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Iceland volcano: Gigantic plume of toxic gas from latest eruption is moving across Europe, satellite data showsA massive column of sulfur dioxide that was pumped out by the erupting volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula is currently traveling across northern Europe. Scientists are concerned it could impact the ozone layer.
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Volunteers inhale air pollutants to unpack link to dementiaVolunteers in the U.K. are inhaling pollutants to help scientists understand why air pollution has long been linked to dementia.
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What are the most polluted cities in the world?Cities like Lahore, Pakistan, Hotan China and Delhi, India have consistently poor air quality, but it's impossible to accurately identify the city with the world's worst air pollution.
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Pollution facts and types of pollutionThe different ways that the environment gets contaminated.
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Even brief exposure to diesel fumes alters activity in key brain network, study findsAn experimental study suggests that diesel fumes might disrupt the brain's typical pattern of activity.
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Monet and Turner's atmospheric landscapes actually depicted air pollution, new study findsImpressionist painters like Monet depicted their smog-filled surroundings in their artworks.
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Placentas Are Caked in Soot from Car Exhaust. Could It Reach the Fetus?Tissue samples probed with laser light reveal thousands of particles of black carbon in the fetal placenta.
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Kids' Mental Health Risks Rise with Poor Air QualityHigher levels of air pollution may be linked with worse mental health in children, a new study suggests.
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Orange veil of dust chokes Beijing in record-breaking sandstormBeijing and northern China have been hit with one of the worst sandstorms in decades which has increased air pollution concentrations to dangerous levels.
