In a review published in the journal Oxford Open Climate Change, top scientists issued an urgent warning that fossil fuels ...

A new study found elevated and previously overlooked health risks for communities living near industrial polluters.

The U.N. has identified Kabwe, a city of almost 300,000 people in Zambia, as one of the most polluted places on the planet.

Fires and agricultural soils can rival cars and factories in emitting chemicals that lead to ozone, making it hard to meet air quality standards.

New research shows that plastic pollution in European soils has reached levels that can affect soil health, crop quality and, ...

In terms of our major sources of exposure, he said that microplastics are like “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in that they ...

Untreated gonorrhea can lead to a host of potentially serious complications. This most often occurs when the infection damages reproductive organs, leading to chronic pelvic pain and infertility. In ...

However, environmentalists, community activists, and residents fear that redevelopment, if not constructed with environmental remediation as a priority, may pose serious risks to human health ... the ...

It also intends to roll back rules on soot, mercury and coal ash pollution ... human health for the benefit of private industry. The rollbacks “will leave the nation sicker and our air, water ...

But how exactly does air pollution affect our health? Here’s how it can impact our lungs, heart, skin, brain and eyes… “Air pollution has both immediate and long-term impacts on health ...

Scientists collecting water, air and soil samples in neighborhoods ... researchers studying wildfires and human health have largely focused on the immediate effects of smoke inhalation and the ...

Frank Hammes, Global CEO of IQAir, says: 'Air pollution remains a critical threat to both human health and environmental ... Materials such as metals, microplastics, soil and chemicals can be ...