Researchers have detected microplastics in blood, placentas, and organs. A scientific review explains how they affect human biology.

Polluted air causes an estimated 7 million deaths worldwide each year, according to the World Health Organization. Much of ...

Electronic cigarettes - or vapes - can release puffs of vapor in aromatic clouds. The health risks of breathing in this ...

Researchers from Northwestern University have revealed that residential wood burning contributes significantly to winter air pollution across the United ...

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

When a CBS News medical correspondent claimed recently that we’re accumulating a plastic spoon’s worth of plastic in our brains, her colleagues looked horrified, and for good reason. Surely, that much ...

Air pollution causes health problems and is attributable to some 50,000 annual deaths in the United States, but not all air pollutants pack the same punch. Scientists have tracked the scope of "PM 2.5 ...

Large-scale construction projects involving drilling and demolition create large amounts of dust, and teams must still face this working environment to meet project deadlines. It is possible to ...

Air pollution is a critical environmental risk factor impacting human health, with effects ranging from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases to neurological disorders and adverse birth outcomes.

When the manufacture of plastic products moves into ordinary homes, new health problems arise, including emissions of particles and chemicals. Together with industry, researchers at örebro University ...