Air Pollution

By Hannah Wallace Florencio Cuétara is the kind of person who crosses the street to tell people to pick up their litter. One day, Cuétara, an avid diver, was swimming in the Mediterranean when he came across a plastic cookie bag.…

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Schoolchildren in Melbourne’s inner west are paving the way towards a healthier future one backpack at a time thanks to a new initiative helping the city breathe easier. In a Melbourne first, over 300 children from six primary schools will…

Last Updated: February 28, 2023, 08:59 ISTResidents of low-income areas may particularly suffer the effects of living in an area with high levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the air on their cardiovascular systemsAdults exposed to…

Illustration of the lungs, showing the larynx. A is the windpipe: and B is the bronchial tubes.Bettmann Archive Globally, children and adolescents have being growing up in areas with high levels of air pollution since the Industrial…

Long-term exposure to air pollution is tied to an increased risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart disease -- with the greatest harms impacting under-resourced communities, new Kaiser Permanente research shows. The study,…

INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA - NOVEMBER 04: Smoke billows from a large steel plant as a Chinese labourer ... works at an unauthorized steel factory, foreground, on November 4, 2016 in Inner Mongolia, China. To meet China's targets to slash…

Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have found increasing…

According to a new study headed by scientists at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, elevated levels of air pollution are linked to bone deterioration in postmenopausal women. The consequences were especially visible in…

Topline A number of recent studies have drawn stronger connections between air pollution and serious health problems than previously understood, but there are several methods experts recommend individuals and countries take to reduce air…