Existing air pollution regulations will reduce thousands of premature adult deaths in the UK, but even the most effective technically feasible actions, which will save thousands more lives, will do ...

More than 7.5 million people immerse themselves in lakes, rivers, seas and lidos every year in the UK. But getting in the ...

Air pollution is likely to be contributing to dementia and a declining mental ability in older people around the world, science advisers to the UK government have said for the first time. The opinion ...

The biggest legal claim ever brought in the UK over environmental pollution in the country has been filed at the High Court. Almost 4,000 people have signed up to the lawsuit against major poultry ...

The UK government has been underestimating lead pollution from small planes by a significant amount, and has found that over 370,000 households could be at greater risk of exposure to lead than ...

The monitoring of UK rivers hasn’t been updated since the 1970s and gives just a snapshot of the state of water quality, hampering efforts to clean it up. The UK’s four nations have similar methods ...

AIR pollution may directly contribute to dementia, warns new research. People with greater exposure to fumes and other airborne pollutants are at greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, ...

Peter Cruddas currently receives funding from Ofwat through their Innovation Fund for 'Alternative approaches to phosphorus removal on rural wastewater treatment works'. He has previously received ...