Chemical reaction. A new study could cast doubt over claims that Halton's shocking cancer death rate is the result of unhealthy lifestyles and not chemical contamination in the ground, air and water. [News Source]

Mexico City a living laboratory for smog study. Hundreds of atmospheric scientists are wrapping up a monthlong study of the reach and repercussions of Mexico City's pollution: Where does it go? What does it become? What is its effect on climate and weather? [News Source]

China crucial to climate debate. The high economic growth rates of China and India-- 8 percent to 10 percent this year for China and about 7 percent to 8 percent for India -- are cause for concern when is comes to climate change. [News Source]

Executive in pledge to cut greenhouse gas output by 2.7m tonnes. Ministers called on every household and business to play a part in reducing emissions equivalent to 2.7 million tonnes of carbon a year by 2010 compared to 2000. [News Source]

Air over Antarctica is warming, scientists say. In the winter sky over Antarctica, scientists have detected a vast cap of steadily warming air, in the first sign that record levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may be trapping heat above the ice sheets of the South Pole. [News Source]

Acid rain pollutes Korea. North-East Asia including the Korean Peninsula would be the most damaged area from acid rain in the 21st century, a researcher warned. [News Source]

China says to spend US$1 billion to clean up river. China is to spend more than US$1 billion to clean up a river where a toxic spill last year cut off water for millions. [News Source]

Urgent calls for garbage management in Gansu. Villagers in Dingyuan Town, Lanzhou, China have had enough of almost non-existent garbage management systems. [News Source]

Govt cool to Angul pollution. On the issue of environmental pollution, the outrage among the people against three sponge iron units in the district is mounting owing to the lackadaisical attitude of the district authorities. [News Source]

Contamination at new dump could haunt city. The City of Iqaluit plans to build its new dump this year on a site that’s believed to be contaminated, likely by waste buried by the U.S. military during the 1950s. [News Source]

Clean air bill clears House committee. A bill that would place stringent pollution controls on Maryland power plants cleared a key hurdle in the House yesterday. [News Source]