Air Pollution

Medical experts have given the Australian government a blast because too much coal being burnt.

High lead levels, mainly from exhaust fumes, in New Zealand cities during the 1970s and 1980s appear to have led to a loss of intelligence in adults, researchers say. Audio

Blue skies have returned to Beijing but other parts of northern China remain choked by dangerous smog.

Air pollution is the world's leading environmental risk factor for disease, and it causes early deaths even in clean countries such as New Zealand.

Households in Rangiora are being wired up, inside and out, with small devices that measure wood smoke.

New Zealanders can now monitor air pollution in 150 locations throughout the country with just a click of a mouse.

Installing giant wind machines to reduce air pollution in Alexandra is not economic or feasible, a report says.