Microscopic plastic particles in the air could be contributing to a wide variety of health problems, including lung and colon cancers.
Tires and degrading garbage shed tiny pieces of...
Air pollution could be harming the brain development of children before they are even born, a new study warns.
A 10 parts-per-billion increase in ozone exposure during the
Breathing in smoggy air over time can significantly raise a person's chances for dangerous blood clots, new research shows.
“What’s striking from our study is the increase in serious blood clotting disease with exposure to some of the most common types of pol...
Decades of lead exposure from car exhaust altered the mental health of millions of Americans, making them more prone to depression, anxiety and ADHD, a new study claims.
Lead was first added to gasoline in 1923 to help keep car engines healthy, researchers said.
Bu...
People in Southern California with relatively high exposures to wildfire smoke over a decade also had significantly higher risks for dementia, a new study warns.
In fact, the fine-particle pollution created by these fires seems more closely tied to brain trouble than sim...
Cases of the autoimmune skin condition eczema appear to rise in areas most plagued by air pollution, new research shows.
Since data has long sho...
Babies who breathe in polluted air tend to have higher rates of peanut allergy as they grow up, but the same wasn't true for immune-based conditions like egg allergy or eczema, Australian researchers report.
Why the connection to peanut allergy in particular?
That...
Accident victims tend to flood emergency rooms on days with heavy air pollution, a new study shows.
The number of patients treated at ERs increase by 10% to 15% on days with increased particle pollution in the air, researchers found.
That increase is driven by case...
Even air pollution levels considered safe by U.S. standards appear to cause differences in the brains of growing children, a new review suggests.
"We're seeing differences in brain outcomes between children with higher levels of pollution exposure versus lower levels of ...
Climate change and worsening diets are sending global rates of stroke and stroke deaths skyward, a new study warns.
Almost 12 million people worldwide had a stroke in 2021, up 70% since 1990, according to a team led by ...
Cadmium, uranium, cobalt: These and other metals found in the environment can collect in the body and exacerbate heart disease, new research suggests.
"Our fi...
Tiny puffs from asthma inhalers could be causing big climate problems for Mother Earth, a new study warns.
Each inhaler dose contains some of the most potent greenhouse gases known, and the...
City living may be tough on couples wanting to conceive: New data shows that air pollution appears to be linked to lower fertility in men, while noisy traffic could harm the fertility of women.
“If our results are confirmed in future studies, it suggests that polit...
Americans of means are fleeing heavily polluted places in the United States for cleaner locales, a new study has found.
Pollution levels are a factor in families’ decision to move within the United States, but only richer households can afford to move to areas with...
Fireworks displays can cause worse air quality than wildfire smoke, a new study reveals.
About 60,000 firework shells exploded over Manhattan’s East River as part of Macy’s Fourth of July show in 2023, researchers said.
The colorful bursts caused air ...
Wildfire smoke could interfere with the safety of surgeries, a new study warns.
Inhaling the smoke could complicate the effects of anesthesia on surgical patients, and it also might hamper their recovery, researchers reported Aug. 6 in the journal Anesthesiology...
New research has added two conditions to the list of 12 risk factors that boost the chances of a dementia diagnosis.
The good news? You can guard against the development of both and researchers offer advice on exactly how to do that.
In a study published Wednesday ...
The wildfires thats are increasing with climate change could harm the future brain health of humanity, a new study suggests.
Wildfire smoke appears to increase people’s risk of a
Bad news for Olympians headed to Paris -- high levels of ozone pollution and grass pollen are likely during the upcoming games if hot, sunny weather prevails, researchers said.
Ozone levels in Paris and its environs tend to exceed World Health Organization (WHO) recommen...
Wildfires raging in several states and Canada are triggering air quality alerts and evacuation orders across the western parts of the United States.
Smoke and haze have filled the skies in California, Oregon, Arizona, Washington and several other western states: As of We...
Online retail giants like Amazon have made it easier for people to buy what they want when they want it, but that convenience comes at a cost to people’s health, a new study says.
Huge warehouses that support online shopping increase air pollution in the neighborh...
Exposure to air pollution can significantly reduce the odds of in vitro fertilization (IVF) leading to a live birth, a new study says.
The odds of a live birth are near...
Exposure to air pollution as a child increases an adult's risk of bronchitis, a new study warns.
Young adults with bronchitis symptoms tended to have been exposed du...
After helping America through one of its worst tragedies, some responders to the events of 9/11 may now face another foe: Heightened risks for dementia.
A new study lo...
Many Louisiana residents are being exposed to a cancer-causing toxic gas that's used in industrial settings, researchers report.
A cutting-edge mobile...
It might be hoped that replacing a diesel school bus with a clean electric model would pay off for health and the environment.
New research suggests that it does -- and gives a dollar figure for that payoff.
Replacing a diesel bus with a clean electric model yield...
People in homes with gas or propane stoves regularly breathe in unhealthy levels of nitrogen dioxide, a new study says.
Typical use of these stoves increases exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) by an estimated 4 parts per billion, averaged over a year, researchers report....
Nearly 40% of Americans live where the air is polluted enough to harm them, a new report warns.
In the American Lung Association's "State of the Air"report, released Wednesday, the number of people living with...
Two common PFAS "forever chemicals" have been deemed hazardous substances by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Planting trees and bushes near busy highways helps clear the air of harmful air pollutants from motor vehicles, new research affirms.
"They provide benefits that go beyond aesthetics," Roby Greenwald, an ...
There's a toxic stew of chemicals in polluted air that can all trigger asthma attacks in kids, new research shows.
Also, where a child lives -- for example, near factories or highways -- greatly influences how much they're exposed to these toxins, reports a team from Was...
Living close to trees and other greenery could be keeping your bones strong, a new 12-year study suggests.
Folks whose residences were near spots deemed "green" by satellite imagery tended to have better bone density than those who lived elsewhere, Chinese researchers fo...
Air pollution harms the health of everyone exposed to it, but a new study says communities of color are disproportionately harmed by dirty air.
Smog causes nearly 8 times higher childhood asthma rates and 1.3 times higher risk of premature death among minority communitie...
People exposed to high levels of traffic-related air pollution are more likely to have more amyloid plaques in their brain, a condition associated with Alzheimer's disease, a new study finds.
Seniors were nearly twice as likely to have more amyloid plaques if, in the yea...
If all cars and trucks sold in America were "zero emission" by 2040 and the country's electric grid was also powered by clean energy, nearly 2.8 million child asthma attacks would be prevented annually, a new report finds.
Nearly 15% of Americans still deny that climate change is real, according to a new national assessment from the University of Michigan.
Evidence of climate change has been mounting, including science which has shown that climate-related natural disasters are growing in f...
Few can forget the haunting images of New York City bathed in a thick orange smog after smoke from Canadian wildfires swept southward last summer.
Now, a new report<...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it is cracking down on air pollution.
Specifically, the agency introduced a tougher air quality standard that takes aim at fine particulate matter -- the tiny bits of pollution that can penetrate the lungs -- by...
Deaths related to ozone air pollution will rise significantly around the world during the next two decades due to climate change, a new study warns.
Cities in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa can expect to see ozone-related deaths increase by as many as ...
An American's income and ethnicity could play a role in how clean the air is that they breathe, a new study finds.
Air pollution emissions have fallen more in wealthier areas, and less in areas with larger Hispanic or American Indian populations.
Overall, U.S. air ...
Unhealthy air from wildfires is causing hundreds of additional deaths in the western United States every year, a new study claims.
Wildfires have undercut progress made in cleaning America's air, and between 2000 and 2020 caused an increase of 670 premature deaths each y...
It's not just bumper-to-bumper highway traffic that's causing your blood pressure to spike during your daily commute.
New research shows that the exhaust fumes spewing from all those vehicles triggers a significant increase in car passengers' blood pressure.
The ob...
When it comes to the ultra-fine particles you may breathe in from polluted air, all is not created equal as it affects your health.
Fine particle pollutants known PM2.5 -- particles that are 2.5 microns or less in diameter -- appear to double the risk for premature death...
Nearly half of Americans have never heard of health-threatening PFAS "forever chemicals,"a new survey has found.
PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a category of thousands of manufactured chemicals that have become an emerging concern to environment...
Air pollution could be harming the development of children, reaching into the womb to alter their healthy growth, a new study reports.
Researchers say certain air pollutants appear to negatively alter a specific measure of prenatal exposure to hormones.
"These find...
Exposure to wildfire-related air pollution in western states has taken its toll on U.S. patients who are on dialysis.
New research linked it to elevated risks of ho...
Air pollution from heavy traffic may be driving pregnancy complications and health concerns for infants.
Researchers who matched more than 60,000 birth records with air-monitoring data found that pregnant patients living in an urban area with elevated levels of nitrogen ...
Exposure to air pollution, even for just a short time, drives up your risk of having a stroke over the next few days, new research warns.
That conclusion stems from a review of 110 studies conducted across Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Depending on the specific n...
More people around the world are exposed to wildfire smoke that has the potential to harm human health, and their numbers are growing, new research finds.
More than 2 billion people are exposed to at least one day of potentially health-impacting wildfire smoke each year...
When Canadian wildfire smoke shrouded the New York City skyline and spread to parts of New England this summer, millions of East Coast residents saw firsthand just how pervasive it can be.
Now, a new study quantifies exactly what wildfire smoke is doing to hard-fought ga...