All news on the topic: Pollution

Wildfires in Canada continue to cause mass disruption across the US with New York City still under an orange haze for the second day running - the hazardous air quality is raising health concerns for millions

Residents along the east coast of the US have been issued air quality warnings with a number of towns, cities and areas labelled 'hazardous'. Areas in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey have all been affected by smoke from wildfires in Canada

An advisory alert for residents in New York City has been issued as smoke from Canadian wildfires rises to 'hazardous' levels. Schools in the city and nearby Washington DC are not offering outdoor activities

Bristol City Council have been repeatedly sending a couple 130 miles away in Sussex fines for breaching the city's Clean Air Zone due to a number plate mix up

A family of 10,000 chemicals called PFAS are everywhere from non-stick pans, waterproof coats and cosmetics - and they don't break down in the environment

Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah has campaigned tirelessly to cut air pollution since her daughter Ella died of an asthma attack in 2013 and was awarded a CBE last year for services to public health

Steve Coogan, Joe Lycett, Lee Mack and Paul Whitehouse have allied with Save Windermere to protect the World Heritage Site. Founder and Cumbrian zoologist Matt Staniek says the lake is under threat

Villagers claim they have been struck down with mystery illnesses since the bulldozers moved in to Somercotes, Derbyshire, where over 600 new home are being built

The River Lim, in Lyme Regis, was once a booming wildlife haven for countless species but has now been declared 'ecologically dead' with locals saying sewage leaks are responsible

British company and volunteers spend four months cleaning up one of Europe's worst microplastic pollution sites near Southampton with special vacuum cleaner

But many are unaware of indoor air pollutants - like candles or air freshener - and the impact they can have on people's health

Chemical manufacturer Monsanto used Ty Llwyd quarry - situated in the beautiful Welsh countryside - as a dumping ground for toxic waste and the impact could be disastrous

The Labour Party analysed data from the Environment Agency (EA) which it says shows 141,777 sewage dumping events across 137 of a total of 139 coastal constituencies in England and Wales in 2022

The worst incident was on Blackpool Sands in Devon, where sewage was discharged for 1,014 hours last year during 63 separate sewage dumps onto the beach

The tourist hotspot, Chang Mai, in Thailand, is popular among many travellers around the world, but it is now competing against other cities in having the world’s worst air quality

Pictures show the devastation at an important local wildlife spot following a oil spill in Poole, with one local politician saying he was 'angry and disappointed' at the potential damage

The WasteShark has been deployed in busy Canary Wharf, in London, and can travel up to 5km before needing to be recharged

Thames Water was fined £2million over a raw sewage incident that killed 150 fish. The company were fined after a 'foreseeable and avoidable' incident led to to raw sewage being pumped into a stream in Oxfordshire

Residents living near Davidstow Creamery in Cornwall, which produces Cathedral City cheddar, have been complaining for years of foul smells, pollution and noises

Bike shop owner Chris Penfold says when London's ultra low emission zone expands in August, he will have to fork out more than £80,000 to get three of his cars to comply

One city in the UK has such bad air pollution that it is equivalent to residents in Northampton smoking 189 cigarettes a year according to one study

Forget the train strikes, it's the planned engineering works driving Eva Simpson mad, and the pathetic excuses from rail companies

Jennie Shearan, a housewife who moved to South Tyneside with her young family in 1953, devoted incalculable hours campaigning for her local British Coal plant to stop polluting the area with emissions such as sulphur dioxide

Over three-quarters think greenery helps improve their mental wellbeing - and two-thirds would consider moving to the countryside to be closer to nature