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Air pollution — on the rise in Asia and Africa — is a major health threat, corrodes buildings, kills vegetation and is a leading contributor to rising levels of greenhouse gas emissions and related climate change.
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Opinions and Analysis
Clean environment, clean bill of health
Policymakers must plan for healthier environments now to avoid unnecessary loss of life, says an editorial in The Lancet.
South-East Asia: stop the burning
South-East Asia must act quickly to stop farmers burning their land, say David J. Lohman, David Bickford and Navjot S. Sodhi.
23 April 2007
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Source: Science
Put an end to India's cooking-stove pollution
11 July 2003
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Source: Down to Earth
News and Features
China's nitrogen emissions could worsen pollution
China has reduced its sulphur dioxide emissions, but its failure to reduce nitrogen emissions could worsen acid rain in the country.
Air pollution cutting China's 'vital' rain
China's air pollution could be damaging its agriculture as scientists find aerosols reduce the amount of light rain.
More research needed to tap Africa's biogas potential
23 March 2009
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Information Services
Missed the Global Health Forum 2009?
Our blog, by SciDev.Net columnist Priya Shetty, will fill you in, as will our interview with the Global Forum's Gill Samuels
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Still drinking arsenic
Millions of people still drink arsenic-contaminated water despite scientists' solutions
Just add water
Policymakers must improve water storage to help developing countries adapt to climate change
