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

The effects of air pollution on children’s cardiovascular systems may not manifest fully until adulthood and this is what ...

As winter descends, the combination of chilly weather and rising pollution levels poses significant challenges to heart ...

Urban air pollution is derived largely from the combustion process of fossil fuels. Vehicle emissions contain many toxic ...

For more than 2 years, residents have smelled toxic odors from Chiquita Canyon Landfill. LA County sued the landfill.

Operators gulp down masses of carcinogens like unburned petrol, benzene, butadiene, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, hydrocarbons, ...

Ozone pollution tends to be most unhealthy during summer months, visible as low-lying haze in the populated valleys along the ...

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.

The federal court filing alleges that Castaic residents have been sickened by noxious fumes and odors emanating from the site ...

A New Ventilator-on-a-Chip Model to Study Lung Damage Sep. 19, 2024 — Scientists are now able to directly compare the different kinds of injury that mechanical ventilation causes to cells in the ...

A 17-year study shows exposure to long-term air pollution in six U.S. cities is linked with increased risk for blood clots in ...

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 ...