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About
AndPollution
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Contributors
Parfait Gasana is an economics-trained data and research analyst from the Chicago area with passionate interests in public infrastructure, energy, environment, empirical methods, and data analytics. Active on GitHub, Gitlab, and StackOverflow communities, he is also an avid reader of global environment news and creates environment-themed data projects usually in R, Python, and SQL databases.
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Austrailian Broadcast Company | Pollution
Latest news and topics on pollution
BBC | Pollution
All the latest content about pollution from the BBC.
CBS News | Pollution
Latest news and topics on pollution
Earth.org | Pollution
Latest news and insights into how the pollution crisis is shaping the future of the planet
EEA | In-depth Topics
In-depth topics including air pollution, plastic, pollution, waste and recycling
The Guardian | Environment
Latest news and topics on pollution
Indian Times - The Economic Times | Pollution
Latest news and topics on pollution
MongaBay | Air Pollution
Conservation news on air pollution
Science Daily | Pollution
Source for the latest research news regarding pollution
Scientific American | Pollution
Pollution coverage featuring news and articles about advances in the field.
US News and Reports | Pollution
Latest news and topics on pollution
WHO | Air Pollution
Health topics covering air pollution
Data
Global
Global Plastics Hub
Largest global platform for technical resources, integrated data, and collaborative action on plastic pollution.
OECD Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) Data Explorer
Tracking pollutant releases by country, pollutant or sector
**OpenEQ: Air Inequality Data
Universal access to air quality data to empower a global community of changemakers to solve air inequality.
Our World in Data: Plastic waste accumulated in the oceans
Running total of plastic flowing into the ocean each year.
PureEarth: Toxic Sites Identification Program (TSIP)
TSIP is the largest global database of sites contaminated with toxic chemicals.
Solid Waste Emissions Estimation Tool (SWEET)**
Excel-based tool that quantifies emissions of methane, black carbon, and other pollutants from sources in the municipal solid waste sector.
Waste Methane Assessment Platform (WasteMAP)
Open online platform that aggregates existing sectoral data globally, including national inventory data, city-level data, and facility-level methane emissions data.
WHO Air Pollution Data Portal
WHO monitors the exposure of air pollution and its health impacts (deaths, DALYs) at the national, regional and global level from ambient (outdoor) and household air pollution.
Regional
CNRS: PFAS Data Hub
Research project run by the CNRS Humanities & Social Sciences, aiming to gather data about PFAS measured and suspected contamination for select EU countries.
SACEP: South Asian Regional Cooperation on Sustainable Nitrogen Management
Joint research effort studying the impacts of different forms of nitrogen pollution in South Asian countries.
National
EPA: AirNow
One-stop source for air quality data.
EPA: ChemView
Access to health and safety data on U.S. regulated chemicals.
EDF: Chemical Exposure Action Map
Explore the facilities releasing toxic chemical pollution into the air, water, and land of communities through the United States.
EWG: PFAS Map
Interactive map that shows PFAS pollution in public and private water systems
DataKind: Fenceline Data
Access multiple datasets including federal data on chemical and greenhouse-gas emissions and enforcement actions in one place.
NOAA: Coastal Polluton Explorer
Interactive web-based platform that enables users to explore spatial and temporal trends in chemical contaminant data across U.S. coastal areas
ProPublica: ToxMap
The most detailed map of cancer-Causing industrial air pollution in the U.S
US EPA: Nutrient Data
Data collection and compilation by states, tribes and territories to assess, protect, manage, and improve the quality of the nation’s waters from the effects of nutrient pollution.
USGS: Water Quality Data
USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) contains extensive water-quality data for thousands of sites nationwide.
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National Geographic: Air Pollution
NowThisEarth: Chemical Pollution
EPA: Nitrogen Pollution
The Economist: Plastic Pollution
UNEP: Resources
UNEP: Solid Waste
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