In the Punjab region of Pakistan, record-high air pollution levels triggered hospitalizations and school closures, as cities ...

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 ...

According to background information in the study ... used participants' addresses to look up 1995-2017 data on local air ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — A thick layer of toxic smog is cloaking India’s capital as smoke from firecrackers used to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, pushes air pollution to hazardous ...

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, on Wednesday, approved the deployment of Civil Defence Volunteers (CDVs) for a ...

But every year the celebrations are tinged with worries over air pollution, as smoke-emitting firecrackers — set off as part of the celebrations — cause toxic smog that can take days to clear.

As India gears up for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, people are divided over whether they should celebrate by setting off firecrackers, which worsen the country’s chronic air pollution. Diwali, ...

A thick layer of toxic smog is cloaking India’s capital as smoke from firecrackers used to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, pushes air pollution to hazardous levels. New Delhi’s air ...