Despite decades of progress, the air quality in the United States has started to decline over the past few years, according to data in the Environmental Protection Agency's 2024 "Our Nation’s ...

Air pollution is a big term that’s often used when talking about the environment and our health. Youth leader Ishaa Asim explores where air pollution comes from and the different ways to help ...

Air pollution is even more dangerous than previously thought, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, as it slashes maximum safe levels of key pollutants such nitrogen dioxide. An ...

In 2013, 9-year-old Ella Roberta Adoo Kissi Debrah died following a severe asthma attack. Soon after, her family began to ...

Air pollution causes hundreds of thousands of premature deaths every year in Europe. Exposure to fine particulate matter alone was responsible for 238 000 premature deaths in 2020. This is over 12 ...

Oct. 17, 2024 — U.S. researchers have detected microplastic particles in air exhaled by wild bottlenose dolphins, suggesting that inhalation may be a relevant route of exposure to these ...

found that exposure to urban air pollution can actually shrink the brain in direct proportion to the exposure. “[It’s] like tobacco smoke; there’s no such thing as a safe background level of ...

Economic losses were in the billions. Pollution takes many forms in India, including the use of poorly-ventilated stoves and open fires for cooking inside dwellings. Photo by Mark Katzman. Air ...

Boston College’s Global Observatory on Planetary Health is first to reveal town-by-town pollution levels and health impacts, including 2,780 deaths in 2019 Air pollution remains a silent killer in ...

This study investigates indoor air quality (IAQ) in school classrooms, revealing how student activities impact particulate ...

By Dr. Sushama R. Chaphalkar, PhD. New research reveals that air pollution, especially PM2.5, may contribute to cerebral ...

It was a provisional victory for the Biden administration, whose climate initiatives have been stymied. A challenge to the ...