Tires and degrading garbage shed tiny pieces of plastic into the air, creating a form of air pollution that researchers suspect may be causing respiratory and other illnesses.

Plastic particles are found in our organs, blood and even semen. But do they stay in us forever? What damage are they doing?

Understanding how “poor” and “severe” AQI levels can exacerbate lung conditions is essential for protecting vulnerable ...

Wildfire smoke has long been known to exacerbate health problems like heart disease, lung conditions, and asthma, but now a new study finds that smoke from these fires can lead to poor health ...

Forest fires have been in the news over the past few years. They attained notoriety for devastating vast tracts of land in ...

On Pollution Control Day, we highlight how environmental factors silently damage lung health. Understanding these risks is crucial to protecting our respiratory well-being.

Discover how air pollution plays an important role for those suffering from chronic health conditions, and simple steps you ...

Lung cancer is one of them, but there is also now data to ... That is why it is the most feared of all pollutants. But each ...

Big Data Research Center for Ecology and Environment, Environmental Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, P. R. China State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and ...

Radon gas can break down into tiny particles that lodge in the lungs and damage cells. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that about 21,000 people die each year as a result of radon-related ...

Lung cancer often spreads to the lymph nodes before spreading to other parts of the body. Which groups of lymph nodes are involved, and where these are in relation to the primary (original) tumor, are ...

The ozone mitigation measures specified the state’s goal to ... However, they also release these greenhouse gases into the air which can cause lung damage and cardiovascular disease, as well as worsen ...