Air in the U.S. has gotten cleaner for decades, adding years to people's lives and preventing millions of asthma attacks, but nearly half of Americans still live with unhealthy air pollution, a new ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to remove a Dow Chemical-produced compound from its list of hazardous air pollutants. This rarely used regulatory action could ease ...

Chemicals from wastewater, such as illicit drugs and byproducts, have been found in the air along the coast near the polluted Tijuana River. Researchers said the pollutants are carried in wastewater ...

As per the latest American Lung Association report, nearly half of Americans, around 156 million people live in areas that received a failing grade in air quality. The East Coast has seen a rise in ...

Air pollution isn't just bad for your lungs—it may be eroding your brain. In a sweeping review covering nearly 30 million people, researchers found that common pollutants like PM2.5, nitrogen dioxide, ...

If nations reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, they could slow climate change. Those actions would also have the added benefit of saving over two million lives globally that might be lost because ...