New research by a collaboration of U.K.-based scientists has revealed that common indoor and outdoor air pollutants can alter both brain and respiratory function within just four hours of exposure, ...

Air pollution is a global health concern, with over 90% of the world's population breathing air that exceeds World Health Organization safety standards. Fine and coarse particulate matter are ...

However, there are multiple examples and discussions of various air pollution control programs to estimate putative benefits to public health. I chose premature mortality as the indicator of all ...

A growing body of research suggests that air pollution affects our brains. Lifetime exposure to poor air quality has been associated with disorders including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease ...

"Once you have pollution information, it tends to be that it actually helps people to realize, 'Oh, I actually value air quality.'" ...

At the recent French-Speaking Pneumology Congress held in Marseille, France, between January 24 and 26, 2025, Olivier Brun, a pulmonologist at the Hospital Center of Perpignan in Perpignan, France, ...

This air pollution is expected to result in as many as 1,300 premature deaths a year by 2030 in the United States. Total public health costs from cancers, asthma, other diseases, and missed work and ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a key update to the federal air quality standard for fine soot – a step toward reducing deadly air pollution that’s been over a decade in the ...

Communities in Washington hit hardest by climate change may soon get state funding to improve air quality. Washington’s Department of Ecology is launching a new grant program this week to fund local ...

The Interstate 5 Bridge stretches across a hazy Columbia River on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2022, as seen from the Vancouver Waterfront. Smoke from the Nakia Creek Fire and a morning layer of fog pushed air ...