Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large industrial facilities like this oil refinery outside Houston are major sources of fine particulate air pollution. AP ...

Air pollution remains a grave threat to human health, but MAHA is doing nothing about it.

BIRMINGHAM, England — Next time you’re stuck in traffic breathing in exhaust fumes or walking past a construction site filled with dust, you might want to consider how those particles floating through ...

A team digging into PM2.5 — those tiny particles linked to breathing issues — is now looking at whether vitamin C has anything to do with how our lungs handle everyday pollution.

MADRID — Fine particulate matter pollution in the atmosphere around homes and workplaces increases the risk for breast cancer, according to a new analysis of the XENAIR study presented at the European ...

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 ...

When I worked for the Environmental Protection Agency in the 2010s as an Obama administration appointee, I helped write and ...

The EPA recently announced stronger standards for fine particulate matter, described as reducing pollution by airborne "soot." However, an examination of its supporting documentation reveals a lack of ...

A code orange air quality alert is in effect for Tuesday, Feb. 10, for Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York ...

County officials say the 24-hour PM2.5 standard for the Mon Valley has been exceeded at an official monitoring station in the ...