People across the globe, especially in low-income countries, continue to use solid fuels like coal, wood and plant waste for ...

Common pollutants are disrupting energy production at the cellular level in wild seabirds, potentially affecting fitness, new ...

Air pollution has always been a big deal, but the pandemic was a catalyst for many of us to start thinking about the air–and what’s in it–much more seriously. More than four years after Covid-19 first ...

Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University warn that exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child's developing brain. Air pollution causes harmful contaminants, ...

For example, 167 New Yorkers died each day in 2020. For a pollution-related mortality rate of 5%, 8 of them would have been at risk from air pollution, but which 8? Data on age, race, gender, smoking, ...

"What surprised us was that there were so many different environmental pollutants in the animals, such as PCBs and several different phthalates, and that there were very high concentrations of certain ...

When skin is exposed for long hours to harmful particles in the air, prevalent in most metropolitan cities, they penetrate ...

Communities in Washington hit hardest by climate change may soon get state funding to improve air quality. Washington’s Department of Ecology is launching a new grant program this week to fund local ...

Air pollution is defined as indoor and outdoor environmental contamination caused by chemical, physical, or biological agents that can modify the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. Carbon ...

The Interstate 5 Bridge stretches across a hazy Columbia River on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2022, as seen from the Vancouver Waterfront. Smoke from the Nakia Creek Fire and a morning layer of fog pushed air ...