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

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

Residents of Martinez, California, are experiencing what can only be described as pollution whiplash. The devastating fire ...

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.

And as climate change fuels longer wildfire seasons, concerns over smoke exposure and the health threats of fires are growing. But the effects of air pollution on the brain are only beginning to ...

Air purifiers saw a steep surge in sales both in residences and office premises to counter the problem that intensified this ...

Second-hand smoke in urban areas and fire-wood smoke in rural areas blamed for lung diseases among non-smokers ...

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.