Smoke travels hundreds of miles to harm air quality far from the fire, according to the EPA’s Wildfire Smoke and Your Patient ...

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 ...

With 7 of its ambitious rules for cars, trucks and trains repealed, California officials must find new ways to clean up the ...

California regulators last updated landfill pollution standards in 2010. An activist says the latest effort to revisit them is inadequate.

What is PM2.5? Hazardous airborne particles and chemicals can come in a variety of forms, and from a variety of sources, even some natural ones. Wind-blown desert and mineral dust, wildfires, ...

Every year, more than 300,000 people die of lung cancer due to PM 2.5, and research suggests these pollution particles not only initiate cancer-causing genetic defects but drive tumor formation.

A new study reveals that air pollution, traditional herbal medicines and other environmental exposures are linked to genetic ...

"Avoid all physical activity outdoors," the EPA advises at this level. According to the EPA's map, Picture Rocks and Marana ...

It is disheartening when artists and city officials alike are oblivious and apparently indifferent to the harm done by light pollution (A $1M public art project aims to illuminate Baltimore’s ...

Air pollution has various adverse effects on human health, including impairing fetal growth and development. The placenta, serving as the interface between maternal and fetal circulation, plays a ...

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence venture, xAI, is facing a formidable legal battle over its massive “Colossus” supercomputer data center in Memphis, Tennessee. On June 17, the NAACP and ...

Air pollution is a dire public health issue in Bangladesh, contributing to over 159,000 premature deaths and costing an estimated 8.3% of the country's GDP in 2019. Dhaka ranks among the world's most ...