If you’ve been outside on a smoggy day, you’ve probably noticed that your body reacts poorly to bad air quality. Maybe you coughed, or got a headache. But what actually happens to your body when you ...

Satellite data suggests cloud darkening is responsible for much of the warming since 2001, and the good news is that it is a ...

A new study found that air pollution can cause lung cancer in people who have never smoked, and can damage the organ in ...

New research suggests that being exposed to air pollution for long periods can have similar effects to smoking and aging.

University of Utah Health researchers have linked particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution with aneurysmal subarachnoid ...

Air pollution exposure, both before and after birth, significantly escalates the risk of respiratory infections in children.

Interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs) are parenchymal lung changes found on high-resolution CT. In routine use of high-resolution CT, non-specific findings are frequently reported, which has prompted ...

Exposure to higher levels of air pollution over time was tied to a higher risk of meningioma, a type of brain tumour that is ...

With 7 of its ambitious rules for cars, trucks and trains repealed, California officials must find new ways to clean up the nation’s worst air quality. But officials face growing pushback about ...

Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of poor air quality due to their developing lungs and high activity levels.

LOS ANGELES, CA (IANS) – Early-life exposure to air pollution may have a direct effect on lung health later in life, reveals a study on Friday that underlines the need to reduce pollution ...

New research from the University of Osaka has uncovered how air pollution impairs the lungs' self-cleaning system by damaging cilia on airway cells. The study also identifies a potential treatment ...