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China’s campaign to clean its skies has delivered measurable health benefits for hundreds of millions of people, but a ...

Microplastics, minute plastic particles less than 5 mm in diameter, have emerged as persistent pollutants across terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments. Their ubiquity has raised significant ...

The damage from military attacks on cities can fill the air with pollutants that harm the lungs and stress the heart.

The fact that plastics pollute the environment and generate problems has been well-researched in many areas. However, there is little information on the impacts of plastics on climate and biodiversity ...

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Pollution entering the ocean from the Tijuana River has been a problem for decades, but beach closures have increased in recent years Environmental educators say the closures are hurting kids and ...

The Iran war is unleashing a toxic mix of chemicals, heavy metals and other pollutants that threaten everything from ...

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After years of failing to meet Clean Air Act standards, metro Phoenix won its argument that nonlocal ozone shouldn't count.