Her family moved to Korogocho, one of the poorest slums in Nairobi, Kenya, four years ago, when the father of her children died. Not long after, she was forced to sell her sewing machine, her only source of income, so she could get treatment for an infection in her leg. […]
Air pollution
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A shocking new study reveals the fatal effect of breathing in emissions from the use of carbon-belching fossil fuels such as gas and coal. Scientists say the use of fossil fuels for power generation, transport and industrial processes such as steelmaking caused 5.13 million extra deaths a year worldwide. Death rates […]
Cleaning surfaces can reduce the levels of polluting gases in the air inside a house Panther Media / Alamy Cleaning floors and surfaces is the most effective way to reduce a major type of air pollution from wildfires that can persist inside buildings. Smoke from wildfires contains pollutants including particulates, […]
As temperatures rise, warmer weather will spur some trees to release a chemical known to worsen air quality, a new study finds. In hot weather, trees such as oaks and poplars produce isoprene, a compound that helps plants cope with heat stress. In cities, isoprene reacts with car exhaust to […]
Air pollution may be driving up rates of breast cancer in the US, Government research suggests. Scientists found areas where toxic air levels are highest are also home to some of the highest rates of the disease in women. The study – by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) – is […]
By Xantha Leatham Deputy Science Editor For The Daily Mail Updated: 12:29 BST, 31 August 2023 The day that drivers across London were dreading finally arrived this week, as the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) doubled in size. The new zone now covers every London borough and has left thousands of […]
Sadiq Khan has accused the government of “weaponising air pollution” before his expansion of London’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez). The city’s mayor said he was disappointed at the lack of ministerial support for the policy and its accompanying scrappage scheme. From Tuesday, Ulez will be expanded to include the whole […]
The first images from NASA’s new spaceborne air pollution sensor reveal how levels of toxic pollutants change within a day across the United States. The images taken by the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution instrument, or TEMPO, show the daily evolution of nitrogen oxide concentrations in major North American cities […]