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Delhi and its surrounding areas are experiencing severe air pollution with AQI levels crossing the hazardous 400 mark. This smoke-filled air is causing many respiratory problems to people including ...

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 ...

Doctors break it down.

You might think of lung cancer as a "smoker's disease," but new research suggests that isn't the case at all. Instead, there are several factors that have been tied to genetic mutations which can ...

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A combination of hot temperature and high air pollution is associated with increased risk of suicide in the following days, ...

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Air pollution harms the lungs, heart and brain in India. Learn the main sources, who is at risk, health effects, and ...

There's something invisible that can put us in an early grave. And I’m not talking about sentient AI, but something much more ubiquitous and real. While AI doomers predict the existential risk that ...