A new study finds short-term exposure to air pollution can lead to reduced cognitive abilities, hampering day-to-day ...

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Italy violated the right to life of those living in a toxic-waste polluted ...

Neuroimaging revealed that many more children living in the highly polluted city had lesions in the white-matter tracts that connect brain regions than did children in less-polluted areas ...

Public health physicians have said that persons living in environments with polluted air are at risk of having recurring ...

Nearly 4 in 10 Americans – or more than 131 million people – lived in areas with ... exposed to air pollution: The report found 63% of the nearly 44 million residents living in the counties ...

Air pollution may be linked to an increased ... based on estimates taken near the homes of patients in 2004. Those living in areas with the top fifth of nitrogen dioxide levels had a 40% increased ...

Scots living in areas with polluted air are at greater risk of hospital admission for mental health as well as physical illness, according to new research. Scientists at the University of St Andrews ...