Air Quality

By Farhan M. Asrar I woke up today seeing that my windows appeared to have an yellow/orange tint to them, signalling that wildfire smoke was upon my city and reminding… …

Wildfire smoke has pushed air quality across much of southern Ontario into the orange, or “very poor,” category this week, prompting renewed attention to existing provincial and workplace safety guidance… …

WorkSafeBC is calling on British Columbia employers to put hazard controls in place before summer weather creates dangerous conditions for workers. The workers’ compensation regulator says heat, wildfire smoke and… …

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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 …