Detroit earned an F grade for particulate matter pollution in the American Lung Association's 2025 State of the Air report.

While only 2% of U.S. homes rely on wood as their primary heating source, residential wood burning accounts for 22% of fine particulate matter in winter air. Researchers estimate 8,600 premature ...

Throwing another log into a crackling fireplace on a cold winter's night might seem like a cozy, harmless tradition. But ...

Individuals with metabolic signatures for air pollutants such as particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen demonstrate an increased risk for gout, according to results of a cohort study ...

When the U.S. government shut down in late 2018, it furloughed nearly 600 Environmental Protection Agency pollution inspectors for more than a month. Those workers had to stop their work of monitoring ...

A study of over 122,000 people links exposure to fine particles and gaseous air pollutants with increased risk of specific ...

A team digging into PM2.5 — those tiny particles linked to breathing issues — is now looking at whether vitamin C has anything to do with how our lungs handle everyday pollution.

BIRMINGHAM, England — Next time you’re stuck in traffic breathing in exhaust fumes or walking past a construction site filled with dust, you might want to consider how those particles floating through ...

Air pollution was associated with risk for developing motor neuron disease such as ALS and likely contributes to an accelerated disease course following a diagnosis for individuals in Sweden, ...

A recent large study conducted in Sweden has found that long-term exposure to elevated levels of air pollution may increase ...

The scientist Stephen Hawking lived with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common type of motor neuron disease, ...