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The tiny air pollutants known as PM2.5, emitted by vehicles, factories and power plants, aren’t just a hazard for lungs. A study finds more brain shrinkage in older women exposed to pollution.
The geographic setting of hazardous industrial sites in residential areas during apartheid hasn’t transformed since democracy.
Taiwan has made significant efforts in protecting its environment. A scholar writes about how the country educates its children on protecting the environment through Buddhist stories.
Fast fashion is far from green. But the rapid expansion of online clothing resale platforms could help shrink the garment industry’s negative impact on the environment.
Air pollution can weaken people’s respiratory, immune and cardiovascular systems, leaving them more vulnerable when they get COVID-19.
Plastic waste is a global problem. Now a chemist has developed a new strategy for breaking down the most common plastic so it can be not just recycled, but upcycled into desirable goods.
Shaking polypropylene bottles and washing them with very hot water can release millions of tiny plastic particles. Here are four ways to reduce exposure.
Microplastics could pose a threat to the sustenance of aquatic biodiversity when ingested by animals.
PFAS chemicals are toxic, widespread and persistent in the environment, and the federal government has been slow to regulate them. A scientist explains why evaluating them one by one isn’t working.
The ghosts of our industrial and agricultural past continue to haunt freshwater ecosystems today.
To understand the risks of wildfire smoke, it helps to understand the chemicals people are breathing.
Last week, much of the Midwest and eastern US experienced hazy skies and red sunsets. The cause was smoke transported from the Western US by the jet stream and spread as far as Boston and even Europe.
Wildfires blanketing several Western cities are creating hazardous health conditions. Don’t count on cloth masks to protect your lungs.
A study shows that low-income communities and communities of color are bearing the brunt of the energy industry’s pollution in the region. The risks also extend to the unborn.
Within the growing mountains of electronic waste, precious metals lie waiting to be recovered.
Pollutants from industrial and domestic sources in the Lagos lagoon represent a cocktail of environmental contaminants.
Demand for electric and electronic products is fuelling the meteoric rise in e-waste.
Working from home in the long run could be better for your health, or it could also be worse. It depends on how your employer supports you.
New treatment can break down toxic substances into relatively harmless elements.
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Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Environment, CSIRO
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Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology
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