Pianporn Deetes, secretary-general of the Community Development and Highland Areas Foundation (CDHA), said the pollution of the Kok, Sai, Ruak and Mekong rivers was a serious transboundary problem.

The 120-mile Tijuana River flows from Baja California into the United States and discharges millions of gallons of wastewater—including sewage, industrial waste and runoff—into the Pacific ...

While laws to limit pollution have been around for decades, heavy metal pollutants like lead remain a problem in many areas. Lead and other metals in the soil or air can move through urban ...

Exposure to air pollution may worsen bone loss in postmenopausal women, according to a study published online April 24 in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. Diddier Prada, M.D., Ph.D., from ...

When you don’t believe in germ theory, the world is your oyster—or maybe your bathtub.. Over the weekend, America's top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., shared pictures on social media ...

Chicago's air among most polluted as nation undergoes ‘distressing reversal' The new rankings were released by the American Lung Association this week ...

In a letter dated April 14, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality rejected a petition from Upper Missouri Waterkeeper and the Big Hole River Foundation asking DEQ for an impairment ...

An ancient fossil fuel, oil is a crucial energy source for various daily activities, such as electricity generation and vehicle operation. However, its ship transportation poses a significant threat ...

Metro Phoenix faces an air pollution problem. It could hurt our economy — and our health. Sasha Hupka. Arizona Republic. AI-assisted summary.

I have been researching and speaking about the plastic pollution problem for 15 years. The people I talk to are always surprised, and disgusted, when they find out they’ve been chewing on a lump ...

It provided a $15 million grant to support the United Nations' plastic waste management efforts in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Maldives, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The ...