A new study highlights its benefits, with many ... Feb. 27, 2025 — Air pollution contributes to nearly 7 million premature deaths each year, and its effects go far beyond the lungs. Breathing in ...

Air pollution can significantly increase the risk of lung diseases. Pollutants such as fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and volatile organic compounds ...

People may be exposed to unhealthy levels of airborne pollutants inside their homes, even if the outdoor air quality is good, a new study reveals. Researchers at the University of Birmingham used ...

The sources of this air pollution range from personal care products, cleaning chemicals, fabric protection substances, cooking appliances, cookware coatings. Christian February 25, 2025 07:08 AM ...

The WHO considers PM2.5 concentrations above 50 micrograms per cubic metre "severe" air pollution. China's air quality improved significantly in 2024, Li said. The average concentration of PM2.5 ...

The US government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality ...

One potential culprit? Your humidifier. During winter, air pollution is a concern indoors as much as it is outdoors. Stoves, fireplaces, and ultrasonic humidifiers produce pollutants that can be ...

Since 2008, embassies and other diplomatic posts had been publishing data about local air quality. In many countries, it was the only reliable source of such information. By Lisa Friedman and Brad ...

“We are talking about the impacts of air pollution at a very local level in Massachusetts – not just statewide,” said lead author Boston College Professor of Biology Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., ...

you're actually creating a tremendous amount of indoor air pollution that you shouldn't be breathing in," said Nusrat Jung, an assistant professor in Purdue's Lyles School of Civil and ...