16 h. ago Another car maker threatens factory closures as pressure to increase EV sales weighs heavy

European boss Jean-Philippe Imparato (inset) says EU makers are being forced to sell more EVs to cut CO2 emissions or risk penalties as part of the bloc's efforts to hit air pollution targets.

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21 h. ago Air pollution and herbal medicines could be behind lung cancer in non

Researchers say never-smokers living in more polluted cities have significantly more mutations linked to malignancy

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3 d. ago Delhi plans to create first artificial rain in bid to tackle toxic air

The move would mark the first time Delhi has deployed weather modification to tackle its chronic smog

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4 d. ago Calls to clean up England’s ‘toxic air’ as GP visits for asthma attacks rise 45%

Exclusive: Doctors say clean air zones need expanding, after 45,458 visits in first half of this year – up from 31,376 last yearThe number of patients being treated by GPs for asthma attacks has increased by 45% in a year, prompting calls for urgent action to tackle toxic levels of air pollution.There were 45,458 presentations to family doctors in England between January and June this year, according to data from the Royal College of General Practitioners research and surveillance centre. Across the same period in 2024, there were 31,376 cases. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Esther Rantzen's daughter blasts sickening fake AI photos showing star in coma

The former That's Life host Esther Rantzen is battling lung cancer. Her daughter has blasted cruel trolls who put up fake AI photos online.

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7 d. ago Kim Kardashian 'grandpa robber', 69, 'dies a month after he was convicted for spectacular heist'

Didier Dubreucq, 69, suffered from lung cancer and had to be hospitalized during the trial for the 2016 armed robbery.

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7 d. ago Esther Rantzen's daughter appalled by sickening fake photos claiming to show star in coma

The former That's Life host Esther Rantzen is battling lung cancer and now has to put up with fake photos online as well, as her daughter has blasted the cruel trolling

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1 week ago The invisible killers lurking in YOUR home: A shocking new experiment lays bare exactly how everyday items like deodorant, air fryers and even pets are damaging our health

We all know the dangers of leading a sedentary lifestyle, smoking and sunbathing without sunscreen. But the biggest health threats comes from polluted air.

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1 week ago ‘Mum kept saying she wanted to go up in a firework’: why green burials are going mainstream

Environmental funerals are on the up – but are they really as sustainable as their providers say?“I want to become a pearl when I die - or a reef,” said Madeleine Sutcliffe. Aged 80 and suffering from lung cancer, Sutcliffe was given six months to live in January.Adam, Sutcliffe’s son, is enthusiastic. “I don’t think a pearl is possible but if mum’s ashes are made into an artificial reef, I’ll be able to dive to it,” he said. “Given how I feel when I dive - serene, calm and meditative - a reef is the perfect environment to remember mum.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago From mushroom coffins to reefs made of ashes – why green burials are going mainstream

Environmental funerals are on the up – but are they really as sustainable as their providers say?“I want to become a pearl when I die - or a reef,” said Madeleine Sutcliffe. Aged 80 and suffering from lung cancer, Sutcliffe was given six months to live in January.Adam, Sutcliffe’s son, is enthusiastic. “I don’t think a pearl is possible but if mum’s ashes are made into an artificial reef, I’ll be able to dive to it,” he said. “Given how I feel when I dive - serene, calm and meditative - a reef is the perfect environment to remember mum.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago In London and Paris, we’ve experienced vicious backlash to climate action. But we’re not backing down | Sadiq Khan and Anne Hidalgo

Around the world, well-funded, organised climate deniers are spreading lies about the crisis. We call on governments and tech companies to step upSadiq Khan is mayor of London and Anne Hidalgo is mayor of ParisAs mayors of two of the world’s great cities, we see every day how the climate emergency is already reshaping people’s lives, affecting the people and places we love. From deadly heatwaves and devastating floods to rising inequality and health crises driven by air pollution, the costs of inaction are not theoretical; they are measured in lives taken, homes destroyed and business revenue lost.Ten years ago, the Paris agreement was signed, marking a turning point in the global fight against climate breakdown. But today, progress is being undermined by a deeply concerning threat: a surge in climate deniers and delayers spreading virulent disinformation. We mustn’t let this hope disappear as the world gathers in Belém at the end of 2025 for Cop30.Sadiq Khan is mayor of London and ...

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1 week ago So many young women who've never smoked are getting lung cancer. Now scientists think they've found two shocking causes

It was the end of GCSEs, and Amy Clark was celebrating with friends when she tumbled off a fence she had been sitting on and landed badly on her back.

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2 w. ago Dyson purifier hot + cool formaldehyde: The £700 air purifier that tackles heatwaves and hay fever

Heat, pollutants and bacteria circulate the air we breathe – Dyson’s clever device aims to combat them

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2 w. ago Pioneering Camden clean air charter backed by seven major employers

Signatories pledge to making 12 tangible steps towards reducing air pollution emissions

Society

2 w. ago Which cities across the world have the worst air pollution and how does London compare?

In 2024, only 17% of cities met the World Health Organisation’s air pollution guideline

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2 w. ago Warning over UK’s ‘toxic air’ which will be linked to 30,000 deaths this year

Air pollution is a ‘public health crisis’ costing taxpayers up to £50bn a year, warns Royal College of Physicians

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2 w. ago Tories say they would support UK joining fight against Iran if Starmer deems it necessary – UK politics live

Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons, shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel said.Campaigners from trade unions, voluntary organisations and the Church of Scotland have announced plans for an anti-poverty march to “demand better” from politicians in Scotland, reports the PA news agency.The campaign, Scotland Demands Better, will culminate in a march in Edinburgh on 25 October, walking from the Scottish parliament, up the Royal Mile and along George IV Bridge to The Meadows.Change for the better happens when people stand together and demand it. Scotland desperately needs that change.Too many of us are being cut off from life’s essentials. Too many are frightened of what the future will bring. Too many of us are feeling tired, angry, isolated, and disillusioned.Air pollution remains the most important environmental threat to health, with impacts throughout the life course.It is an area of health where the UK has made substantial progress in the last three decades, with con...

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2 w. ago Funeral directors doing 'Coffin Up for a Cause' challenge in aid of lung cancer awareness

They are scaling the highest peaks of Arran, Mull, Jura, Harris and Tiree – which the coffins at the funeral home are named after.

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2 w. ago UK air pollution killing more than 500 people a week, doctors say

Royal College of Physicians also says poor air quality costs country more than £500m a weekAir pollution in the UK is costing more than £500m a week in ill health, NHS care and productivity losses, with 99% of the population breathing in “toxic air”, doctors have said.Dirty air is killing more than 500 people a week, with health harm to almost every organ of the body caused by air pollution, even at low concentrations, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Toxic air will claim 30,000 lives this year, doctors warn as impact of dirty fumes on health laid bare

Exposure to air pollution can shorten people’s lives by 1.8 years - ‘just behind some of the leading causes of death and disease worldwide’, the authors warn

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