Capital B News: Drone Footage Shows Musk’s AI Power Plant Flouting Clean Air Regulations in Black Community. “Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is continuing to fuel its data centers with unpermitted gas turbines, according to a Floodlight visual investigation. Thermal drone footage shows xAI is still burning gas at a facility in Southaven, Miss., despite a recent Environmental […]

Tougher lead emission limit dropped after smelter pushback
By Paddy Manning

Three years ago, Tasmania's Environment Protection Authority proposed tighter a lead emission limit for Hobart's zinc smelter to bring the state into line with national standards — but after pushback from the operator, that plan was dropped.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-19/epa-folds-after-nyrstar-pushback-on-tougher-lead-emissions/106352924

#AirPollution #EnvironmentalManagement #Poisoning #PaddyManning

Long-term exposure to #bushfire smoke linked to increased risk of heart disease https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/bushfire-smoke-health-impact-heart-disease-b2922489.html

#Health #AirPollution

"Scientists have just found a direct link between air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease—suggesting that improving air quality could be an important way to prevent dementia and protect older adults.

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, which affects about 57 million people worldwide, and there is currently no cure for it, making prevention is crucial."

https://www.newsweek.com/health-alzheimers-disease-air-pollution-link-study-27m-americans-11534835

#PublicHealth #dementia #Alzheimers #brain #AirPollution #AirQuality #environment #epidemiology

#Alzheimers #AirPollution #EPA

From ABC News.com: Air pollution emerges as a direct risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease: Study

https://abcnews.com/US/air-pollution-emerges-direct-risk-factor-alzheimers-disease/story?id=130220279

Piton de la Fournaise volcano erupts for the second time this year

#AirPollution #Atmosphere #Volcanoes

▶️ 1 new picture from Copernicus https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piton_de_la_Fournaise_volcano_erupts_for_the_second_time_this_year_%28Copernicus_2026-02-18%29.png

So, uh, breathing dirty air is not the brain-care routine we were promised.
A PLOS Medicine study from Emory tracked nearly 28 million older Americans and found long-term PM2.5 exposure raised Alzheimer’s risk—and “middleman” conditions like high blood pressure explained under 5% of the link. Who wants to pitch this to the people saying just treat it later? 😼

https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/02/18/044252/air-pollution-emerges-as-a-direct-risk-factor-for-alzheimers-disease

#AirPollution #Alzheimers #PublicHealth