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Air pollution in Birmingham may cut months off life expectancy
A child born in Birmingham, UK, in 2011 may die between two to seven months early due to predicted pollution concentrations, according to a report
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Packaging-free shops may tackle plastic but risk increasing food waste
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UK has halved air pollution deaths since 1970 but must still do more
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Exposure to air pollution seems to negatively affect women’s fertility
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Ethnic minority children are exposed to more noise pollution at school
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Plastic producers urged to take responsibility for “nurdle” pollution
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Deadly air pollution illuminated in beautiful long-exposure photograph
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Seven charts that explain what net zero emissions means for the UK
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China’s efforts to cut pollution in Beijing may make it worse overall
Heavy polluting industries are being moved away from Beijing in an attempt to cut air pollution, but this could actually result in more pollution not less
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The UK has already had more wildfires in 2019 than any year on record
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Pristine mountains are being littered with microplastics from the air
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Even remote mountain glaciers are contaminated with microplastics
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Millions of child asthma cases linked to traffic pollution every year
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