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Almost half of everyone who lives in the United States breathes unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to the American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report, released Wednesday.

El Paso and Los Angeles were among the most polluted areas in the United States last year, according to a new air quality report that evaluated pollution levels around the world in 2025. The report is ...

Although our air is much less polluted now than it was some decades ago, each year around 300 000 people in Europe die prematurely due to air pollution. In 2021, 97% of the people living in urban ...

It may sound counterintuitive, but new research suggests that cleaning up air pollution could contribute to a weakening of ...

Air pollution is expensive. It causes disease, which results in health care costs. It causes people to miss work because they are sick, disabled, or need to care for an afflicted family member. And it ...

Air pollution in Pakistan is having a devastating impact on people’s health. As global leaders meet at the United Nations Climate Conference, COP28, in Dubai, for the first time the formal proceedings ...

The air pollution we breathe daily could be harming more than just our lungs and hearts. New research from McMaster ...