The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in National Capital Region (NCR) and Adjoining Areas has issued a directive emphasizing stricter measures to control paddy stubble burning during the 2024
Factors that contribute to Asia’s continuing environmental imbalances
Environmental degradation in Asia could impose an onerous burden on its people
Asian policymakers need to invest in environmental infrastructure to arrest ecodegradation
• The Asian continent suffers from serious problems in the areas of urban environmental degradation, industrial pollution, atmospheric emissions and loss of habitat among others •
Occupationally linked health problems plague Thai workers
Seoul, the capital of South Korea is one of the most polluted cities of the world. Rhee Chong, head of the division of pulmonary medicine in the department of medicine at the Samsung Medical Center
Leaded gasoline causes about 90 per cent of airborne lead pollution in cities, the rest of which comes from factories, power plants, lead pipes, lead-based solder and paint. In the developing
An entire gamut of environmental disturbances accost most Asian cities
Statistics is only one part of the story. The grime combined with apathetic governments and poverty in certain parts of Asia and the craze to rapidly industrialise makes for an epic by itself. Environment mostly figures way down the list of official pri
A new bacterium can convert a toxic groundwater pollutant into a harmless hydrocarbon
