The ICMR-funded study, published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, provides the most comprehensive molecular pathway to date ...

AIIMS researchers have identified how air pollution disrupts placental pathways linked to fetal growth. The findings connect ...

AIIMS Delhi researchers detail how urban air pollution impacts foetal development by crossing the placenta and triggering ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

When buying a budget air purifier for wildfire season, it’s best to ensure it captures particles smaller than 2.5 microns.

When China banned plastic waste imports in 2018, countries like the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, and Japan didn ...

People breathing contaminated air over the course of years are at greater risk of developing numerous diseases. This is thought to be due to highly reactive components in particulate matter, which ...

Residents of South Memphis neighborhoods are being regularly exposed to air pollution levels that exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards for public health, according to a community ...

Checking the fine particulate matter levels along with the weather every morning has become a daily routine. Research ...

The health effects linked to particulate pollution exposure have been studied and documented for decades. These effects include respiratory and cardiovascular health problems and premature death. The ...

What is particulate matter? How do I interpret the AQI? There's a lot to learn since Canadian wildfires suddenly sent clouds of hazy smoke over the border and into parts of the Midwest, Northeast and ...