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Air Pollution Can Cause Some Ants to Turn on One Another—and Neglect Their Young, New Research Suggests

Ants send messages to colony members through odor compounds that contain alkenes, chemicals that help nestmates recognize one ...

Air pollution causes social instability in ant colonies, triggering attacks on returning nest mates

A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown in a new study that ants returning from habitats ...

I inhaled traffic fumes to find out where air pollution goes in my body

BBC health correspondent James Gallagher gets his blood analysed to understand how air pollution is killing us.
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Air Pollution From Oil And Gas Causes 91,000 Premature Deaths In The US Every Year

Over 91,000 people in the US die early every year due to air pollution from oil and gas, says a new study. Along with premature deaths, dirty air from fossil fuels was linked to 10,350 pre-term births ...

Health Rounds: More electric vehicles means less air pollution that causes health risks

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays) Jan ...

Air pollution linked to an increased risk of developing ALS, study finds

A recent large study conducted in Sweden has found that long-term exposure to elevated levels of air pollution may increase ...
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New Study Finds Air Pollution Accelerates Alzheimer’s. Here's What You Can Do About It

Alzheimer's disease is a complex, multi-faceted condition, and while we know a lot about its signs and symptoms, experts are still trying to crack the code on its causes and factors. Now, new research ...