Breathing polluted air may do more than harm your lungs — it could also increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease. In a sweeping study of nearly 28 million older Americans, researchers found that long ...

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A new report on global air pollution shows that the majority of the world’s population breathes unhealthy air, and climate change is making the problem worse. The report was published Tuesday by IQAir ...

Air pollution is a widespread issue affecting millions of people around the world, causing disastrous effects. But we humans are not the only ones to suffer from unclean air. In the last decade, a ...

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I grew up in rural Colorado, deep in the mountains, and I can still remember the first time I visited Denver in the early 2000s. The city sits on the plain, skyscrapers rising and buildings extending ...

Delhi: 442. Lahore: 334. Beijing: 16. These are the levels of PM 2.5, one of the principle measures for air pollution, on November 19. As Pakistanis and Indians struggle with hazardous air quality, in ...

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Air pollution in Hanoi is causing widespread health problems and productivity losses. While the government is moving to phase out petrol vehicles and curb urban emissions, much of the city’s pollution ...

Jakarta’s air pollution crisis extends indoors, where fine particulate matter often exceeds outdoor levels and World Health Organization guidelines. Poorer households face nearly double the exposure ...

George Thurston stood at a bus stop on Manhattan’s east side, just a block from his office and the FDR Drive, a major highway in the city. He looked down at his large air monitor—a plastic tube jutted ...

GENEVA, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Wildfires likely to have been made more frequent by climate change made significant contributions to air pollution last year, according to a report by the World ...