“We are talking about the impacts of air pollution at a very local level in Massachusetts – not just statewide,” said lead author Boston College Professor of Biology Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., ...

The consequences will be long-lasting without efforts to reduce air pollution in the nation of 1.35 billion people, according to Landrigan, whose research was funded in part by the United Nations ...

About one in three people worldwide were exposed to household air pollution in a single year, according to new estimates. Household air pollution still kills millions of people every year ...

Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health and a major contributor to climate change. Around 7 million people die from air pollution each year, mainly from ...

ISLAMABAD: The number of people exposed to dangerously high levels of air pollution could be halved by 2040 with targeted policy action with economic benefits as high as $2.4 trillion, according ...

“Air pollution can also worsen symptoms for the millions of people living with lung conditions, triggering asthma attacks or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) flare-ups, sometimes ...