Inhaled microplastics can weaken immune cells in the lungs, increasing the risk of diseases, according to scientists from the ...

The International Air Transport Association said on Sunday it expects the amount of sustainable aviation fuel produced to ...

Areas throughout the Midwest, including parts of Minnesota, will see their air quality impacted by smoke from wildfires burning in Canada this weekend. The smoke is prompting several communities to ...

During the fire-prone late summer months analyzed during the study, wildfire smoke accounted for 56% to 65% of PM and 18% to ...

Ozone air pollution can irritate the lungs and make it hard to breathe. It also ranked within the top 10 worst cities in terms of both daily and annual particle pollution. To its northeast ...

American Lung Association's 2025 "State of the Air" report found Detroit with the sixth-worst year-round particle pollution in the nation. The report gives Detroit failing grades for ground-level ...

"Since the act passed, the air pollution has gone down overall," Laura Kate Bender, an assistant vice president at the American Lung Association, told CBS News. "The challenge is that over the ...

Almost half of everyone who lives in the United States breathes unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to the American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report, released Wednesday.