Babies exposed to higher levels of neurotoxin more likely to have difficulty controlling impulses later, research shows ...

An imaging study found early signs of coronary artery disease in people in Canada breathing air that regulators consider ...

Experts warn that PM2.5 pollution not only affects lungs but may also harm hair follicles. Long-term exposure links it to ...

Internal U.S. National Park Service documents reportedly advise people to “avoid prolonged exposure” to the expected ...

What is outdoor air pollution? Air pollution includes outdoor and indoor air pollution. Both can increase the risk of lung cancer as well as respiratory and heart diseases. Outdoor air pollution is a ...

There’s good news and bad news for the river that flows through the heart of downtown Tampa. The bad news: Scientists have ...

You might think of lung cancer as a "smoker's disease," but new research suggests that isn't the case at all. Instead, there are several factors that have been tied to genetic mutations which can ...

Air pollution from oil and gas is causing 91,000 premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of health issues across the United States annually, with Black, Asian, Native American and Hispanic groups ...

If not the root of all evil, chemical pollution is surely responsible for a good chunk of it. At least, that's how it feels sometimes when reading the news and the latest research. Globally, pollution ...

People with higher exposure to traffic-related air pollution were more likely to have high amounts of amyloid plaques in their brains associated with Alzheimer's disease after death, according to a ...

Looking back at historical data, more than a few scientists have noticed an interesting trend—during surges in industrialization, there appeared to be corresponding jumps in appendicitis cases. With ...