If there’s not enough to worry about from an air quality and human health perspective from smoke, other particulate matter, ozone related to vehicle exhaust, carbon monoxide and radon to ...

Globally, air pollution is the leading environmental risk factor to human health, increasing premature mortality. The detrimental impacts of poor air quality on cardiovascular and respiratory systems ...

A new study finds short-term exposure to air pollution can lead to reduced cognitive abilities, hampering day-to-day ...

All 500 million children across the region live in countries with unhealthy levels of toxic air, according to analysis ...

Despite a predicted downturn in temperatures after several record-breaking years, a reduction in coal burning may have had an unexpected impact.

A new study from the Universities of Birmingham and Manchester has found that exposure to high levels of particulate matter ...

Scientists discovered that even a few hours of exposure to air pollution reduces focus, makes emotions harder to read, and weakens selective attention. These cognitive impairments could impact daily ...

Being exposed to air pollution – even for a short period of time – can make focusing on tasks much harder, a new study has ...

One of the most concerning aspects of the study is that the link between air pollution and lung infections was observed even ...

A shocking new investigation found that air pollution levels in London skyrocket when private schools are open.

Not far from where Ceci Carroll lives, a rock-mining company has polluted the air with dust across the San Gabriel Valley, she said. Now, as crews clean charred remains from the Los Angeles wildfires, ...

Research links micro- and nanoplastics exposure during pregnancy to rising allergies. These particles enter mother and fetus ...