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Hanoi chokes in toxic smog; as 'Sorrow of War' sells out after viral controversy
Hanoi, Vietnam (AFP) Dec 11, 2025 Toxic smog has blanketed Vietnam's capital for more than a week, blotting out the skyline and leaving residents wheezing as Hanoi's air quality dipped to among the world's worst on Thursday. The city of nine million ranked second only to India's New Delhi on IQAir's ranking of most polluted cities on Thursday morning, improving slightly in the afternoon. According to the Swiss monitoring company, levels of PM2.5 pollutants - cancer-causing microparticles small enough to enter the bloodstream th ... read more |
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Islamabad puts drivers on notice as smog crisis worsensIslamabad, Pakistan (AFP) Dec 14, 2025 Truck driver Muhammad Afzal was not expecting to be stopped by police, let alone fined, as he drove into Islamabad this week because of the thick diesel fumes emanating from his exhaust pipe. ... more 
'Waiting to die': the dirty business of recycling in VietnamHanoi, Vietnam (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 Crouched between mountains of discarded plastic, Lanh strips the labels off bottles of Coke, Evian and local Vietnamese tea drinks so they can be melted into tiny pellets for reuse. ... more 
Delhi records over 200,000 respiratory illness cases due to toxic airNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 New Delhi recorded more than 200,000 cases of acute respiratory illnesses at six state-run hospitals between 2022 and 2024, government numbers showed, highlighting the adverse effects of toxic air on health. ... more 
Watchdog says rollback of EU green rules rushed, unbalancedBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 27, 2025 The European Commission moved too fast to scale back landmark sustainability rules for businesses, lacking transparency and taking too much of a cue from industry, the EU's ethics watchdog said Thursday. ... more |
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'I miss breathing': Delhi protesters demand action on pollution New Delhi (AFP) Nov 9, 2025 Dozens of protesters rallied in New Delhi on Sunday to demand government action on toxic air, as a thick haze containing dangerous microparticles shrouded the Indian capital. ... more 
UK water firm says 'highly likely' behind plastic pellet pollution incidentLondon (AFP) Nov 10, 2025 One of the UK's under-fire water companies apologised Monday after plastic pellets washed up en masse on beaches in southern England, conceding it was "highly likely" behind the recent pollution. ... more 
Countries agree to end mercury tooth fillings by 2034Geneva (AFP) Nov 8, 2025 Countries agreed Friday to phase out the use of mercury-based dental amalgams in tooth fillings by 2034, in a move that will change dentistry around the world. ... more
S.African court urged to allow Anglo American lead-poisoning suitJohannesburg (AFP) Nov 7, 2025 Lawyers for thousands of women and children claimed to have lead poisoning in Zambia sought this week to bring a class action suit against mining giant Anglo American, they said Friday. ... more 
India's cloud seeding trials 'costly spectacle'New Delhi (AFP) Nov 2, 2025 India's efforts to combat air pollution by using cloud seeding in its sprawling capital New Delhi appear to have fallen flat, with scientists and activists questioning the effectiveness of the move. ... more |
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As clock ticks down, Greece tries to clean up its act on waste
Corfu, Greece (AFP) Nov 3, 2025 Cell phone glued to his ear, Kosmas Vassilas watches his truck crews round up multi-coloured bins on the island of Corfu, where a groundbreaking recycling initiative is bucking the trend of Greece's anarchic waste disposal. In a country where many think nothing of dumping used appliances, old furniture and even toilets on the street with their garbage, the municipality of North Corfu has launched a programme that has residents sort their waste into more than a dozen bins. Besides yellow for pape ... read more 
Sunlight and Seawater Break Down Synthetic Fabrics into Microfibers Polluting OceansTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 30, 2025 A team of scientists from the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences and Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology conducted experiments to analyze how common polyester te ... more |
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New method harnesses solar-powered biofilms to eliminate soil pollutantsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 27, 2025 Recent research has demonstrated that iron mineral-bacterial biofilms can effectively degrade environmental contaminants by leveraging solar energy. This novel approach not only enhances the breakdo ... more 
Absence of toxic foam in Indian river cheers Hindu devoteesNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 27, 2025 Thousands of devotees waded into the foul waters of the Yamuna river in the Indian capital Monday for a Hindu festival, amid political wrangling over the sacred but severely polluted waterway. ... more
Tunisian city on general strike over factory pollutionGabes, Tunisia (AFP) Oct 23, 2025 Workers in the southern Tunisian city of Gabes launched a general strike on Tuesday following weeks of protest over a chemical factory residents blame for a spike in serious health issues. ... more
India trials Delhi cloud seeding to combat deadly smogNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 24, 2025 India trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air. ... more
EU parliament adopts curbs on plastic pellet pollutionStrasbourg, France (AFP) Oct 23, 2025 The European Parliament on Thursday definitively adopted rules clamping down on pollution from the tiny pellets that constitute the building blocks of most plastic products. ... more |
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