Air pollution chokes up lungs and shortens lives but is now also being linked to a higher risk of mental illnesses. This is according to researchers in a study based on health data from millions of patients in the United States and Denmark. People...
Eskom, which is considered South Africa’s biggest polluter, has said emissions of particulate matter that cause chronic respiratory disease are at their highest level in two decades. This is due to the state power utility’s financial meltdown,...
South Africa’s national science academy has joined its counterparts in calling for global action on air pollution, which is a major contributor to disease and climate change. Air pollution cut global life expectancy by 20 months in 2016, surpassing...
Experts have said that the carbon tax – which was introduced beginning of the month – is way too low and it will have almost no effect in curbing South Africa’s greenhouse gas emissions. Companies will pay 42 US cents a ton of carbon emissions,...
