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March 23, 2020 | Undark
The Fight to Curb a Health Scourge in India: Noise Pollution
A grassroots anti-noise movement aims to silence a serious urban health threat. Not everyone is on board.
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August 30, 2019 | Undark
With Elephant Ivory Banned, a Brisk and Worrying Trade in Mammoth Tusks
Fears that the tusks are being peddled as elephant ivory have some experts seeking protections for the extinct animals, too. Not everyone agrees.
July 31, 2019 | Undark
In Ghana, a Bumper Crop of Opinions on Genetically Modified Cowpea
The country plans to release the modified seeds this year or next. Will they benefit the small farmers they were designed for?
December 19, 2018 | Undark
In the Ancient Valleys of Macedonia, a Pall of Air Pollution
The former Yugoslav republic, slow to reform and mired in squabbles with Greece, struggles each winter with some of the worst air pollution in Europe.
December 10, 2018 | Undark
In Chile, Bounded by Mountains and Smothered by Wood Smoke
The nation has struggled to contain sometimes record-setting air pollution — a result of traffic, industry, and in some regions, heavy reliance on wood burning.
December 03, 2018 | Undark
In California’s Fertile Valley, Industry and Agriculture Hang Heavy in the Air
Fated by geography, the San Joaquin Valley’s surfeit of cows, cars, crops, and oil produce air pollution that weighs heavily on public health.
October 29, 2018 | Undark
In China’s Industrial Centers, Lung Disease and Hard Choices
As new research reveals the heavy toll of air pollution on Chinese citizens, the country’s leadership struggles to balance growth and public health.
October 22, 2018 | Undark
Amid Pollution and Political Indifference, Nigerians Struggle to Catch Their Breath
From Lagos to Onitsha and Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s southern region suffers off-the-charts air pollution. Leaders are doing little to help.
September 05, 2018 | Undark
Bangladesh’s Air Pollution Problem Grows, Brick by Brick
Though only a small part of the nation’s GDP, brickmaking plays an outsized role in the spread of air pollution — and disease — in Dhaka and beyond.
August 31, 2018 | Undark
Larry C. Price Discusses the Devastating Effects of Air Pollution on Undark Podcast
This month on the Undark podcast: the toll of human-caused wildfires, rescuing snakes to prevent human-animal conflict, and capturing the impacts of an ambient killer.
August 08, 2018 | Undark
The Weight of Numbers: Air Pollution and PM2.5
Larry C. Price visited seven countries to examine the impacts of PM2.5 air pollution, and to uncover what’s being done—or not—to address this ambient and ultimately controllable killer.
August 08, 2018 | Undark
Gasping for Air in India’s Industrial North
Air pollution kills one million Indians annually. In the northern city of Patna, the problem shaves four years, on average, off residents’ lives.