Singapore: A new study has found that between 1980 and 2020, 135 million deaths have occurred globally due to air pollution caused by human activities. According to researchers at the Singapore-based Ninyang Technological University (NTU), weather patterns such as El Nino and the Indian Ocean Dipole have increased the amount of these pollutants in the…
Jerusalem: A new study has revealed that increasing air pollution is the major cause of low birth weight in newborns. A study conducted by epidemiologists at the Hebrew University found a significant link between exposure to air pollution during pregnancy and low birth weight. The study also emphasized the need for more effective air pollution…
Civil aviation organization ICAO said that the numbers for the first quarter of 2024 indicate that airlines will sustain the return to profitability recorded in 2023. “The commitment of Member States to aligning their pandemic responses with the guidance developed by the ICAO Council has been crucial to the recovery of their air services,” said…
If you have any knowledge of science, you will surely understand the usefulness of science in providing various technological facilities in modern times to help you live and make life easier. The human race has been benefiting from this knowledge step by step and setting the stages of development. In this modern era, progress and…
The children killed were boys between 12 and 14 years of age. “UNICEF strongly condemns any strikes against schools and places of learning, which must always be safe spaces for children,” Debora Comini, UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific, said in a statement. “Attacks against schools are a grave violation of children’s…
Washington: A new study has found that air pollution increases the risk of heart and lung diseases as well as breast cancer. Researchers from the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) discovered that the greatest increase in breast cancer incidence was seen in women whose homes The…
Oman: Exposure to air pollution can increase the risk of stroke within five days, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Jordan’s Department of Medicine reviewed data from 110 observational studies in Asia, Europe, and North and South America. The study looked at stroke events and the amount of common air pollutants…
FairFinance launched a digital campaign that will address legislative, participatory and societal perspectives. Photo: File 69.5% of Pakistan’s population will lose their lives within 5 years due to neurological, cardiovascular and lung diseases with the current level of air pollution. The average annual exposure to particulate pollution per person in Pakistan is 63 µg/m3, 12…
Airborne contaminants are one of the most significant environmental health risks. According to the UN World Health Organization (WHO), 99 per cent of the world’s population breathes polluted air, with the exposure significantly worse in low and middle-income countries. The pervasive nature of air pollution requires global collaboration. This year’s theme, Together for Clean Air, addresses the urgent…
The news came as the UN chief released a strongly worded statement on a record summer of global warming in the northern hemisphere, according to the European Union’s climate service Copernicus. Dog days bite back “Our planet has just endured a season of simmering – the hottest summer on record,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres,…
