Air Pollution

As a physician and epidemiologist with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, T. Stephen Jones spent his career fighting major threats to public health in the US and globally, from smallpox to HIV to viral hepatitis. But it wasn’t until Jones was well into retirement that he learned…

Citizen Science Salon is a partnership between Discover magazine and SciStarter.org.Air quality impacts our health, our quality of life and even the length of our lives. Most people don’t think about what’s in the air they breathe — but perhaps they should. That’s the driving force behind the Pakistan Air Quality Initiative. The citizen…

Despite a 30-year smoky coal ban, Dublin once again earned its “dirty old town” reputation during a weekend with pollution levels in Rathmines and Ringsend 15 times higher than EU and World Health Organisation rules. But the problem was not just in Dublin – pollution limits were broken elsewhere, too,…

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Some of the world's leading long-distance runners participated in a half-marathon in New Delhi on Sunday, even as India's capital grapples with a surge in COVID-19 cases and air pollution that has recently been among the world's worst. More than 60 professional runners participated in the…

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Some of the world’s leading long-distance runners participated in a half-marathon in New Delhi on Sunday, even as India’s capital grapples with a surge in COVID-19 cases and air pollution that has recently been among the world’s worst. More than 60 professional runners participated in the…

Environment 27 November 2020 By Adam Vaughan The Godzilla dust cloud spreading over the Mexican coastMedios y Media/Getty Images A record-breaking Sahara dust storm that spread hazy skies and harmful levels of air pollution across parts of North America was caused by winds linked to melting Arctic sea ice, researchers…

The Mizoram government has decided to ban the bursting of firecrackers on Christmas and New Year to curb air pollution Topics Mizoram | Firecrackers | New year The Mizoram government has decided to ban the bursting of firecrackers on Christmas and New Year to curb air pollution which could aggravate respiratory problems of COVID-19…

Areas where there are high levels of fine-particle air pollution may increase Alzheimer's-like brain shrinkage, new research suggests. Results of a large longitudinal study show that women who lived in areas in which there were microscopic particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters Read More

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Air pollution has been a problem in Utah since before the territory was officially recognized as a state. The mountain valleys of this high elevation region are particularly vulnerable to the buildup of air pollution from vehicles, household heating and power production. Together with high per-capita…