Air Pollution
20 Mar 2017
A new study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health showed that B vitamins may play a critical role in reducing the impact of air pollution on the epigenome, further demonstrating ...
19 Feb 2017
Despite the thoroughly degraded environment, which they have had to contend with over the years, there appears to be no end in sight to the vicissitudes of life plaguing residents of Rivers State.
20 Dec 2016
Air pollution impairs the function of blood vessels in the lungs, according to a study in more than 16,000 patients presented at EuroEcho-Imaging 2016.
16 Dec 2016
Air pollution impairs the function of blood vessels in the lungs, according to a study in more than 16,000 patients presented at EuroEcho-Imaging 2016.
14 Dec 2016
Air pollution impairs the function of blood vessels in the lungs, according to a study in more than 16,000 patients presented at EuroEcho-Imaging 2016.
11 Dec 2016
In arriving at the decision contained in its latest report on Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution, the World Health Organisation (WHO) stated that a study of water pollution in Onitsha....
14 Nov 2016
Tehran officials shut schools on Monday as the first of the winter's heavy pollution hit the Iranian capital.
4 Nov 2016
Some 1,800 primary schools in New Delhi were ordered to shut down Saturday as the Indian capital grapples with some of the worst pollution in recent years, an official said.
1 Nov 2016
From the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has come a revelation that one in every seven of the world’s 300 million children lives in areas with the most toxic levels of outdoor air pollution...
31 Oct 2016
Some 300 million children live with outdoor air so polluted it can cause serious physical damage, including harming their developing brains, the United Nations said in a study released Monday.
8 Aug 2016
Rising consumption fuelled by a growing middle class has seen the amount of primary materials extracted from the Earth triple in the last four decades, according to a new report by the United Nations ...
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