An curved arrow pointing right. After testing a major reservoir that supplies drinking water to Beijing, the World Health Organization has discovered that the water had lead levels 20 times the ...

BEIJING - China's air and water quality continued to improve in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, Pei Xiaofei, spokesperson for ...

It said emergency responders had controlled the pollution source and treated river water to remove the thallium, adding that concentrations had soon returned to normal in downstream areas. China has ...

Rather than spiraling into panic, we should take a moment to appreciate the remarkable progress we’ve made in improving the ...

Fu Junsheng collects plastic that washes up on China’s Miaodao islands and turns it into art that highlights the problem of marine pollution.

An acidic waste spill by a Chinese company in Zambia has created a massive environmental crisis that threatens a river on which millions of Zambians rely. The incident occurred last month at a ...

"Launching over bodies of water ... pollution of another state's waters". "It is no different from dumping them on to the ...

Water is the lifeblood of Bangladesh, a delta nation intricately woven with rivers and wetlands. Yet, this abundance of water ...

(Source: Council on Foreign Relations) New industries bring higher paid jobs and more money but they can also bring pollution. Many of the cities in China are amongst the most polluted in the ...