Air Pollution

Its a misconception that if your child is not going out, shes safe. (Source: Thinkstock/Getty) By Amol Arora The frequent declaration of holidays for schools by the government in the wake of rising air pollution has led to many questions in the minds of the…

A new wildfire has been blazing near Santa Barbara ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. The Cave Fire quickly burned through 4,262 acres since it started Monday afternoon—and it remains 0% contained as of midday Tuesday, according to the Los Padres National F…

The United Nations offered what it called "bleak" findings Tuesday as it warned that the world was headed toward global "extinction" and would need to increase its efforts "fivefold" if nations wanted to reach the temperature reduction goal outlined in the Pa…

Architects design giant air purifying towers to fight Delhis air pollution

Air pollutioneven at levels below national and international air quality guidelinesis associated with an increased risk of deaths in Canada, according to new UBC research. The study, published today in a Health Effects Institute (HEI) report, is the largest …

MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Air pollution may trigger Alzheimer's-like brain changes and speed memory decline in older adults, a new study suggests. Previous research has implied that exposure to fine particle air pollution increases the risk o…

in a bid to clean up the air of delhi, studio symbiosis has designed a series of solutions under the title ‘aura’. comprising of four different elements, the project proposes a comprehensive strategy to tackle and rectify this imminent threat, which is denyin…

Long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with lower scores on tests of mental acuity, researchers have found. And one reason may be that air pollution causes changes in brain structure that resemble those of Alzheimers disease. The scientists studie…

Air pollution from power plants caused 16,000 premature deaths in the United States in 2014, according to new research on the sources and destinations of fine particulate matter produced by electricity generation. The state-by-state study had some other troub…

Earlier this month, three teenagers from Lahore Leila Alam, Laiba Siddiqi and Mishael Hayat filed a petition in the High Court against the Punjab government for under-reporting air pollution and requesting a new policy to tackle the issue. Ms. Alam, a 13-yea…