New study suggests air pollution could be directly linked to Alzheimer's disease risk, with researchers finding stronger associations in stroke survivors.

We are exposed to air pollution daily. When we step outside, we inhale pollutants from particulate matter (such as smoke or dust), burning fossil fuels, wildfires and more. For Lung Cancer Awareness ...

Posters presented at the CHEST 2024 annual meeting demonstrated air pollution's role in lung impairment and disease, highlighting the urgent need for providers to address the escalating impacts of ...

Exposure to air pollution may directly increase your risk for Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.

For the first time ever, scientists have observed in near real time a cloud of air pollution created as a SpaceX rocket burned up in Earth's atmosphere.

Policy implications Overall, the study suggests that air pollution exposure, both during pregnancy and early childhood, can have lasting effects on the brain's white matter. "Even if the size of the ...

Air pollution caused by wildfires can raise the risks of cardiovascular events and death, but the impact is inconsistent, according to new data from two major California wildfires. Increased risks of ...

Farmworker Rajendra Kamble points to the white-tiled floor of his house whenever someone asks about his worsening health. By evening, the tiles turn grey with soot from the burning of agricultural ...

Everyone knows that air pollution is bad for health, but how bad depends a lot on who you are. People of different races and ethnicities, education levels, locations and socioeconomic situations tend ...

After a Falcon 9 rocket stage burned up in the atmosphere, vaporised lithium and other metals drifted over Europe. This ...

In the journal JAMA Network Open, ECHO Cohort Consortium researchers reported a negative association between weekly prenatal exposure to fine particulate air pollution and birth weight. Low birth ...