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 ...

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

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.

Breathing polluted air—even at levels considered “safe”—may quietly damage your heart. A new study using advanced MRI scans found that people exposed to more air pollution showed early signs of ...

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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 ...

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

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

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

Exposure to severe levels of air pollution in India is linked to adverse birth outcomes, including pre-term births and low ...