IN the last decade many technical and popular articles have been published describing the effects of prolonged fogs and the dangerous pollution they can foster. The classic examples were in the ...

In 2024, more than 50 million people in the United States lived in counties with no air-quality monitoring, according to a ...

For instance, Cape May County, home to fewer than 100,000 people, is not populated by a bevy of pollution sources, compared ...

Scientists have also explored how and why different types of air pollution harm health. Some particles, for example, are so ...

Pollution-related deaths numbered 1.67 million in 2019, according to a new report led by Boston College researchers. Economic losses were in the billions. Pollution takes many forms in India, ...

For example, treatment of a single cancer patient costs an average of $150,000 (6). So it’s easy to see how the costs of pollution-related diseases can pile up quickly. The healthcare costs that ...

The study also found that different sources of air pollution have varying effects on cognitive health. For example, pollution from industries, home heating, and combustion of fuels (like coal and ...

Why is plastic pollution a problem? Plastic pollution is the most visible example of the havoc we’re causing to our planet. From our local beaches to the remote Arctic, it is choking our oceans and ...

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 ...

Long-term exposure to high levels of air pollution may harm the brain health of older adults in England, finds a new study. Long-term exposure to high levels of air pollution may harm the brain ...