Wildfire smoke contains tiny PM2.5 particles that can pose serious health risks. Here's how you can compare prolonged smoke ...

Pregnancy puts higher oxygen demand on the body, so expectant mothers breathe significantly more air over the course of a day ...

Much of the U.S. is shrouded in smoke. Wildfires burning across Canada have sent plumes of air pollution to the Midwest and ...

Wildfire smoke is linked to tens of thousands of deaths a year, and human-caused climate change is responsible for a growing ...

Smoke from wildfires in Canada and Minnesota is sending air quality indexes to record levels, posing a hazard for millions of ...

Increases were seen in CKD hospitalization risk, AKI hospitalization risk, and glomerulopathy risk. HealthDay News — Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) exposure is associated with increased hospital ...

In an era when emissions rules are tightening faster than powertrain cycles can keep up, even the most distinctive engines are under pressure. Just as we’d started to pour one out for Audi’s iconic ...

Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter ≤2.5 μm in diameter (PM 2.5), which is below current regulatory thresholds in the U.S., may contribute to increased hypertension risk, according to a ...

ABSTRACT: This study, conducted within the IAQWA (Improving Air Quality in West Africa) project funded by the European Make Our Planet Great Again (MOPGA) program, investigates the temporal ...

Although plastic particles in the air are increasingly coming into focus, knowledge about their distribution and effects is still limited. Chemical analyses from Leipzig now provide details from ...

Two studies recently published in JACC explore the relationship between short-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and cardiovascular mortality and the impact of long-term ...