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 ...

A recent large study conducted in Sweden has found that long-term exposure to elevated levels of air pollution may increase the risk for the development of motor neuron disease (MND), as well as ...

Parts of India, including the capital Delhi, were once again covered in thick smog recently as toxic pollution from industry and crop-burning engulfed the region. Even though India’s National Clean ...

When skin is exposed for long hours to harmful particles, prevalent in most metropolitan cities, they penetrate the skin barrier, resulting in oxidative stress and inflammation.

Throwing another log into a crackling fireplace on a cold winter's night might seem like a cozy, harmless tradition. But Northwestern University scientists have found residential wood burning is a ...

The EPA won't consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now. Legal and health experts are concerned ...

Air pollution is having a devastating effect on large parts of South Asia, particularly Northern India, Pakistan and ...

For years, when the EPA assessed the economic impact of new regulations, it weighed both the health costs for Americans and ...