Research from the NIH’s National Cancer Institute, an agency beleaguered by funding cuts and censorship, finds that ...

Air pollution is a leading cause of illness — from asthma 1 to heart disease, stroke, ... Such diversity makes it challenging to define what good indoor air quality looks like.

Air pollution remains a silent killer in Massachusetts, responsible for an estimated 2,780 deaths a year and for measurable cognitive loss in Bay State children exposed to fine particulate pollutants ...

Air pollution used to be much worse. In October of 1948, a thick, choking smog settled over the small Pennsylvania town of Donora. The town was home to two steel plants.

A new study uncovers how PM2.5 air pollution cripples respiratory defences, while astronomers prepare to map the cosmos with ...

Air pollution choking New Delhi has ground outdoor work to a halt and disrupted air travel in the Indian capital. Nov 14, 2024 Canadians worry a U.S. company may be emitting toxic gas into their air ...

Colorado air regulators withdrew large parts of a draft plan to cut ozone pollution Friday, acknowledging that it underestimated emissions coming from some oil and gas drilling and hydraulic ...

Millions of Americans live in places with unhealthy levels of air pollution 04:21. Nearly 188,000 dementia cases in the U.S. each year may have been caused by air pollution, researchers estimate ...

Bay Staters who celebrated Earth Day this past week will be pleased to know that Massachusetts ranks highly when it comes to water and air quality compared to other U.S. states.. A new study from ...

Other studies may point to reasons why air pollution could trigger or worsen eczema in the first place. It appears that PM2.5 may interact with our skin’s immune responses in ways we are only ...

Poor air quality (from wildfires and other causes) may decrease a person’s ability to focus, according to a new study. Short-term exposure to air pollution can impair cognitive functions like ...