Greenpeace activists fit the Boudica statue at Westminster Bridge with an emergency face mask to demand action on air pollution (photo © John Cobb / Greenpeace) From ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Masks saved an untold number of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic, but now, the resulting plastic pollution from those masks is concerning ...

The global use of face masks surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, but many have since been discarded as waste, contributing to land and water pollution. As these masks break down, they can release ...

A sculpture by Fernando Botero in Medellín’s Botero Plaza, covered with a makeshift mask to protest air pollution (photo via @laciudadverde/Instagram) Activists ...

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BEIJING (AP) — The smog is so bad even the statues wear masks. Or at least they do in pictures of a campus stunt that circulated online Tuesday as parts of northern China suffered a sixth straight day ...

Chemists say the rise in pollution every year in Delhi translates into a higher demand for eye care and respiratory products ...

Bulgarian activists say it is high time state authorities get serious about properly measuring and tackling levels of air pollution in cities like Sofia and Plovdiv. ‘It’s almost like you can see the ...