Air pollution adversely impacts human health, contributing to a wide range of acute and chronic health issues. Both primary and secondary pollutants, including particulate matter (PM 2.5 and PM 10), ...

Air pollution is no longer just an environmental issue — it’s a public health emergency. And its hidden effects, like rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune conditions, make the case for urgent ...

September 7 is the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies. Each year, an estimated seven million people around the world are killed by effects from air pollution, which include cancer, strokes, ...

While the U.S. has made great progress improving air quality in recent decades, air pollution is still a driver of many serious health conditions both domestically and globally. According to a new ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. When the Environmental Protection Agency was formed in 1970, its ...

Overall, the study suggests that air pollution exposure, both during pregnancy and early childhood, can have lasting effects on the brain's white matter. "Even if the size of the effects were small, ...

Amid the rising air pollution in the nationals capital and the GRAP Stage 4 guidelines in effect, Chief Minister Atishi on Sunday announced that physical classes will be discontinued for all students ...

The air you breathe doesn’t just affect your lungs. It could be toxic to your brain. A study by University of Pennsylvania researchers linked increased exposure to air pollution to worse cases of ...

Microplastics are turning up everywhere, from remote mountain tops to deep ocean trenches. They also are in many animals, including humans. The most common microplastics in the environment are ...