March 11 (UPI) --Fewer than one in five global cities met World Health Organization air pollution standards in 2024 with Central and South Asia accounting for the nine most polluted metropolitan ...

Since 2022, residents of St. James Parish, along the heavily industrialized banks of the Mississippi River known as “Cancer Alley,” have used low-cost monitors to measure air pollution.

We look at what two new studies reveal about the impact of air pollution on brain health, and explore what we can do to ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 99% of the global population breathes air that exceeds recommended pollution limits, contributing to over 7 million premature deaths ...

Extreme heat is making air pollution worse, scientists say. And President Trump’s regulatory rollbacks could drive air pollution even higher. Listen to this article · 7:56 min Learn more ...

People brave "severe plus" smog shrouding New Delhi, India, on November 15 when the National Capital Region's Air Quality Index hit 424, according to the Central Pollution Control Board. A below ...

The World Health Organization ranks air pollution as the second leading mortality risk factor overall after ischemic heart disease or, in the case of children, malnutrition. Elevated PM2.5 levels ...