A recent analysis by the U.N. children’s agency found that more than 500 million children in East Asia and Pacific countries ...

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Our work shows that short-term exposure to air pollution can significantly impact upon several dimensions of cognition,” says ...

Air pollution harms cognitive functions by damaging brain cells, reducing oxygen flow, and increasing inflammation, leading ...

Each fire’s impact could depend on what was burning, for how long, and levels of public awareness, researchers hypothesize.

Dementia risk has been linked to air pollution exposure — particularly PM2.5 exposure — through a growing body of medical ...

Air pollution significantly impacts people’s ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task, a study has found.

People's ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution, potentially making everyday activities, such as the ...

People's ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to particulate matter ...

Being exposed to air pollution – even for a short period of time – can make focusing on tasks much harder, a new study has ...

A new study finds that short-term air pollution exposure harms brain function, reducing focus and emotion recognition.

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