Air pollution refers to a wide range of gases ... Most gases can easily traverse the epithelium in the lungs to make it into the bloodstream, and some studies in humans and rats suggest that fine ...

The vast majority of pollution-related deaths are linked to fine particles less than 2.5 millionths of a metre (known as PM2.5). PM2.5 behave like gases and, like the air we need to breathe, enter ...

This isn’t exactly a breath of fresh air. Air pollution can cause lung cancer without mutating cells, a new study found. Published Wednesday in the journal Nature, the study analyzed the ...

Lung cancer in people who have never smoked is rising, and figures show China is at particular risk of air pollution-related ... analyses and infographics brought to you by our award-winning ...

Breathing in wildfire pollution may make it harder for people with lung cancer to survive, according to a new study from UC ...

A new study led by researchers at UCL and the Francis Crick Institute has demonstrated for the first time how air pollution can cause lung cancer in people who have never smoked. The research ...

Research has shown that chronic exposure to air pollution is linked to a higher incidence of lung diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cancer. In 2013, the World ...

Almost four out of every 10 people in the United States live in a place where air pollution is considered bad enough to put their health at risk, the American Lung Association warned in its latest ...

Exposure to air pollution increases the risk of lung cancer. Cancer risk from air pollution is relatively small. Many more lung cancer cases are caused by smoking than air pollution. Air quality in ...

After the two studies were published, the American Lung Association pushed the EPA to tighten the standard for particle pollution. Scientists have also explored how and why different types of air ...

We blithely assumed non-smokers didn’t get lung cancer. Too late we learned many studies have shown long-term air pollution exposure is toxic enough to cause lung cancer in people like us.