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Microscopic particles, possibly from air pollution, have been found in human brain tissue, according to a new study into Alzheimer's risk.

• 06 сентября 2016, 17:23

Over 80 percent of the world's city dwellers breathe poor quality air, increasing their risk of lung cancer and other diseases: WHO

• 12 мая 2016, 14:45

More than 100 tonnes of clams have perished in central Vietnam because of a possible toxic leak into the sea near an industrial zone.

• 28 апреля 2016, 17:36

US energy giant ExxonMobil is facing an onslaught from environmentalists and some shareholders including the Rockefeller Family Fund.

• 18 апреля 2016, 14:51

Finnish authorities are investigating a mysterious spike in levels of radioactive caesium-137 detected over Helsinki.

• 09 марта 2016, 00:28

Beijing has ordered 2,100 factories to suspend or reduce production as part of its 'red alert' measures to deal with smog.

• 21 декабря 2015, 12:20

New Delhi has failed to collect a new "pollution toll" from trucks entering the city, just one day after the levy was introduced to improve air quality in the choked city.

• 02 ноября 2015, 17:03

Malaysia closed schools in several states and the capital Kuala Lumpur due to choking smoke from Indonesian slash-and-burn farming that has smothered much of Southeast Asia in smog for weeks.

• 19 октября 2015, 15:28

Malaysia's premier has urged Indonesia to act against those responsible for raging fires that have blanketed Southeast Asia in smog for weeks, as Malaysian schools closed again over health concerns.

• 05 октября 2015, 14:42

Czech experts conducted a two-year study of the ecological situation in Karaganda Oblast. Their findings are shocking.

• 08 мая 2015, 18:48

A McDonald's joint venture in China supplying its outlets with French fries has been slapped with a record 3.9 million yuan fine for water pollution.

• 30 апреля 2015, 14:02

Central streets of Almaty will turn into pedestrian zones in 2016.

• 28 апреля 2015, 00:55

President Nazarbayev has taken part in a meeting with media representatives to discuss development of the City of Apples - Almaty.

• 20 апреля 2015, 15:01

A university in East Kazakhstan has developed a new method for wastewater purification from heavy metals.

• 09 февраля 2015, 15:51

Air pollution in Beijing dropped slightly last year, although levels of the most dangerous small particulate matter remained more than three times the internationally recommended limit.

• 05 января 2015, 15:15

A chemist from Kazakhstan has been named the best across the CIS countries.

• 03 января 2015, 14:13

Women exposed to high levels of traffic pollution during the second trimester of pregnancy are at higher risk of giving birth to a child with weak lungs.

• 21 октября 2014, 14:52

Air pollution in Singapore rose to unhealthy levels, blanketing the city-state's skyline with clouds of smog.

• 15 сентября 2014, 14:15

Three-quarters of the trash found off Australian beaches is plastic, as it warned that the rubbish is entangling and being swallowed by wildlife.

• 15 сентября 2014, 13:43

Thieves who tapped an oil pipeline in northern Mexico caused a spill that contaminated the San Juan River, a key irrigation source for farmers.

• 22 августа 2014, 12:09