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Nearly Everyone in the World is Breathing Polluted Air
(GENEVA, Switzerland) — The U.N. health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn’t meet its standards for air quality, calling for more action to reduce fossil-fuel use, which generates pollutants that cause respiratory and blood-flow problems and lead to millions of preventable deaths each year. The World Health Organization, about six …
The Serious Health Risks of a Polluted Ocean
Plastic waste in Manila Bay (Daniel Muller / Greenpeace) By The Conversation 02-08-2021 12:52:00 [By Jacqueline McGlade and Philip Landrigan] Ocean pollution is widespread, worsening, and poses a clear and present danger to human health and wellbeing. But the …
N.J. charges companies polluted poor communities and exposed residents to health hazards
State and local officials announced six lawsuits Friday targeting polluters in poor communities around New Jersey. Speaking at a press conference in Newark, state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said the state and the nation haven’t done enough to protect minority neighborhoods from polluters. “These companies have put the health and safety of many vulnerable residents …
Mexican man feared dead after falling into mass of polluted suds | World news
A Mexican man is feared dead after he posed for a photograph alongside a 6m-high (19.7ft) mass of soap suds on a heavily polluted stream – and apparently fell into the quivering mass. Emergency teams in the central state of Puebla are still looking for the man, who fell into the mass of suds earlier …
