, researchers say
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Drone footage shot by Khmer Times shows mass pollution in the Cambodian Phnom Penh waterways, with the canal system blocked by rubbish ranging from plastic to sewage
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Judge finds festival had low culpability for incident in 2014 that led to death of 42 fish in Whitelake river and is ‘impressed’ with its response to incident
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On the road and lab test discrepancies undermining efforts to curb toxic air levels as UN environment assembly admits global response is not up to scratch
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As Harmony of the Seas sets sail from Southampton docks on Sunday she will leave behind a trail of pollution – a toxic problem that is growing as the cruise industry and its ships get ever bigger
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Why air pollution in schools is such a big deal – and what to do about it
Ian Colbeck for The ConversationIan Colbeck: About 3,000 British schools are in areas where air quality is poor, with those in poorer communities suffering more
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This election is Australia’s last chance to save the reef, which requires $1bn a year for 10 years to reduce water pollution to give it a chance to survive climate change, report warns
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Nitrogen compounds from fertilisers and animal waste drifting over industrial regions is combining to form fine particulate pollution, report finds
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More cycling, better public transport and car bans - cities from Delhi to Zurich are using a range of initiatives to lower traffic pollution and improve health
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London’s new mayor must re-define the nature of the job if he’s to make a real difference on transport, housing, policing and social exclusion in the capital
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Report’s author says City Hall publicised positive conclusions but held back the finding that deprived schools were disproportionately affected by toxic air
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Parents at the gates of one London school are not surprised that NO2 levels in the area are well above recommended levels
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Unpublished report found four-fifths of the 433 London primary schools in areas breaching EU limits for NO2 were deprived
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Around 9.3 million women use tampons in the UK, but we don’t often speak about how we dispose of them
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Heavy traffic sees A472 at Crumlin record highest nitrogen dioxide outside London – and residents fear for children’s health
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The East Sussex seaside resort is one of the UK’s most sunkissed spots – but it’s up there with London in terms of pollution
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Environment minister Rory Stewart told Tory MEPs to support ‘get-out clause’
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Air quality in sun-baked California area has been identified as the worst in the US. Residents are concerned, but low wages mean long hours in the thick of it
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New mayor of London calls air pollution ‘our biggest environmental challenge’ and plans to bring the increased ultra low emission zone into force early
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