Linking Alzheimer’s to Pollution, Study Finds Toxic Nanoparticles in Human Brains

By Nika Knight / Common Dreams Sep 7, 2016 “Abundant” quantities of magnetite and other nanoparticles deemed toxic were found in the brains of people from Mexico City and Manchester, U.K. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rio Fails to Deliver on ‘Green Olympics’ Pledges

By Jan Rocha / Climate News Network Aug 24, 2016 The promise to improve favela conditions, for example, was simply abandoned. Instead, many communities were forcibly removed to make way for Olympic projects. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Study: Pollution Leads to Thousands of Premature Births Each Year

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 11, 2016 Air pollution contributes to 16,000 preterm births annually and costs the country billions of dollars in medical costs and lost productivity, the first study of the phenomenon suggests. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

More Warming Will Bring a More Polluted Future

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Nov 16, 2015 Global warming will increase airborne aerosols and cause more atmospheric pollution, scientists say. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Drink Your Broccoli, Kids! It May Save You From Air Pollution’s Effects

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 24, 2014 Really, everyone, not just kids, should be eating those little green trees that have been found to help bodies eliminate toxins related to environmental contamination. But for those of you who can't stomach it, scientists have developed a beverage chock full of the vegetable. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Is Paris’ Pollution Getting Worse Than Beijing’s?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2014 Air pollution has reached extreme levels in the French capital, prompting the government to take desperate measures; an American pastor is partly to blame for the passing of Uganda's anti-gay law; meanwhile, the Occupy Wall Street organizers have launched a political party. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

India’s Diesel Fumes Fuel Glacier Melt

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Mar 8, 2014 Air pollution is a lethal problem in Kolkata and other parts of India -- and it is helping to melt the not-so-eternal snows of the Himalayas, scientists say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Air Pollution in China

Jianping Fan, Cagle Cartoons, Guangzhou, China Feb 1, 2013 Dig deeper

Dirty Air Set to Become Biggest Environmental Killer

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2012 A new report predicts urban air pollution will become the No. 1 cause of premature death in the coming decades, beating out poor sanitation and dirty drinking water to take more than 3.5 million lives per year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Chokes on Clean Air Rule

Staff / Truthdig Sep 3, 2011 Fearing reduced chances for re-election by a public angry about mass unemployment, President Obama walked away from a nationwide plan to strengthen air quality standards after business interests lobbied aggressively in opposition. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Picturing Climate Change in Your County

Staff / Truthdig Aug 6, 2011 The National Resources Defense Council has given us a view from above on extreme temperature, smog and allergen pollution, drought and flood vulnerability in the United States for select periods over the last two decades. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )