Pollution

Plastic Bag Ban

Philly plastic bag ban takes effect July 1: What you need to know

Philadelphia Water Department looking for adoptable dog to help combat urban pollution

Philadelphia Water Department dogs

Mask pollution: More than 1,100 PPE items were removed from Jersey Shore last year

Face mask pollution

Paper, plastic bags to be banned in all stores across New Jersey

new jersey paper plastic bag ban

Delaware River named 2020 River of the Year by national environmental organization

Delaware River 2020

Air pollution increases the chance of going blind, study finds

High pollution levels in cities linked to rise in glaucoma

Plastic and paper bag ban passes the N.J. Senate and advances to legislature, again

Jersey Plastic Paper Ban

Shuttered Philly refinery measured worst in U.S. for cancer-causing benzene, report says

PES Benzene Refinery

Children's Health

Exposure to pollution may cause your child to have a smaller brain, study says

Pollution ADHD brain development

Air pollution may contribute to hair loss, study finds

Air pollution

Philly councilwoman introduces bill to ban heavy fuel oil

Heavy fuel oil

Microplastics in drinking water likely do not pose a health risk at current levels, WHO says

microplastic contamination drinking water

Baltimore Sun calls for Maryland to sue Pennsylvania over Chesapeake Bay pollution

Chesapeake Annapolis

CNN docuseries shines light on lead poisoning, pollution in Philly and Chester

CNN United Shades of America Toxic City Kamau Bell

Danny DeVito options rights for book about Toms River pollution, cancer outbreak

Danny DeVito Toms River book movie

Why, yes, the chemicals in nail salons are just as harmful as they smell

nail salon chemical risk

Five Pa. cities land in Top 25 in particle pollution in American Lung Association report

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4 million gallons of wastewater leaks into Schuylkill River

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Local slaughterhouses violating Clean Water Act, environmental report says

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Your old contact lenses are contributing to microplastic pollution in our food

DEP: Elevated ozone levels could pose respiratory problems on Tuesday

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Pennsylvania and Delaware are suing the EPA about pollution regulations

Despite opposition, SEPTA granted permit for natural gas plant in North Philly

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Bombs in your backyard: ProPublica tool maps contaminated military sites across U.S.

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Park in Philly suburbs closed because of 'potential health hazards' in soil

Pollock Park Pottstown

Philly imposes steep new fines for short dumping violators

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Environmental groups challenge Trump's rollback on air pollution

Philadelphia's 'It'-themed PSA hopes to scare residents out of polluting

Philly PSA It

Class-action lawsuit alleges paint maker Sherwin-Williams caused cancer cluster in South Jersey

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Tainted water has cost South Jersey town at least $5.5M over two years

Moorestown water

Study: Philadelphia is the second smoggiest city in the northeast

Pennsylvania, Volkswagen reach $30.4 million pollution settlement

Study: Prohibiting smoking in PHA properties drastically reduced secondhand smoke exposure

Second Hand Smoke

'Code Orange' air quality action day issued for Philadelphia

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Philadelphia receives federal grant to reduce air pollution, traffic congestion

Carroll - City Hall and Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Erin Brockovich, law firm announce investigation of contaminated suburban Philly drinking water

Glass of Water

Pennsylvania couples win $4.24 million in lawsuit against fracking company

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New York Times: DuPont hid decades of chemical pollution

Canadian startup sells bottled air to China

Banff National Park

DEP issues air pollution alert for Philadelphia area Saturday

Philly's biggest polluters are its buildings, report says

Drexel University

Study: Pollution may be behind rise, earlier onset of dementia

EPA study: Fracking has not led to 'widespread, systemic pollution'

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