The smaller particles could in fact be more harmful as they can get through the body's natural defenses and cause significant health problems.

Air quality warnings show PM2.5 particles at dangerous levels. Learn why today's hazy sky is a toxic soup that's damaging ...

The risk of lung cancer from air pollution is lower than from smoking ... the Francis Crick team used state-of-the-art, ultradeep mutational profiling of small samples of normal lung tissue ...

But how exactly does air pollution affect our health? Here’s how it can impact our lungs, heart, skin, brain and eyes… “Air pollution has both immediate and long-term impacts on health ...

In 2023, nearly half of the country's inhabitants — 156 million people — lived in places heavy in smog or soot pollution that harms their lungs, hearts, and brains, according to the newest ...

Lung cancer among never-smokers is rising worldwide. In one U.S. study of 12,000 lung cancer patients, the share of people who didn’t smoke rose from 8 to 15 percent over twenty years. A British ...

Participants completed a range of neurocognitive memory assessments, alongside immediate and delayed recall, backward counting tasks, and shape drawing ... pollution is not just harmful to the ...

Air Pollution is responsible for around seven million deaths every year. Governments around the world have been trying to tackle it with a variety of measures. But now, the fight against air ...