Combating air pollution in China: Why secondary pollutants are now a primary concern

Phys.org— Like most countries, China has had its problems with air pollution. However, over the last decade, a series of successful measures implemented by the Chinese government have resulted in an impressive improvement in air quality.

Health Policy Watch—Most Air Pollution-Related Deaths From Cardiovascular Disease. Almost 70% of the 4.2 million deaths attributed to ambient (outdoor) air pollution in 2019 were caused by cardiovascular diseases, notably ischaemic heart disease (1.9 million deaths) and stroke (900,000 deaths), according to a new report by the World Heart Federation (WHF). The report highlights the outsized impacts air pollution is having on the worldwide […]

Japan Today—Kishida conveys concern to Li about China military activities. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he conveyed Japan's "serious concern" to Chinese Premier Li Qiang in their talks on Sunday about China's recently increasing military activities, days after it conducted two days of drills around Taiwan. Kishida also asked Li for an immediate lifting of Beijing's blanket ban on

Raw Story—Meet Neo Px: the super plant that attacks air pollution. LODI, Calif. — It may look like an innocent green plant, but its name evokes something far closer to a robot or interstellar rocket.Neo Px is a bioengineered plant capable of purifying indoor air at an unprecedented scale, the first in a potentially long line of such super-powered organisms. "It's the equivalent of up to 30 regular houseplants in terms of air purification," said Lionel Mora, co-founder of startup Neoplants."It will not only capture, but also remove and recycle, some of the most...