Pollution Articles

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December 02, 2025

Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

Polluting facilities in Monterrey, which has close ties to the US, are pumping toxic heavy metals into the city’s air and threatening residents’...

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October 24, 2025

Secret report shows likely source of ‘poo balls’ that closed Sydney’s beaches last summer

Exclusive: Fat, oil and grease built up in sewerage pipes before being dislodged by heavy rain and ejected from Malabar outfall

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August 12, 2025

Hundreds more waterways in England used recreationally than recorded by government, data finds

Analysis finds 3,347 locations used for swimming, rowing and paddleboarding but government has identified just 342There are hundreds more waterways...

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August 06, 2025

Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn

More than 100 million ‘novel entity’ chemicals are in circulation, with health impact not widely recognisedChemical pollution is “a threat to the...

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August 05, 2025

Tuesday briefing: What the fraught talks to reach a ‘Paris agreement for plastic pollution’ could bring

In today’s newsletter: Inside a critical summit of 179 countries at the UN in Geneva to secure a treaty that will combat plastic pollutionGood...

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