As of April 2024, more than 130 million people lived in places with polluted air, an increase of roughly 10% from the same ...

Environmentally hazardous cigarette butts may ironically hold the answer to cleansing Australia's waterways of major metal ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham and the University of Manchester found that just 60 minutes of exposure to ...

Using genes borrowed from bacteria, researchers have demonstrated fish and flies can be engineered to break down methylmercury and remove it from their bodies as a less harmful gas, offering new ways ...

Symptoms, risk factors, and prevention Diabetes often goes undetected, earning it the nickname ‘the silent killer’. Common risk factors include being overweight, leading a sedentary lifestyle, having ...

A team of researchers say they want to look at what exposure to toxins from thousands of burned structures does to people ...

People may be exposed to unhealthy levels of airborne pollutants inside their homes, even if the outdoor air quality is good, ...

A crisp morning in Mumbai can be deceptive. The golden sun casts a mesmerizing hue over the Arabian Sea. The air seems fresh, ...

Air pollution is at high levels in many parts of Asia. UNICEF estimates more than 100 children under the age of 5 in East ...

Bangkok was the fourth most polluted city in the world - seeing over 350 schools closed to protect the health of children.

Air pollution is one of the most pressing, yet overlooked, threats to children’s health in the region. It's linked with about 100 child deaths every single day, and that's about 38,000 over the course ...

Air pollution kills 100 children younger than age five every day in East Asia and the Pacific, The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a new report on Thursday. Air pollution, the “silent ...