Air pollution is affecting more than just the lungs

NORTH DAKOTA (KXNET) — No matter what causes air pollution, it continues to increase throughout the United States, with over ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Air Pollution Can Cause Some Ants to Turn on One Another—and Neglect Their Young, New Research Suggests

Ants send messages to colony members through odor compounds that contain alkenes, chemicals that help nestmates recognize one ...
Health

What Using an Air Purifier Every Night May Do for Your Sleep and Blood Pressure

Using an air purifier nightly could improve sleep and reduce blood pressure for some people. Experts recommend choosing a ...

I inhaled traffic fumes to find out where air pollution goes in my body

BBC health correspondent James Gallagher gets his blood analysed to understand how air pollution is killing us.
E&E

Air pollution causes 350,000 European deaths a year, EU agency warns

The majority of agricultural land has air pollution levels above legal limits, threatening crop production. Air pollution exposure kills more than 350,000 people in Europe every year despite ...
Newsday

Nearly everyone in the world breathes bad air. This is what you can do to lower your risk

HANOI, Vietnam — Everyone loves a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately, too often our air is anything but fresh. While air quality varies dramatically from place to place and day to day, nearly the ...

Air pollution linked to an increased risk of developing ALS, study finds

A recent large study conducted in Sweden has found that long-term exposure to elevated levels of air pollution may increase ...

Air pollution causes social instability in ant colonies, triggering attacks on returning nest mates

A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown in a new study that ants returning from habitats ...