Doctors highlight air pollution and second-hand smoke as major risk factors, with the city’s worsening air quality ...

Scientists discovered that even a few hours of exposure to air pollution reduces focus, makes emotions harder to read, and weakens selective attention. These cognitive impairments could impact daily ...

People's ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to particulate matter ...

Lung cancer has traditionally been associated with smoking, but a worrying trend is emerging. An increasing number of cases are being diagnosed in people who have never smoked, with air pollution ...

Milan is the first major Italian city to place strong restrictions on where people can smoke outside. Cue the discontent.

Researchers have shown that plumes of wildfire smoke can carry contaminants hundreds of kilometers, leaving a toxic and lingering footprint which has the potential to be re-released into the ...

Can pollution cause it? What about inflammation? And how do tumors spread? Here’s what scientists are learning about this ...

A new study from Wayne State University showed breathing in air pollution, especially benzene, can raise the risk of ...

Moving forward, Alvarez stresses that it is essential to address the issue of cigarette butt pollution on the Esplanade, particularly given its potential to introduce microplastics into the ocean.

But breathing the air was still equivalent to smoking nearly five cigarettes a day, according to the 2015 study, which compared deaths from air pollution and smoking. The “goal of this ...

the air quality index reported by the same sensors can vary greatly from map to map. For what’s known as PM2.5 pollution, or tiny inhalable particles of smoke and dust, a PurpleAir sensor ...