http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30826128   China pollution: Beijing smog hits hazardous levels 15 January 2015 A yellow pollution alert, the third highest in the four-tier system, has been in place since Saturday Pollution has soared to hazardous levels in Beijing, reaching 20 times the limit recommended by the World Health Organisation. Since Saturday visibility has been low and […]

http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1501490/bad-air-daze-air-pollution-and-our-children?page=all 4 MAY 2014 Magazines›Post Magazine Families packing up and leaving Hong Kong over pollution life expectancy fears With children the most at risk from Hong Kong’s air pollution, some families have reluctantly packed up and left behind friends and comfortable lifestyles. Angharad Hampshire looks at the dangers and what is being done to address […]

ASIA PACIFIC South Korean Leader Postpones U.S. Trip Amid MERS Outbreak By CHOE SANG-HUNJUNE 9, 2015 Photo Pedestrians wore protective masks in Seoul on Tuesday. Nearly 2,900 people in the country have been isolated as a precaution. CreditEd Jones/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images SEOUL, South Korea — Park Geun-hye, the embattled South Korean president, has decided to postpone […]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/08/asia/china-bans-smog-doc/   Did China’s most popular environmental film just vanish into the haze? By Steven Jiang, CNN   Updated 12:11 PM ET, Sun March 8, 2015 People wear masks in Tiananmen Square in 2013 as heavy smog hangs over Beijing. Story highlights Film on China’s air pollution problem drew praise from environment minister when it came […]

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/07/03/when-air-quality-in-beijing-and-shanghai-is-least-awful/ The Wall Street Journal 10:22 am HKT Jul 3, 2014 ECONOMY & BUSINESS When Air Quality in Beijing and Shanghai is Least Awful Chinese tourists wear facemasks during a visit to Tiananmen Square as heavy air pollution continues to shroud Beijing.   Agence France-Presse/Getty Images What is the best time of year to avoid […]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/27/asia/asia-air-pollution-haze/   The air pollution that’s choking Asia By Mike Ives, MOSAIC   Updated 10:32 AM ET, Fri January 30, 2015 CNN.com is showcasing the work of Mosaic, a digital publication that explores the science of life. It’s produced by the Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation that supports research in biology, medicine and the medical humanities, with […]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=279491 LATEST NEWS 800 Tera Bq of Cesium-137 to reach West Coast of North America by 2016: researcher Apr 30,2015 TOKYO, April 30 (Xinhua) — About 800 tera becquerel of Cesium- 137 is going to reach West Coast of North America by 2016, equivalent to 5 percent of the total Cs-137 amount discharged to the […]

http://www.globalresearch.ca/fukushima-a-nuclear-war-without-a-war-the-unspoken-crisis-of-worldwide-nuclear-radiation/28870 GLOBAL RESEARCH ONLINE INTERACTIVE READER SERIES Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation Michel Chossudovsky (Editor) I-Book No. 3, January 25  2012 Global Research’s Online Interactive I-Book Reader brings together, in the form of chapters, a collection of Global Research feature articles and videos, including debate and analysis, on a broad theme […]

  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-20937035 Iran pollution worsens as thousands die By Mohsen AsgariBBC News, Tehran 7 January 2013 Tehran’s medics have seen a rise in pollution-related health problems A thick brown haze which has covered nine big cities – including the capital, Tehran – in Iran for the past 10 days is being blamed for thousands of […]