Homes have become 'too clean' and could benefit from the introduction of 'healthy germs' which introduce friendly bacteria to potentially stave off a host of childhood illnesses, including asthma, experts suggest.
Mar 18, 2024
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A recent analysis of data from nearly all World Health Organization member states clearly demonstrates a link between air pollution and mortality from cardiovascular diseases, with more of such deaths associated with air ...
Feb 7, 2024
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The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is projected to continue increasing through 2050, approaching 600 million patients with COPD globally by 2050, according to a study published online Dec. 7 in ...
Dec 12, 2023
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As smoke from Canada's historic wildfires triggers poor air quality alerts across the country, many parents worry about the impact on their child's health, a new national poll suggests.
Sep 18, 2023
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health found that living in an area with high levels of particulate air pollution was associated with an increased incidence of breast cancer. The study, published in JNCI: Journal ...
Sep 11, 2023
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Millions of American workers have breathed in dangerous levels of air pollution this year as smoke from Canada's record wildfire season blankets cities across the Northeast.
Jul 23, 2023
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Poor air quality affects mental health in many ways, according to a new review of evidence published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
Jul 6, 2023
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Massive fires are burning up stretches of Canadian forests and sending plumes of smoke into the U.S.
Jun 29, 2023
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A common and widely used chemical may be fueling the rise of the world's fastest growing brain condition—Parkinson's disease. For the past 100 years, trichloroethylene (TCE) has been used to decaffeinate coffee, degrease ...
Mar 14, 2023
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Vinyl chloride—the chemical in several of the train cars that derailed and burned in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023—can wreak havoc on the human liver.
Feb 20, 2023
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