Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Some three billion people — a third of the world's population — are exposed to “toxic amounts” of pollution produced when households burn plant material, animal dung and coal for cooking, lighting and heating. As a result, these individuals are at a greater risk of respiratory diseases and an early …
EU regulators are preparing draft legislation that will require vehicle fuel use to be tested on roads rather than in laboratories, looking to close loopholes that allow car makers to exaggerate fuel-saving and emissions credentials. Already from Sept. 1, slightly tougher EU testing standards will be enforced, in line with …
The Obama administration's push to reduce black lung disease by limiting coal dust in mines will begin to take effect on Friday. The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration coal dust rule will be phased in, with requirements including increased dust sampling in mines and citations when …
Shoppers thronging London's Oxford Street are exposed to the highest levels of toxic pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) in the world, claim scientists. A monitor installed in the central London street found high levels of the invisible gas, which is produced by diesel engines. The station has recorded NO₂ levels of …
BAREILLY: A recent survey by the Jal Nigam has found high levels of arsenic in ground water in 19 villages in Bareilly district. The survey was conducted after over 25 cancer-related deaths were reported from Bahrauli village in Meerganj tehsil in five years. A team of health department officials will …
Bakers in Kashmir are at the high risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as well as asthma. This was revealed by a study conducted by the Department of General Medicine at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura. The study found that there is a prevalence of COPD …
Air pollution needs more monitoring, says GMB union A shot of London's skyline shrouded in air pollution The research found air pollution levels exceeded "safe" levels in parts of the UK Councils must work to improve the monitoring of urban air quality after research suggested some UK workers were being …
Titanium and other metals found in dust at a base in Iraq have been linked to the dust found in six sick soldiers' lungs, according to a study set to be released Monday. "We biopsied several patients and found titanium in every single one of them," said Anthony Szema, an …
Breathing in urban India is hard: of the world's top twenty cities with the worst air, 13 of them are found in India, according to a new analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO). Despite the attention recently given to Chinese cities for atrocious air pollution, many of India's cities …
Packed With Fine Particles That Damage Heart, Lungs: WHO New Delhi: Delhi has the most polluted air in the world. A World Health Organization (WHO) air quality database of 1,600 cities and 91 countries released on Wednesday shows that the concentration of PM2.5 (fine, respirable particles) is the highest in …
Vehicular pollution is the major reason for increase in asthma cases, say city doctors on World Asthma Day which falls on the first Tuesday of May every year (May 6). A majority of respiratory physicians in the city say that out of the total number of out-patients, around 50 per …
The Cochin Thoracic Society will organise a bike rally to create awareness on asthma on World Asthma Day on Tuesday, its treatment and control that will help patients lead normal lives. The rally will be inaugurated by Hibi Eden, MLA, from the High Court junction and will culminate at the …
Environmental experts warn high percentage of diesel engines in public transport may cause quarter of all air pollution deaths Diesel engines in buses, vans, cars and trains may be responsible for thousands of premature deaths a year and cost the NHS billions of pounds, say air pollution health experts. With …
The American Lung Association’s annual “State of the Air” report finds half of Americans still live in counties where ozone or particle pollutions levels make the air unhealthy to breathe. The 15th annual national report card shows that while the nation overall continued to reduce particle pollution, a pollutant recently …
Outside Alicia Barksdale’s living room, high above Upper Manhattan, the brick chimney atop the building next door belches black smoke all winter long, and even into the spring. Ms. Barksdale’s windows offer a wide view of the Hudson River, but a sullied one, from the soot and nearby construction dust. …
Asthma, the chronic lung disease, costs New York state more than $1.3 billion annually in medical costs and lost productivity, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said. About 1.7 million New Yorkers have asthma, with the highest rates in the Bronx, one of New York City’s five boroughs, DiNapoli said in a report …
High levels of air pollution will continue to affect parts of the UK on Thursday, experts have warned. Environment department Defra said parts of eastern and north-west England, the Midlands, north Wales and south-west Scotland would be the worst-hit. It said London and the South East had reached the maximum …
More people die in road crashes in India than anywhere else in the world. Every year, road accidents in India claim 1,42,485 lives. But there's something else that kills 6 times as many. Air pollution has become the 5th largest cause of death in India, with over 6,20,000 premature deaths. …
वायु प्रदूषण से 2012 में 70 लाख लोग मरे: WHOजिनेवा: संयुक्त राष्ट्र की स्वास्थ्य एजेंसी ने बताया कि वायु प्रदूषण के कारण 2012 में विश्वभर में 70 लाख लोगों की मौत हुई है। विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन में सार्वजनिक एवं पर्यावरणीय स्वास्थ्य की प्रमुख मारिया नीरा ने कहा, ‘ घर के …
Eight cities surrounding Beijing and its neighbors Tianjin and Hebei province, were listed on the worst 10 Chinese cities for air quality in February, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Tuesday. The largest contributor to the region's air pollution is PM 2.5, according to the ministry. PM 2.5 refers …
