Air-polluting chemicals travel across continents, pose greater risk of cancer: study

Cancer risks due to exposure to PAH seem four times higher than predicted earlier

Air pollution kills a child every 3 minutes in India

Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar recorded the highest rate of child mortality due to toxic air: Global Burden of Disease 2017

Clean air is a human right: WHO

World needs to reduce number of deaths from air pollution by two-thirds by 2030, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general, WHO in his …

Malviya Nagar fire incident is an example of what makes Delhi a tinderbox

Given the serious threat that such fire incidents cause to human health, the Delhi administration has to answer why it has not yet taken action …

Global Eco Watch: Many factors may have caused muskrat decline in North America

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

93% children below 15 exposed to toxic air: report

Risk is higher in low and middle-income countries where 98% of children under 5 live in conditions where PM 2.5 levels are above WHO guidelines

Delhiites breathe in five times more SO2 than a decade ago

The national capital faces challenges on toxicity and vehicular pollution, highlights the Economic Survey

Certifying organic food in India needs further support

Ethylene oxide standards missing in India; standards needed for all chemicals in the food system

New fishing technique improves health safety of African fish processors

Improved design took five years and has been a hit with female workers, particularly in Côte d'Ivoire

Petrol price hike's hidden dangers

Anumita Roychowdhury, head of air pollution control unit of Delhi non-profit Centre for Science and Environment, explains the health, budgetary …