Air pollution harms cognitive functions by damaging brain cells, reducing oxygen flow, and increasing inflammation, leading ...

Air pollution significantly impacts people’s ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task, a study has found.

Each fire’s impact could depend on what was burning, for how long, and levels of public awareness, researchers hypothesize.

And as climate change fuels longer wildfire seasons, concerns over smoke exposure and the health threats of fires are growing. But the effects of air pollution on the brain are only beginning to ...

People's ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution, potentially making everyday activities, such as the ...

Second-hand smoke in urban areas and fire-wood smoke in rural areas blamed for lung diseases among non-smokers ...

Air purifiers saw a steep surge in sales both in residences and office premises to counter the problem that intensified this ...

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

Being exposed to air pollution – even for a short period of time – can make focusing on tasks much harder, a new study has ...

New research is strengthening the link between air pollution and dementia, with a recent study at the University of ...

As people return to the structures spared from Los Angeles wildfires, experts warn that they should be careful of the air inside and be especially cautious when cleaning up. Smoke, ash and all the ...

Mumbai: After approximately more than a month, the average air quality index (AQI) of Mumbai deteriorated to approximately ...