Fine particulate matter, or soot pollution, is in the air we breathe and has been linked to asthma, heart disease and early death, disproportionately affecting urban communities of color. Earlier ...

Mounting evidence suggests that this process accelerates ageing of the brain, with long-term exposure to air pollution linked to the development of dementia and general cognitive decline.

Considering environmental factors is critical to understanding what drives the physical and cognitive declines, the ...

New research from the University of Osaka has uncovered how air pollution impairs the lungs' self-cleaning system by damaging cilia on airway cells. The study also identifies a potential treatment ...

Top experts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard said they have found an effective process to turn air pollution into power in an astounding breakthrough with the ...

Pollution can also more generally affect insect reproduction and survival; putting all these impacts together, a recent study estimates that air pollution causes a more than 30 percent reduction ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved to finalize a rule Thursday that would ease the air pollution permitting process for certain power plants and manufacturers. Since the early days of ...

Air pollution is responsible for 8 million deaths a year globally, which is as many as tobacco. ... We were interested in understanding what the underlying mechanism is for this process.

The change must go through a lengthy administrative process. White House sparks backlash with controversial plan to roll back ...

A new study conducted by researchers from West Virginia University found another way that air pollution can impact consumers’ health and wellness.. The findings showed that exposure to air ...

Many cities across the world have levels of air pollution above the guideline set by the World Health Organization. Source: IQAir. Note: PM 2.5 is particulate matter with a diameter less than 2.5 μm.

The Trump administration wants to ease the air pollution permitting process for certain power plants and manufacturers. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt published a ...