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Pollution of Freshwater Costing at Least $4.3 Billion Every Year

News - 24 Nov 2008

Pollution by phosphorous and nitrogen isn't just bad for lakes, streams and other bodies of fresh water. According to researchers at Kansas State University, it's also bad for Americans'...

New Way of Monitoring and Finding Source of Zinc Pollution in the Air

News - 20 Nov 2008

A new way of pinpointing where zinc pollution in the atmosphere comes from could improve pollution monitoring and regulation, says research out this week in the journal Analytical...

Asthma in Children Worsened by Traffic Pollution

News - 16 Nov 2008

Traffic pollution, especially in cities, adversely affects respiratory health in children with asthma. A study published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Respiratory Research has found...

Researchers Make Breakthrough on Chemical Processes for Converting Chemical Energy to Electrical Energy

News - 10 Nov 2008

Researchers at Cornell University recently made a major breakthrough when they invented a method to test and demonstrate a long-held hypothesis that some very, very small metal particles work much...

Chinese Economy Being Burnt by The Cost of Coal

News - 2 Nov 2008

China’s coal bill in 2007 reached a total external cost of 1.7 trillion Yuan ($250bn), equivalent to 7.1 per cent of China’s gross domestic product the same year. These are the findings...

Industrial Environmental Pollution Influence on Childhood Health

News - 27 Oct 2008

Children are exposed to a wide range of environmental threats that can affect their health and development early in life, throughout their youth and into adulthood. Writing in a forthcoming issue of...

Pollution Prevention Institute Launched in New York

News - 25 Aug 2008

Pete Grannis, Commissioner of New York's Department of Environmental Conservation, hosted an open house today at Rochester Institute of Technology, showcasing the New York State Pollution...

Manure and Wastewater Polluting Water and Endagering Health in the Gaza Strip

News - 14 Aug 2008

Palestinian and German scientists have recommended to the authorities in the Gaza Strip that they take immediate measures to combat excessive nitrate levels in the drinking water. 90 per cent...

History of Arctic Pollution

News - 19 Mar 2008

Scientists know that air pollution particles from mid-latitude cities migrate to the Arctic and form an ugly haze, but a new University of Utah study finds surprising evidence that polar explorers saw...

Study Uncovers Why Reducing Particle Pollution Increases Surface Ozone Pollution

News - 8 Jul 2022

Researchers from the University of York have discovered why reducing particle pollution is actually increasing surface ozone pollution in some emerging economies, negatively impacting health,...