The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated two forever chemicals that have been used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, an action…
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Hospital admissions for waterborne diseases in England up 60%, report shows
Waterborne diseases such as dysentery and Weil’s disease have risen by 60% since 2010 in England, new figures reveal. Analysis of NHS hospital admissions by…
View More Hospital admissions for waterborne diseases in England up 60%, report shows‘Ecocide in Gaza’: does scale of environmental destruction amount to a war crime?
In a dilapidated warehouse in Rafah, Soha Abu Diab is living with her three young daughters and more than 20 other family members. They have…
View More ‘Ecocide in Gaza’: does scale of environmental destruction amount to a war crime?Water companies in England face outrage over record sewage discharges
Water companies in England have faced a barrage of criticism as data revealed raw sewage was discharged for more than 3.6m hours into rivers and…
View More Water companies in England face outrage over record sewage dischargesEngland’s sewage crisis: how polluted is your local river and which regions are worst hit?
Rivers in the north of England are bearing the brunt of the sewage pollution crisis, analysis by the Guardian reveals, with the region’s waters experiencing…
View More England’s sewage crisis: how polluted is your local river and which regions are worst hit?Geologists reject declaration of Anthropocene epoch
The guardians of the world’s official geological timescale have firmly rejected a proposal to declare an Anthropocene epoch, after an epic academic row. The proposal…
View More Geologists reject declaration of Anthropocene epochEngland won’t adopt EU river pollution rules for pharma and cosmetics firms
New EU rules which introduce “polluter pays” principles to get pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies to pay for the pollution they cause in rivers will not…
View More England won’t adopt EU river pollution rules for pharma and cosmetics firmsHow one German village exemplifies the cancer risk from wood burning
In autumn 2018, a shipping container full of air pollution measurement equipment arrived in the centre of the small German village of Melpitz. Dr Dominik…
View More How one German village exemplifies the cancer risk from wood burningOnly seven countries meet WHO air quality standard, research finds
Only seven countries are meeting an international air quality standard, with deadly air pollution worsening in places due to a rebound in economic activity and…
View More Only seven countries meet WHO air quality standard, research findsRow over possible River Cam bathing spot frequented by Darwin and Lord Byron
The waters of the River Cam are an unsettling lurid green on a dull day. The river that flows through Cambridge and has been enjoyed…
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