Figures contained in a detailed air quality report, show the Vaal Triangle’s air to be the most polluted in the country. The findings were presented in Parliament by the Department of Environmental Affairs and show the Vaal Triangle’s air to be the...
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries have finally published the regulations to phase-out the use, production, distribution, sale, import and export of persistent organic pollutants (POP). These regulations have been in draft form...
The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries published notice of her intention to repeal three sets of regulations previously gazetted under the Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Act, 1965 (APPA). The APPA was repealed by the National...
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...
