Researchers review existing evidence on the effects of long-term exposure to air pollution in the form of fine particulate ...

8, 2024 — As air temperatures stay elevated through fall ... Researchers who previously demonstrated a cooling ... Plastics Pollution Worsen the Impacts of All Planetary Boundaries Nov. 7 ...

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 ...

Air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk of our time. It also exacerbates climate change, causes economic losses, and reduces agricultural productivity. It knows no borders ...

Nine out of the world’s 10 cities with the worst air pollution are in South Asia. Concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) in some of the region’s most densely populated and poor areas are ...

Exposure to a high level of air pollution increases a person’s risk of developing dementia. It also contributes to other long-term conditions. Air pollution includes very small particles from traffic ...

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 ...

Nearly 4 in 10 Americans – or more than 131 million people – lived in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution in recent years, a new report finds. And the country’s air pollution ...

'If we don't take any action now or in the next five years, it might be too late.' The growing number of rocket launches and satellites burning up in Earth's atmosphere could trigger the world's ...

Motivated by a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standard for air pollution, the team employed a model for fine-scale air pollution mapping using real-world data, and it indicates ...

When we think about air pollution, most of us focus on its effects on our lungs and maybe our hearts. But new research reveals something more troubling: the air we breathe may affect children’s brains ...

Dr. Rossetto said, "In this study, we were able to estimate pollution in the air where patients live, and this revealed a strong connection between higher levels of particulate matter and visits ...