The capital city of China has ranked first among nearly 100 global cities for reducing fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, achieving the largest air quality improvement over the past decade, according ...

Air quality in America — and in most places around the world — is measured by three yardsticks, each used by the American Lung Association’s “State of the Air” report and, in some cases, by the WHO: 1 ...

Nestled beside traffic-choked New York Avenue NE, the historically Black Ivy City neighborhood in Washington, D.C., was built in the late 19th century as a community for African American laborers who ...

New research estimates that exposure to fine particulate air pollution is robbing the global population of nearly 65 billion ...

Researchers argue that exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) may affect cognitive function and intelligence, potentially causing large population-level losses in global IQ. Using ...

Air pollution is a severe risk to human health and the environment, particularly from fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone (O 3). Despite global efforts, many cities continue to face significant ...

Pollution in the air we breathe may be lowering the fertility of men around the world, researchers have found. Road traffic noise pollution was also found to be linked to infertility in women over the ...