Pollution

The food that protects your lungs from air pollution

A large-scale study has found that high fruit consumption may improve lung function even among people exposed to air pollution, and reduce some of the cumulative damage.

Fine pollution particles penetrate deep into the lungs and cause oxidative stress
THE VERTICAL green walls are transferred from decorative features into intelligent, responsive environmental systems

Breathing life into buildings: Israelis develop better ways to prevent indoor air pollution 

PROF. HAGAI LEVINE

'Silent murderer': Israel must deal with air pollution, epidemiological research finds

Environmental pollution

A huge study: This is the main factor in Alzheimer’s that you can control


Risk of fatal heart attack may double when the air is hot and dusty

The researchers estimated that about 2.8% of heart attack deaths could be attributed to the combination of extreme temperatures and high levels of fine particulate pollution.

 Sandstorm in Eilat, June 1, 2023.

Noise pollution danger is hard to hear, this is why Israel must take action

ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS: Hashiloni is the leader of a team of activists trying to ensure that the wind turbines are not erected close to his home further south. 

 A STATION OF wind turbines in the Golan Heights.

Tar spill reported at nature reserve in Hadera

The Nature and Parks Authority stressed that tar pollution causes damage to protected natural assets, including animals and flora.

 Tar pollution at the Gedor Sea Reserve in Hadera. July 2023

Levels of microplastics in the Mediterranean a threat to wildlife

A sea of plastic, the Mediterranean is the area of the world most at risk for endangered seabirds.

 Cook's Petrel, from New Zealand, is an endangered species and is one of the seabirds most at risk from plastic exposure. During its migrations it crosses the Pacific Ocean, and its wintering areas are severely affected by the “big garbage island” of the North Pacific.

Most popular European cities exceed air pollution limits

Some of the most popular European cities have surprisingly poor air quality.

 Panoramic view of Rome with St. Peter's Basilica centering the composition. Rome, Italy

Air pollution exposure ages COVID patients 10 years - study

Reducing exposure to pollution was between 40% and 80% as effective at reducing patients’ length of hospitalization as some of the best available treatments.

A patient suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) wears a full-face Easybreath snorkelling mask given by sport chain Decathlon and turned into a ventilator for coronavirus treatment

Poland has done what it can to stop fish dying in Oder river

Tonnes of dead fish were found last summer in the river that runs along part of Germany's border with Poland, prompting Warsaw to embark on a crisis response that many scientists said came too late.

 Fish feeding on a dying D. setosum urchin in the Mediterranean Sea

'License to pollute is license to kill'

Controversial Knesset bill could put public health, environment at risk.

 THE OROT Rabin Electricity power station in Hadera.

14 times more air pollution in Ramle from Lag Ba'Omer bonfires

The Environmental Protection Ministry has called on Israelis to refrain from lighting these fires and asked them to celebrate in other ways due to their negative environmental impact.

People gather round a bonfire in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Arnona in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'omer, May 8, 2023.

More asthma sufferers live in areas with high levels of pollution

The researchers found that communities east of Haifa have the highest number of asthma patients.

 A visible layer of air pollution stretches out across the sea. Photograph taken from the research vessel during the AQABA campaign.