Air pollution ranks among the world's deadliest threats, causing an estimated 8 million deaths in 2021, according to a recent analysis from a United Nations partnership. That same year, pollutants ...

Air pollution may seem like a daily nuisance, but exposure during pregnancy and early childhood can have lasting effects.

We are exposed to air pollution daily. When we step outside, we inhale pollutants from particulate matter (such as smoke or dust), burning fossil fuels, wildfires and more. For Lung Cancer Awareness ...

A new study sheds light on the biological underpinnings that may explain the association between air pollution and the development of dementia. Investigators found that high levels of homocysteine and ...

Changes in Body Mass Index (BMI) during adolescence play an important role in the association between air pollution exposure and insulin resistance, according to a new study led by investigators from ...

Concentrations of a forever chemical known as TFA is increasing in rainwater, drinking water, soil and plants.

Smoke from the Green Fire and other wildfires burning in and near Shasta County are polluting the air over the North State. The Shasta County Air Quality Management District and Shasta County Health ...

Every year, the ocean quietly reminds us of the damage we have done. On Mediterranean beaches, locals often find strange, fibrous balls of dried seagrass known as “Neptune balls.” At first glance, ...

Since plastic began to be mass-produced in the 1950s, the material has been building up in the environment and in people’s bodies. These six graphs illustrate just how bad the problem has gotten, and ...

Pollutants flowing over borders play a key role in the air quality of the Indo-Gangetic Plains and Himalayan Foothills. How ...