Air Pollution

Findings highlight the importance of reducing brake particle emissions as well as exhaust to safeguard human health

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New research on the distribution of air pollution has found that existing government monitoring may be inadaquate

UK ranked amongst the worst polluters in Europe for airborne particles and nitrogen dioxide

Half a century of heavy industrial pollution in eastern China is reducing rainfall, increasing the risk of drought and threatening harvests.

The Government is facing legal action from the European Commission over levels of sulphur dioxide pollution in East England, the Campaign for Clean Air in London has revealed.

With news that storms caused by smog from Asian cities over the Pacific Ocean will melt Artic ice, Christine Loh, the CEO of Civic Exchange, looks at Hong Kong, where worsening air pollution causes on average four deaths a day.

The Supreme Court in the Philippines yesterday ordered the closure of Shell's Pandacan oil depot, which has been responsible for continuing carcinogenic air pollution.