Exposure to air pollution may directly increase your risk for Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study. In the study, published Feb. 17 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine, researchers found ...

After exposing an ant to the air pollutant ozone, its nestmates acted aggressively toward it. Henrik_L / iStock via Getty Images Air pollution is known to cause health problems in humans, such as ...

Head and Vipula and Mahesh Chaturvedi Chair Professor in Policy Studies at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi University of Toronto provides funding as a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data showed steadily increased risk of MND with 1-, 3-, 5- and 10-year exposure to air pollutants. A higher ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Not including the monetary value of lives saved in air pollutant rules leaves out an important part of the story ...

When California neighborhoods increased their number of zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) between 2019 and 2023, they also experienced a reduction in air pollution. For every 200 vehicles added, nitrogen ...

Air pollution and health outcomes vary by geography, but patterns in the city can be surprising. By Akiva Blander In New York City, air pollution is unevenly distributed among the city’s neighborhoods ...

Even at relatively low pollution levels, chronic exposure to fine particles and nitrogen dioxide was linked to higher disease risk, faster functional decline, and greater need for invasive ventilation ...

I grew up in rural Colorado, deep in the mountains, and I can still remember the first time I visited Denver in the early 2000s. The city sits on the plain, skyscrapers rising and buildings extending ...

The Trump administration is expected to repeal a 2009 ruling that allows the federal government to regulate greenhouse gas pollution. This "endangerment finding" established the legal basis for ...

Thousands of people in Georgia have been advised to avoid going outside amid concerns over dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a map from AirNow. The map shows an area of fine particle ...