Alliance of doctors and nurses calls for environment bill to include reduction in small particle pollution limits Medical leaders are urging Boris Johnson to cut
Read moreNew EU rules would permit use of most polymers without checks, experts warn
Proposals would allow common plastics to be used despite valid concerns about possible harms, scientists say New rules on chemicals to be debated by the
Read morePollutionwatch: how sources of summertime smog are changing
Increases in methane from fracking, agriculture and gas production are adding to our climate emergency On 26 July 1943, at the height of the second
Read moreQuarter of UK pupils attend schools where air pollution is over WHO limit
Estimated 3.4m children learn in unhealthy environment, says charity behind research Millions of British children attend schools where air pollution is worse than the World
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Mercury is accumulating in deep ocean trenches
Enlarge / Aboard the German research vessel Sonne off the coast of Chile, ready to take samples from eight kilometers deep in the Atacama Trench
Read moreScientists convert used plastic bottles into vanilla flavouring
Production of chemical could help make recycling more attractive and tackle global plastic pollution Plastic bottles have been converted into vanilla flavouring using genetically engineered
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