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Indoor air pollution poses greater health risk than outdoor: Experts
Studies done in Delhi have shown that women's average exposure to high levels of black carbon (wome…
PTI
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Air pollution caused 8.1 million deaths in 2021 globally, 2.1 million in India, notes HEI Report
The report mentioned that air pollution was one of the leading risk factors for death in South Asia…
PTI
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Gas stoves create more nanoparticle pollution than a busy street with diesel and gas cars, study finds
The study's findings reveal that gas stove emissions can be 10 to 100 times higher in concentration…
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Worried about 'forever chemicals' in your water? Try electron-beaming it!
Fast-food wrappers, paper plates, and non-stick pans share a hidden danger: forever chemicals. Nume…
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Switching to plant-based diets could help clean up the air, save over 2 lakh people worldwide: study
World Health Organisation estimates showed that one-fifth of premature deaths, amounting to nearly …
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This new type of soap made from common plastic waste could be the latest solution for our plastic problem!
Polyethylene, the most common plastic type that finds application in consumer products such as food…
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73% Delhi-NCR households report pollution-related ailments
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) As Delhi faces another tryst with air pollution, about 73 per cent househo…
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Pollution cost nine million lives across the globe in 2019, India tops the list: Lancet
Of the nearly 2.4 million deaths in 2019, air pollution accounted for 16.7 lakh deaths - the highes…
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Breathe Easy This Diwali: New Study Indicates Air Pollution’s Effect on Indians is Bad, But Might Not Be as Lethal as Estimated!
Most research linking PM2.5 levels to mortality risk due to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases…
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Microplastics can carry vomiting viruses in fresh water for up to 3 days
People have been falling ill after swimming in fresh waters, UK researchers reported. They found mi…
Andrea Michelson
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Chemicals in shampoo and makeup are linked to early death, study finds
Phthalates are found in hundreds of consumer products, including food-storage containers, shampoo, …
Andrea Michelson
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'Clean cooking' can help protect forests and also combat climate change by reducing pressure on woodlands and cutting air pollution
More than 2.4 billion people around the world cook on open fire pits or kerosene stoves, harming fo…
Catherine Boudreau
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In UP's Gudsar, people who can't afford to buy water have to drink smelly, polluted and rotten water
"The water in our village is just poison. We can't even cook our food using this water, forget drin…
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EPA reveals 120,000 sites in the US where people may be exposed to toxic 'forever chemicals,' the Guardian reports
The manmade chemicals are linked to cancer and may be present at industrial sites, airports, and mi…
Gabby Landsverk
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How to protect oneself from air pollution
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANSlife) Air pollution is a mixture of different solid particles and gases that …
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Divers found human waste in Tulum's sinkholes and cave pools as a construction boom in the region destroys a natural water filtration system
Cenotes in Tulum, Mexico, have grown polluted as construction in the popular tourist town booms to …
Sarah Jackson
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New Delhi’s toxic air and how one expat family was affected – sick children, asthma, a death, and a campaign to awaken city to pollution threat
The move proved smooth. Within months, the household had settled into a new rhythm. They were…
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Delhi had highest per-capita economic loss due to air pollution in 2019: Lancet
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Air pollution woes have quadrupled for Delhi, as the state suffered the hi…
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Delhi had highest per-capita economic loss due to air pollution in 2019: Lancet (Ld)
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Air pollution woes have quadrupled for Delhi, as the state suffered the hi…
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India's plan for cleaner air ignores an important source of pollution
While India is stepping up its efforts to curb the problem of increasing air pollution, it may be i…