On New Year's Day, several people messaged me to ask if I had noticed how bad the air quality was in Phoenix after the previous night's firework celebrations. It was plain to see that day. Particulate ...

The effects of air pollution on kids "should have parents up in arms" to force changes in air pollution regulations, a reader said. Experts say children exposed to high air pollution levels can lose ...

In 2015, when Karen Grzywinski heard that the Shenango Coke Works near Pittsburgh was closing after 54 years in operation, she didn’t believe it. Neither did her neighbors, some of whom had joined her ...

On a bad-air morning in Bangkok, it starts the same way. Kids clear their throats in the car, parents check an air-quality ...

Indoor air pollution poses a greater risk to children than adults due to their developing lungs and faster breathing rate.

This Earth Day, the Department of Ecology is hosting a coloring book design contest for kids across Washington.

Of nearly 30,000 children studied, those in polluted areas were more likely to develop myopia Fine particles (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were most strongly linked to poor eyesight Primary ...

Alarming new research has linked air pollution to a spike in children’s trips to emergency rooms for psychiatric problems, ranging from suicide and anxiety to schizophrenia. On days when kids were ...

It’s that time of the year again when North India is waking up to a thick blanket of smog every day. With Delhi’s Air Quality Index rising consistently, the severe impact of air pollution has once ...

It’s easy to blame parents when young children gain too much weight, but the latest research suggests that certain obesity risk factors are out of Mom and Dad’s control. In a study published this week ...