The government admits air pollution triggers respiratory diseases but lacks conclusive data linking it directly to deaths, prompting health advisories and action plans.

In 2012, Deborah Cory-Slechta at the University of Rochester, New York, received a “bucket of brains”. A colleague had been studying how air pollution around the university harms the hearts and lungs ...

About 17,000 — that’s how many people were ordered to evacuate following a Rockdale County chemical plant fire on Sunday. Hundreds of residents reported symptoms of skin irritation, watery eyes and ...

Air pollution in India is no longer a winter phenomenon. Experts warn that rising emissions, urban heat and industrial ...

Air pollution ranks among the world’s deadliest threats, causing an estimated 8 million deaths in 2021, according to a recent analysis from a United Nations partnership. That same year, pollutants ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The San Joaquin Valley Air District has some tips to help improve air quality in your community. Kern County's air quality is known for not being very good. But there are ...

Air in the U.S. has gotten cleaner for decades, adding years to people's lives and preventing millions of asthma attacks, but nearly half of Americans still live with unhealthy air pollution, a new ...

Short Wave producer Hannah Chinn has adult-onset eczema. They're not the only one. Up to ten percent of people in the United States have it,... Feeling itchy? Air pollution might be making it worse ...

The air pollution in Hanoi follows a predictable, seasonal pattern, like it's returning on schedule each year.

Application challenges, delivery delays and questions about the program’s adequacy have some residents saying the filters are just a ‘band aid’ while they wait for systemic ...

A new study has found that the air in several senior high schools in Kumasi is far dirtier than what health experts consider safe, putting thousands of students at risk of developing serious health ...