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air pollution

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  1. The addition of harmful chemicals to the atmosphere. The most serious air pollution results from the burning of fossil fuels, especially in internal-combustion engines.


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News and analysis about water quality, air pollution, weather patterns, environmental issues and climate change.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Indonesia experiences fires every dry season, but this year's blazes have been particularly severe, sickening hundreds of thousands of people locally and spiking air pollution in neighbouring countries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

The Aviation Environment Federation campaign group has previously defended the fees, arguing they help reduce congestion and air pollution around airports.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

These include greater consumption of ultra-processed foods and sugary drinks, childhood obesity, physical inactivity/sedentary behavior, antibiotic exposure, and air pollution.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

During this period, plastic increasingly filled landfills and oceans while its production—up to 8 million tons annually by 2020—contributed to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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