There has been a growing body of research on the impact of air quality and health, with studies linking poor air quality to serious issues like heart disease and stroke. Research has also found that ...

Climate change affects everyone, but especially children. Their small bodies—and the fact that they grow so rapidly, starting from the time they’re in utero—make them more vulnerable to toxins, ...

Research increasingly shows that exposure to fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, microscopic pollutants small enough to enter ...

This is the Dec. 13, 2021, edition of the 8 to 3 newsletter about school, kids and parenting. Like what you’re reading? Sign up to get it in your inbox every Monday. I hate smog. I really hate smog. I ...

More than 131 million people live in places with unhealthy air quality, according to the American Lung Association's 2024 State of Air report. This is an increase of 11.7 million people from the ...

The effects of air pollution on kids "should have parents up in arms" to force changes in air pollution regulations, a reader said. Experts say children exposed to high air pollution levels can lose ...

The people who breathe the nation’s most unhealthy factory air worry about more than just asthma and other respiratory problems. They also want to know if their daily dose of toxic pollution is ...

It’s easy to blame parents when young children gain too much weight, but the latest research suggests that certain obesity risk factors are out of Mom and Dad’s control. In a study published this week ...