New research suggests that being exposed to air pollution for long periods can have similar effects to smoking and aging.

A new study found that air pollution can cause lung cancer in people who have never smoked, and can damage the organ in ...

Researchers say never-smokers living in more polluted cities have significantly more mutations linked to malignancy ...

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A study led by the University of York has found that sectors like shipping, aviation, and construction face much weaker legal ...

Lung cancer cases are on the rise in non-smokers around the world, and air pollution could be an insidious, contributing ...

The current infrastructure also isn’t set up to fully account for the shifting behavior of wildfire smoke, which can travel ...

Long-term exposure to air pollution, especially from traffic, may raise the risk of meningioma, a common brain tumour, according to a recent study.

UC San Diego study of global lung cancer shows mutations that lead to cancer are common in people who live in cities with bad air pollution. But cancer mutations are quite close to normal among ...

The Indian government's exemption of a large percentage of coal-fired plants from installing pollution control systems has sparked criticism. Former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh argues that ...

A recent study reveals a direct link between air pollution and lung cancer, identifying increased DNA mutations in ...

The state of New Mexico is suing the U.S. Air Force over "forever chemical" pollution from a military base. The suit alleges ...