Exposure to high concentrations of air pollution may worsen Alzheimer's disease (AD) by accelerating the buildup of toxic ...

Air pollution doesn't just affect our lungs. Invisible particles circulate in our daily environment and appear capable of ...

Plastic pollution permeates every corner of the planet—even in our bodies in the form of microplastics. World Environment Day ...

Ahead of the International Day of Clean Air, here’s a look at what causes air pollution, what it does to people and how the world can rein it in.

In 2024, serious water pollution events rose by 60% from the previous year, as the Environment Agency's report shows. Of the ...

The global use of face masks surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, but many have since been discarded as waste, contributing ...

Air pollution is considered by some to be the "greatest external threat" to life expectancy, and pollution levels only continue to increase as climate change worsens. While breathing in ...

Light pollution is a newly recognized source of pollution with many complexities. What is light pollution to one person may be the desired light levels of another. Balancing the pros and cons of light ...

Long-term exposure accelerates the development of Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease with dementia in people who are ...

Between May and July 2025 10,000 tests for water pollution at the Environment Agency's Starcross laboratory in Devon were cancelled Thousands of water tests to identify potential harmful pollution ...

The source of a pollution incident which killed thousands of fish in a Cornish river has been identified by government officials as lime. The Environment Agency (EA) said: "The pollutant was lime ...