After joining the GBD 2021 Household Air Pollution team, an international effort to quantify the global health burden of ...

Posters presented at the CHEST 2024 annual meeting demonstrated air pollution's role in lung impairment and disease, highlighting the urgent need for providers to address the escalating impacts of ...

An international study published across 34 countries shows that the biological age of the brain can be accelerated or delayed ...

The damage from military attacks on cities can fill the air with pollutants that harm the lungs and stress the heart.

Living near trees and parks may help protect unborn babies from some of the harmful effects of outdoor air pollution during ...

A recent BMC Public Health journal study investigates the effects of air pollution and lifestyle factors on mortality. Study: Health impacts of lifestyle and ambient air pollution patterns on ...

A new study highlights how a combination of environmental stressors -- namely plastic pollution and seawater flooding -- can increase the threats faced by plants in some of the planet's critical ...

Eating fruit may reduce the effects of air pollution on lung function, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The study was ...

Recent research has forged a new reason to take B vitamin supplements — protection from the deleterious cardiovascular effects of air pollution. But the data are far from conclusive and much more work ...

MACH Engineering reports that industrial water pollution remains a significant issue in the U.S., with many businesses exceeding pollution limits, adding that effective strategies can help mitigate ...