LAHORE, Pakistan — The air smells burnt in Lahore, a city in Pakistan’s east that used to be famous for its gardens but has become infamous for its terrible air quality. Toxic smog has sickened tens of thousands of people in recent months. Flights have been canceled. Artificial rain was deployed last December to battle … Read more
In June last year, a series of devastating wildfires tore through the Canadian province of Quebec, sending huge plumes of acrid smoke drifting across North America. Three hundred miles away in Boston, dermatologist Shadi Kourosh noticed something strange. “We had an unusual spike in dermatology visits,” says Kourosh, who is director of community health in … Read more
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The Bosnian capital of Sarajevo has been intermittently engulfed in a toxic haze since the start of December, with air quality so bad it was placed first on a list of the world’s most polluted cities for a second straight day Wednesday. The Swiss air quality technology company … Read more
LUCKNOW, India — Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on Sunday with a Guinness World Record number of bright earthen oil lamps as concerns about air pollution soared in the South Asian country. Across the country, dazzling multi-colored lights decked homes and streets as devotees celebrated the annual Hindu festival of light symbolizing the victory of … Read more
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia denied Friday that forest and peat fires on Sumatra and Borneo islands were causing the haze in Malaysia, after the neighboring government sent a letter complaining about the air quality and asking for both countries to work together to deal with the blazes. Forest and peat fires are an annual problem … Read more
TORONTO — Canadian wildfires will ship worsening smoky air throughout the nation and neighboring United States in coming days after latest heavy rains didn’t fall in areas of Quebec the place the fires are most energetic, officers mentioned Wednesday. Drifting smoke from the wildfires has lowered curtains of haze on broad swaths of Canada and … Read more
Heavy smoke shrouds the Chrysler Constructing and One Vanderbilt in a view trying northeast from the Empire State Constructing because the solar units in New York Metropolis, on June 6, 2023. Gary Hershorn | Corbis Information | Getty Photos New York Metropolis’s air air pollution ranked among the many world’s worst on Wednesday as smoke … Read more