People’s ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to air pollution. The ...

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 ...

Improved computer models shed light on how reducing sulphur emissions will inadvertently release methane from wetlands.

Air pollution is linked to the daily deaths of over 100 children under five in East Asia and the Pacific, according to a ...

Long-term exposure to certain air pollutants significantly increased risk for venous thromboembolism, according to results of ...

Boston College’s Global Observatory on Planetary Health is first to reveal town-by-town pollution levels and health impacts, including 2,780 deaths in 2019 Air pollution remains a silent killer in ...

Economic losses were in the billions. Pollution takes many forms in India, including the use of poorly-ventilated stoves and open fires for cooking inside dwellings. Photo by Mark Katzman. Air ...

Closer look: How wildfire smoke can harm you. Air pollution has dropped significantly in the U.S. since the 1970s. However, wildfires have emerged as a growing threat – making it harder to clean ...

A colleague had been studying how air pollution around the university harms the hearts and lungs of mice, and had asked Cory-Slechta to check the animals’ brains for damage. As a specialist in ...

Viruses, bacteria and fungi cause many of these problems, but Arizona’s air pollution also contributes to numerous emergency department visits. And the effects of air pollution are not so easy ...