AFP - Worsening pollution will sharply reduce Hong Kong's appeal to foreign investors, and most business leaders know people who are thinking of escaping the city due to the dirty air.

AFP - China has failed to control water and air pollution, with the problems worsening in many places, according to a report from the country's top legislature, state media has said.

AP - Toxic waste dumped into a river in northeastern China caused a bubbly red slick, prompting alarmed residents to buy bottled water and a complaint by Russia that Beijing was too slow in issuing a warning, news reports said Thursday.

AFP - Environmentalists have called for a rethink on how Hong Kong monitors air pollution after five more athletes collapsed while racing in thick smog and scorching temperatures.

AFP - Environmentalists led a protest against air pollution in Hong Kong with a lights-out campaign that didn't shroud the city in darkness but added to the debate on the worsening problem.