Each of us takes about 20,000 breaths every single day—20,000 chances for the air around us to either sustain life or to ...

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 ...

New research links air pollution to faster Alzheimer’s decline. Learn what this means for your health and how to reduce your ...

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 ...

Pollution is a significant yet overlooked factor in India's cancer crisis, per oncologist Dr Shirish. He warns that rising exposure could lead to a surge.

Doctors, environmental groups and residents are trying to figure out if there is a causal connection between pollutants from the steel industry and rates of cancer in Gary, Indiana. Pollutants you can ...

Air pollution doesn’t just increase the risk of dementia — it actually makes Alzheimer’s disease worse,’ Dr. Edward Lee says ...

Lungs To HeartThe health effects of air pollution remain a public health concern worldwide. According to the World Health ...

A new study from the University of Utah, highlighted in a Tribune article, demonstrates even modest increases in a pregnant mother’s prenatal ozone exposure significantly increase the risk of her ...

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