Pollution

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

In an interview with The Post, Israeli researchers estimate that air pollution in Israel causes a prodigious NIS 37 billion worth of damage a year to Israelis.

PROF. HAGAI LEVINE
Environmental pollution

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

People walk along the beach in hazy conditions in Tel Aviv, February 14, 2026.

Jerusalem, Tel Aviv become the most polluted major cities in the world from dust, urban emissions

Israel's Health Ministry.

Israel braces for high air pollution as dust from North Africa impacts air quality


Microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, cause behavioral changes

A new study discovered that microplastics pollute the body in the same amounts as the natural environment

 Microplastics are shown on a white background.

Paper cups no better than plastic: Research exposes hidden toxicity

“The coffee latte you take with you from the kiosk on the corner now comes in paper cups... But that cup can also harm living organisms."

 A pile of white plastic disposable cups

'Israel must shift from coal to gas to decrease air pollution fatalities'

Israel's Environmental Protection Ministry calls on the government to complete the shift from coal to gas on time.

The southern Israeli city of Ashkelon is pictured December 29, 2008

Israel's biggest polluters: See who made the 'red list'

A new report identifies the most environmentally harmful factories in Israel.

 Factory smokestacks.

'Air pollution to boost antibiotic-resistance deaths to 840k by 2050'

Antibiotic resistance from air pollution was already linked to an estimated 480,000 premature deaths in 2018. 

 Heavy industry air pollution (illustartion)

Illegal Palestinian waste fire forces settler shop owners to stay indoors

"We woke up one morning" to "a big black thick pillar of smoke, no one can breathe."

 Fire at illegal trash dumping ground caused dangerous air pollution level in Binyamin region of the West Bank, on August 7, 2023.

Insects in danger: Air pollution harms bugs' ability to find food, reproduce - study

The report provides evidence that tiny particles originating from air pollution, especially from human-related sources, adhere to the sensory organs of insects.

 An illustrative image of a fly.

Global boiling: How Israel urgently needs to adapt to climate change

"If we don't deal with [climate change], Israel will be a very unpleasant place to live in the next decade or two," Prof. Colin Price, head of  Tel Aviv University's PlanNet Zero

 A firefighting helicopter is silhouetted in front of the sun, as a wildfire burns in Mandra, Greece, July 18, 2023.

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.