Pollution(Page 6)

What you need to know about the gases, toxins, and garbage that make their way into water, air, and land.

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Air pollution can ruin the health benefits of ‘walkable’ neighborhoods
Environment

Air pollution can ruin the health benefits of ‘walkable’ neighborhoods

By Nicole Wetsman

Mt. Vernon tree canopy over road
Environment

Urban forests are dying. Baltimore shows us how to bring them back.

By Andrew Zaleski

Wildfire smoke is particularly bad for you—here’s why
Environment

Wildfire smoke is particularly bad for you—here’s why

By Nicole Wetsman

Eco-friendly packaging could be poisoning our compost
Environment

Eco-friendly packaging could be poisoning our compost

By Ula Chrobak

Small improvements to California’s air quality made a big difference in asthma rates
Environment

Small improvements to California’s air quality made a big difference in asthma rates

By Nicole Wetsman

Plastic chemicals could harm the ocean bacteria that produce 10 percent of our oxygen
Environment

Plastic chemicals could harm the ocean bacteria that produce 10 percent of our oxygen

By Ula Chrobak

California’s tap water could be a cancerous cocktail of pollutants
Health

California’s tap water could be a cancerous cocktail of pollutants

By Nicole Wetsman

Your car’s exhaust is giving kids asthma
Environment

Your car’s exhaust is giving kids asthma

By Marlene Cimons

Meal kits are full of wasteful packaging—but they might still beat the grocery store
Environment

Meal kits are full of wasteful packaging—but they might still beat the grocery store

By Kat Eschner

Flint residents are using fruits and vegetables to combat lead poisoning
Environment

Flint residents are using fruits and vegetables to combat lead poisoning

By Marlene Cimons

Filtering diesel exhaust could make it worse
Environment

Filtering diesel exhaust could make it worse

By Ula Chrobak

Plastic hitches a ride on rain, snow, and wind to pollute the whole planet
Environment

Plastic hitches a ride on rain, snow, and wind to pollute the whole planet

By Kaitlin Sullivan

Learn how changes to the Clean Water Act could hurt your region before it’s too late
Environment

Learn how changes to the Clean Water Act could hurt your region before it’s too late

By Kaitlin Sullivan

How to do laundry the green way
DIY

How to do laundry the green way

By Dan Seitz

Air pollution from corn production might contribute to thousands of deaths each year
Environment

Air pollution from corn production might contribute to thousands of deaths each year

By Alex Schwartz

grimacing at a hotdog
Environment

Rat hair, beaver anal secretions, and other surprising things in your food

By Robert Chilcott/The Conversation

air pollution carbon fossil fuels
Environment

Coal ash, earthquakes, and other hazards posed by fossil fuels

By Ula Chrobak

Nurdles
Environment

‘Mermaid tears’ are killing our oceans

By Claire Gwinnett/The Conversation

Children suffer more from air pollution, but our policies don’t reflect that
Health

Children suffer more from air pollution, but our policies don’t reflect that

By Nicole Wetsman

A stream in its natural habitat.
Environment

‘Ghost streams’ sound supernatural, but their impact on your health is very real

By Brynn O’Donnell

A crack in a road
Environment

Fixing potholes is good for your ride—and the planet

By Marlene Cimons

Fake trees could help us fight climate change
Environment

Fake trees could help us fight climate change

By Marlene Cimons

Canada tar sands Alberta bird's eye view
Environment

Canadians found a safer way to transport oil and, yes, it looks like a hockey puck

By Chloe Williams

Smog Los Angeles cloud seeding response
Environment

To combat smog, Thailand made it rain

By Eleanor Cummins

don't flush these things down your toilet
Environment

14 things you should never flush down the toilet

By Amy Schellenbaum

This powder could cheaply capture carbon pollution from power plants
Environment

This powder could cheaply capture carbon pollution from power plants

By Marlene Cimons

Multi-colored plastic straws.
Environment

The EU just finalized an agreement to ban tons of single-use plastics

By Kat Eschner

Cloudy solar panels smog energy
Environment

Air pollution is choking solar energy around the world

By Katarina Zimmer

carbon emissions
Environment

The U.S. keeps causing trouble at a crucial climate change summit

By Kat Eschner

california fire air quality
Environment

The air quality in San Francisco is so bad, being there for a day is like smoking 10 cigarettes

By Nicole Wetsman

Air pollution might make it harder to get pregnant
Environment

Air pollution might make it harder to get pregnant

By Nicole Wetsman

There’s plastic in your poop, but we have no idea how dangerous that is
Environment

There’s plastic in your poop, but we have no idea how dangerous that is

By Sara Chodosh

The toxins of our past still threaten the future of killer whales
Environment

The toxins of our past still threaten the future of killer whales

By Jillian Mock

This new device could teach us how the crud in our air affects our health
Environment

This new device could teach us how the crud in our air affects our health

By Claire Maldarelli

Cars and buses on busy London street at dusk.
Environment

We already know air pollution hurts your heart—and it might also hurt your brain

By Jillian Mock

Charted: Here’s how much your food waste hurts the environment
Environment

Charted: Here’s how much your food waste hurts the environment

By Sara Chodosh

two contact lenses on a pink and blue background
Environment

Contact lenses don’t belong in your toilet

By Kat Eschner

‘Glider trucks’ are pollution machines, but they might roll past EPA regulations
Environment

‘Glider trucks’ are pollution machines, but they might roll past EPA regulations

By Jennifer Lu

The EPA might change the way it weighs human health against industry profit
Environment

The EPA might change the way it weighs human health against industry profit

By Jennifer Lu

You could be eating a side of e-waste with your takeout
Health

You could be eating a side of e-waste with your takeout

By Kat Eschner

The EPA has a new plan that’s good for business and bad for bodies
Environment

The EPA has a new plan that’s good for business and bad for bodies

By Jennifer Lu

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a drone that loves trash!
Technology

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a drone that loves trash!

By Owen Agnew

a blue sky with clouds
Environment

The world agreed to ban this ozone killer years ago—but it looks like someone is making more

By Neel V. Patel

Future offshore drilling could wreak havoc on deep sea ecosystems
Environment

Future offshore drilling could wreak havoc on deep sea ecosystems

By Sara Kiley Watson

Good job: Arctic sea ice is full of our junk plastic
Environment

Good job: Arctic sea ice is full of our junk plastic

By Kat Eschner

We have too many jellyfish, so scientists want to cover them in chocolate
Environment

We have too many jellyfish, so scientists want to cover them in chocolate

By Chloe Williams/Scienceline

Scientists stumbled upon a plastic-eating bacterium—then accidentally made it stronger
Environment

Scientists stumbled upon a plastic-eating bacterium—then accidentally made it stronger

By Neel V. Patel

air pollution
Environment

Air pollution might be the new lead

By Nicole Wetsman

These scientists think peace and quiet should be a human right
Environment

These scientists think peace and quiet should be a human right

By Kate Baggaley

We can’t truly protect the environment unless we tackle social justice issues, too
Environment

We can’t truly protect the environment unless we tackle social justice issues, too

By Amal Ahmed

The fumes from spray cleaners and perfumes are a major source of air pollution
Environment

The fumes from spray cleaners and perfumes are a major source of air pollution

By Amal Ahmed

Find out where your town’s air pollution actually comes from
Environment

Find out where your town’s air pollution actually comes from

By Eleanor Cummins

Interstate 95 Traffic Jam In Miami
Environment

Air pollution can make kids behave badly

By Nicole Wetsman

The U.S. health care industry could learn a lot from India’s doctors
Environment

The U.S. health care industry could learn a lot from India’s doctors

By Marlene Cimons

anesthesia
Health

Hospitals are scrambling to solve their air pollution issue

By Nicole Wetsman

Light pollution is getting worse
Environment

Light pollution is getting worse

By Rachel Feltman

keystone
Environment

The Keystone pipeline just spilled another 210,000 gallons of oil

By Mary Beth Griggs

Pollution kills nine million people a year
Environment

Pollution kills nine million people a year

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

fireman standing near smoke
Environment

Wildfire smoke is terrible for you: here’s what to do about it

By Richard E. Peltier/The Conversation

There’s no such thing as clean coal
Environment

There’s no such thing as clean coal

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

These dirty birds show why we need natural history museums
Environment

These dirty birds show why we need natural history museums

By Mary Beth Griggs

The Black Death helped reveal how long humans have polluted the planet
Environment

The Black Death helped reveal how long humans have polluted the planet

By Kate Baggaley

Our pollution might actually be causing thunderstorms
Environment

Our pollution might actually be causing thunderstorms

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Almost every country in the world can power itself with renewable energy
Environment

Almost every country in the world can power itself with renewable energy

By Kendra Pierre-Louis