By Rebecca Kaarina Saari Across the world, air pollution is associated with more early deaths than any other environmental exposure, raising risks of dying from lung cancer, respiratory infection, heart… …
Nova Scotia is updating its Air Quality Regulations to cover 26 industrial air pollutants, up from six, with the new rules taking effect June 1. The province’s Environment and Climate… …
By Brian Oliver and Peter J. Irga The fire at a major oil refinery in the Victorian city of Geelong has now reportedly been extinguished. But with thick smoke from… …
By Sean Semple and Rachel O’Donnell At 6am on a quiet Sunday morning 20 years ago today, Scotland became the first UK nation to ban smoking in enclosed public spaces. …
By Armin Sorooshian The waves of U.S. and Israeli bomb strikes in Tehran and Beirut, and Iran’s missile and drone attacks on neighboring countries in response, are damaging more than …
By Vikram Niranjan When e-cigarettes first appeared around 2010, they were hailed as a breakthrough: nicotine delivery without the toxic tar and combustion byproducts of traditional cigarettes. Public health bodies …
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U.S. workplace safety regulators have standardized their field enforcement operations on Mesa Laboratories’ DryCal Defender calibrators, purchasing more than 120 units in 2025, as occupational health professionals warn that a …
A new guide from Camfil Canada examines the air filtration challenges facing Canadian industrial and commercial facilities, with particular focus on regional climate variations and sector-specific contamination risks. The resource… …
By Harshit Gujral, Meredith Franklin, Sagnik Dey, and Steve Easterbrook Parts of India, including the capital Delhi, were once again covered in thick smog recently as toxic pollution from industry …
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