The effects of air pollution on kids "should have parents up in arms" to force changes in air pollution regulations, a reader said. Experts say children exposed to high air pollution levels can lose ...

It’s easy to blame parents when young children gain too much weight, but the latest research suggests that certain obesity risk factors are out of Mom and Dad’s control. In a study published this week ...

More than 131 million people live in places with unhealthy air quality, according to the American Lung Association's 2024 State of Air report. This is an increase of 11.7 million people from the ...

Of nearly 30,000 children studied, those in polluted areas were more likely to develop myopia Fine particles (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were most strongly linked to poor eyesight Primary ...

Researchers argue that exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) may affect cognitive function and intelligence, potentially causing large population-level losses in global IQ. Using ...

Almost half of everyone who lives in the United States breathes unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to the American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report, released Wednesday.

A new report on air quality across the United States offered a cloudy prognosis on the long-term health of about 156 million residents who live in areas that received an "F" in smog and soot pollution ...

For years, the Environmental Protection Agency has assigned a dollar value to the lives saved and the health problems avoided through many of its environmental regulations. Now, that has changed. The ...