For children already diagnosed with asthma, air pollution is a known irritant and trigger for symptoms such as wheezing, ...

C onstant exposure to air pollution is a serious health concern. It doesn't just affect your lungs, it can impact nearly ...

Before the EPA, the US environment was not federally protected. Vintage photos show Los Angeles before regulations limited ...

"Since the act passed, the air pollution has gone down overall," Laura Kate Bender, an assistant vice president at the American Lung Association, told CBS News. "The challenge is that over the ...

In a sweeping new study of more than 13,000 urban areas worldwide, researchers have mapped air pollution levels and carbon ...

Exposure to both forms of pollution is linked to premature death. The findings from the American Lung Association have emerged after decades of successful efforts to reduce air pollution and in ...

Almost half of everyone who lives in the United States breathes unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to the American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report, released Wednesday.

A new study from Milan reveals that short-term exposure to air pollutants like black carbon and VOCs significantly alters the ...

The Detroit metro area has the sixth-worst air quality in the nation for year-round pollution, according to a newly released report from the American Lung Association. The Lung Association's ...

In a sweeping new study of more than 13,000 urban areas worldwide, researchers have mapped air pollution levels and carbon dioxide emissions, providing comprehensive global analysis of urban ...