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Mother walking children to school

Health

Changing a child's route to school can halve exposure to air pollution

A study of five London schools found a clear difference in exposure to levels of harmful nitrogen dioxide when children travelled via quieter roads

News

High levels of air pollution seem to be linked to early miscarriages

Health

High levels of air pollution seem to be linked to early miscarriages

News

A Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis, by the Thames

Environment

Crabs are being found in the Thames with stomachs full of plastic

News

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Life

Marine life is still struggling after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

News

Traffic in Copenhagen, Denmark

Health

Is air pollution causing mental health conditions like depression?

News

A wall of moss

Technology

Cities are using walls of moss to tackle air pollution from traffic

News

Plastic in the ocean

Environment

Tiny magnets could help rid the ocean of harmful microplastics

News

Monte Rosa Glacier

Environment

Microplastics in the Arctic and the Alps may have blown in on the wind

News

solar panels in China

Environment

Cleaning up China's dirty air would give solar energy a huge boost

News

Air pollution may be having more of an effect on health in Birmingham than in some other UK cities

Health

Air pollution in Birmingham may cut months off life expectancy

A child born in Birmingham, UK, in 2011 may die between two to seven months early due to predicted pollution concentrations, according to a report

News

Environment

Packaging-free shops may tackle plastic but risk increasing food waste

Insight

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Air pollution

Health

UK has halved air pollution deaths since 1970 but must still do more

News

Health

Exposure to air pollution seems to negatively affect women's fertility

News

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