"To protect health, it would be important to also take tire abrasion into account when regulating air quality and to set limits for microplastics in the air," said professor Hartmut Herrmann from the ...

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Reports are emerging of black rain falling over parts of Iran in the hours after U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on oil depots on the weekend, with some ...

Society's most vulnerable will face the consequences for Clean Air Act rollbacks, writes Detroit pastor who lost her granddaughter to asthma.

The low-grade oil has been used to fuel power plants amid Iran’s international isolation. Tanks of mazut may now be burning ...

American Lung Association report focuses on improving community-based air monitoring in high pollution areas; West Oakland project serves as potential blueprint for other communities ...

Black smoke from a burning oil depot engulfs the Tehran skyline. Credit: Hassan Ghaedi/Anadolu via Getty. Thick, toxic smoke ...

Nepal, March 11 -- KATHMANDU, March 11: The Nepal Police Headquarters has issued a public advisory as air pollution levels have risen alarmingly in Kathmandu and other major cities, urging citizens to ...

American Lung Association report highlights projects in six communities and what other communities can learn from them to improve public health ...

Researchers argue that exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) may affect cognitive function and intelligence, potentially causing large population-level losses in global IQ. Using ...

New research estimates that exposure to fine particulate air pollution is robbing the global population of nearly 65 billion ...

Iranian residents have reported headaches, difficulty breathing, and oil-contaminated rain settling on buildings and cars after the bombing of oil depots ...

Exposure to wildfire smoke can more than double the risk of respiratory failure or death for ALS patients, a study found.