Wildfires contribute to harmful fine particle pollution, which is at levels bad for human health in the area even before the wildfires. The American Lung Association’s State of the Air report ...

Jan. 31, 2025 — Low levels of traffic-related air pollution harms the liver and may raise the risk of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, a new study in mice ... Wildfire Smoke Can Carry ...

In parts of the world, air quality has rapidly improved through policies that aim to limit pollution. But elsewhere, gains in air quality are at risk of being lost. More than 25% of the US ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This invisible killer is the air pollution from sources like cars and trucks or factory smokestacks. But as wildfires intensify and grow more frequent in a warming world, the smoke from these ...

But air pollution is universally toxic to all brain functions. Instead of the common term of “brain fog,” Utahns should be thinking more in terms of battling “brain smog.” Ground level ...

Exposure to a high level of air pollution increases a person’s risk of developing dementia. It also contributes to other long-term conditions. Air pollution includes very small particles from traffic ...

Today, commercial cooking is New York City’s largest local source of air pollution — it accounts for twice as much as construction and transportation pollution. That’s why the New York City ...