Nearly the entire world is exposed to air at some point that doesn't meet the strict standards set by the World Health ...

Florida Power & Light, which has operated the plant’s twin nuclear reactors for more than a half-century, has been on a ten-year timeline to clean up the pollution. At the halfway point, it’s now ...

Polluted air, laden noxious gasses or tiny, invisible particles that burrow into human bodies, kills 7 million people ...

New research shows that inhaling polluted air for just an hour can impair cognitive abilities like attention and emotional ...

Long-term exposure to PM2.5, PM10, NO2 and ozone (O3) air pollution is associated with more hospital admissions for lower respiratory tract infections in adults.

High fine particulate matter levels in the air drive Wayne and Kalamazoo counties to be redesignated as nonattainment areas ...

Air pollution is a growing health issue worldwide, and its impacts are often underestimated in aging societies like Japan. A ...

A new study finds that short-term air pollution exposure harms brain function, reducing focus and emotion recognition.

Dementia risk has been linked to air pollution exposure — particularly PM2.5 exposure — through a growing body of medical ...

People's ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution, potentially making everyday activities, such as the ...