http://news.yahoo.com/radiation-japan-nuclear-disaster-spreads-off-u-shores-222502042.html   Radiation from Japan nuclear disaster spreads off U.S. shores   By Courtney SherwoodDecember 3, 2015 5:25 PM Decontamination workers wearing protective suits and masks, remove radiated soil and leaves from a forest … By Courtney Sherwood PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Radiation from Japan’s 2011 nuclear disaster has spread off North American shores and contamination is […]

http://www.who.int/en/   7 million premature deaths annually linked to air pollution News release 25 MARCH 2014 | GENEVA – In new estimates released today, WHO reports that in 2012 around 7 million people died – one in eight of total global deaths – as a result of air pollution exposure. This finding more than doubles previous […]

  http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35568249 Polluted air causes 5.5 million deaths a year new research says By Jonathan AmosBBC Science Correspondent, Washington DC 13 February 2016 Image copyrightReutersImage captionIt is hoped the statistics will be a spur to greater ambition More than 5.5 million people worldwide are dying prematurely every year as a result of air pollution, according […]

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-35629034   UK air pollution ‘linked to 40,000 early deaths a year’ By Michelle RobertsHealth editor, BBC News online 23 February 2016 Image copyrightSPL Outdoor air pollution is contributing to about 40,000 early deaths a year in the UK, say the Royal Colleges of Physicians and of Paediatrics and Child Health. They say diesel emissions have […]

  CBS Evening News By VINITA NAIR CBS NEWS October 21, 2015, 6:58 PM The threat of low-level radiation NORTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A study released Wednesday by the World Health Organization said long-term exposure to radiation — even low levels — can dramatically increase the risk of dying from cancer. Carl Chappell lost his 44-year-old son […]

http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1912827/millions-asia-die-every-year-air-pollution-study-says Millions in Asia die every year from air pollution, study says China and India account for 55 per cent of yearly global deaths from air pollution. Photo: Reuters Air pollution kills more than 5.5 million people around the world each year, with over half of those deaths occurring in fast-growing China and India, researchers […]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/27/asia/asia-air-pollution-haze/ The air pollution that’s choking Asia A man practices Tai Chi in Shanghai as heavy smog engulfs the city on November 7, 2013. In 2010, 40% of the world’s premature deaths caused by air pollution were in China, according to a survey published in the Lancet. CNN.com is showcasing the work of Mosaic, a digital publication […]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/24/how-radioactive-is-the-pacific-really.html     FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT 04.24.15 5:15 AM ET How Radioactive Is the Pacific, Really? This month, an alarming report said Fukushima radiation had hit American shores. The truth is, it’s only in trace amounts. The real problem is that it’s nobody’s job to check ever again. Radioactive elements from Japan’s Fukushima disaster were found […]

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/highest-concentrations-fukushima-radiation-us-waters-detected-near-san-francisco Highest concentrations of Fukushima radiation in U.S. waters detected near San Francisco Years after onset of the nuclear disaster, radiation is still making its way across the Pacific. BRYAN NELSON December 10, 2015, 3:57 a.m. Fukushima radiation is still finding its way to U.S. coastal cities such as San Francisco. (Photo: Ryan J Wilmot/Wiki […]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35141188   BBC navigation China pollution: Factories closed by Beijing smog 19 December 2015 Image copyrightReutersImage captionBeijing’s Forbidden City was not off-limits to the thick smog Cars were forced off the road and factories closed in Beijing on Saturday after the city was once again blanketed by hazardous smog. The government issued a level-four red […]