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Nonsmokers now make up nearly a quarter of all lung cancer diagnosis, as threats like radon and air pollution take a heavy toll.

People Who Don’t Smoke Are Getting Lung Cancer in Scary Numbers

Pollutants like plastics, forever chemicals, carbon exhaust, and bisphenols aren't just aberrations, but staples of life on Earth.

There Is a 100 Percent Chance That Your Body Is Deeply Contaminated With Dangerous Substances

A leading source of the ubiquitous microplastics infesting the planet and our bodies is so obvious that it will make you furious.

Science & Energy

One of the Biggest Sources of Microplastics Will Make You Mad as Hell

By Frank Landymore

In the wake of massive wildfires in Canada's Manitoba province, people thousands of miles away are being warned to stay indoors.

Millions Of Americans Are Being Advised Not To Go Outside

By Noor Al-Sibai

For the world's chief contributors to pollution, AI offers bold new possibilities for spewing corporate propaganda.

Artificial Intelligence

Pollution Industry Using AI to Make the Case for More Pollution

Without a permit, Elon Musk's enormous AI data center in Memphis is spewing hazardous pollutants into the air, enraging residents.

Community Complains of Choking Fumes From Elon Musk’s AI Fortress

By Frank Landymore

As the number of tourists in Antarctica skyrockets each year, so has their burden on the fragile polar ecosystem.

Hordes of Tourists Are Trashing Antarctica

Bad news for people who love good puppers: dogs seem, per an unsettling new study, to be pretty bad for the environment.

New Research Finds That Dogs Are Incredibly Horrible

By Noor Al-Sibai

New footage has found that Musk's xAI, is using 35 methane gas generators to power its "Colossus" supercomputer facility.

Elon Musk Reportedly Doing Something Horrid to Power His AI Data Center

Microplastic pollution seems, as one researcher posits, to be coming from a surprising source: chewing gum.

You May Be Horrified When You Learn What Chewing Gum Is Actually Made From

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Trump administration is massively rolling back environmental protection policies, accelerating an already heated race to the bottom.

Trump Changes EPA Rules to Allow Vastly More Pollution

By Victor Tangermann

A new study reveals that the impacts of AI data centers may include a global increase in cancer and asthma resulting from air pollution.

AI Linked to Growing Cancer Risk

The scientists edited to the bacteria to prove which enzyme it used to degrade PET plastics into bioavailable carbon.

Scientists Gene Hack Bacteria That Breaks Down Plastic Waste

By Frank Landymore

In a controversial new study, scientists are claiming that trees in Los Angeles are contributing to the city's air pollution.

Trees Blamed for Air Pollution

By Noor Al-Sibai

As a growing body of evidence shows, the particles in all that air pollution have actually helped cool the planet.

Grim Irony: Curbing Air Pollution Is Warming the Earth Faster

By Frank Landymore

A potent carcinogen called ethylene oxide is polluting the air in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley" at much higher levels than the EPA estimated.

The EPA Grossly Underestimated How Many Carcinogens are Polluting This Louisiana Region’s Air, Study Says

By Maggie Harrison Dupré