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China has become the world’s worst polluter
China is now the world's biggest carbon emitter ahead of the US, a soon-to-be-published report says. Report courtesy of
Air Pollution Causes Bigger Hail
Air pollution hugely increases the size of hail, and thus the amount of damage it can cause to crops
Toxic Red Tide Blamed For Deaths Of Seabirds
A Toxic Red Tide algae bloom in Southern California coastal waters has produced record levels of a toxic acid,
Seafood alert as red tide hits China
A huge toxic "red tide" has spread out across the waters off southern China, contaminating seafood and posing a
China Says 10% Of Farming Land Contaminated
Over 10 percent of China's farm land is contaminated, threatening the ability of the world's most populous nation to
Toxic metal Cadmium found in Oysters
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A heavy metal believed to be benign in the state's coastal waters does in fact pose
Arsenic poisoning water wells
OUAGADOUGOU, With signs that people are developing diseases linked to arsenic poisoning, the government said that it had turned
Survey Finds Mercury in Fish in West U.S.
Scientists looking for fish tainted by mercury found them in every fish and every river they sampled across the
Pollution Turns China River Blood Red
Industrial discharge and household wastewater have polluted a northern Chinese river so badly that the water is dark red
Smog chokes Beijing amid Games delay fears
Children and the elderly in Beijing were advised to stay indoors as thick smog choked the city on Friday,