More clean air zones needed, say MPs

"Clean air zones" targeting drivers of high-polluting vehicles should be extended to more cities in England, MPs say.

Dementia care home set for closure

Pembrokeshire council is being recommended to close a Haverfordwest care home, with nine jobs being lost.

China launches pollution probe after hundreds of students fall sick

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Authorities in China have launched an investigation after a report that hundreds of children attending a language school built near a polluted former industrial site developed health problems, including cancer, state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday.

FDA approves tissue container for laparoscopic device

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a tissue container bag for use in certain laparoscopic procedures along with power morcellators, that have been linked to the spread of cancer in women. Power morcellators are devices used in gynecological procedures like hysterectomy where the uterus or the uterine fibroids are cut into smaller pieces and extracted through small incisions. The tissue container bag, PneumoLiner, developed by privately held Advanced Surgical Concepts Ltd, is then inserted into the abdomen and the tissues removed during the procedure are placed into it.