Delhi's government has announced a complete ban on firecrackers until January 1, 2025, as part of efforts to tackle severe ...

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 ...

The company, formerly Schnitzer Steel, was penalized for problems with air pollution abatement equipment at its West Oakland ...

To address the issue, the European Commission put forward the revision and consolidation of two ambient air quality directives in October 2022, as part of the EU’s zero pollution action plan. An ...

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 ...

Oct. 8, 2024 — Countries across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region can overcome major shared environmental challenges such as water scarcity and air pollution by harnessing the power ...

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 ...

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

During CHEST 2024, Maxine Dexter, MD, Kaiser Permanente, discussed her belief in the vital role of physicians in public health advocacy, drawing from her legislative work on issues as a former Oregon ...