A survey of 146 mountain guides – by the secretariats of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm environmental conventions – found that two thirds felt plastic pollution had worsened in mountainous areas.

An international study found that air pollution leads to more cancer-related genetic changes than secondhand smoke.

The smaller particles could in fact be more harmful as they can get through the body's natural defenses and cause significant ...

AQI scale explained Here's a breakdown of the EPA's AQI scale for those who are unaware: Good (0 to 50): Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk. Moderate (51 to 100 ...

Early one October afternoon in 2023, thick gray smoke drifted across Sheffield's western skyline. As much of the city became ...

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Smoking, air pollution and several other factors have led to significant disparities in lung health across the U.S.

More ambitious targets for improving air quality need to be set by the Welsh government in order to tackle pollution around schools, campaigners have said. It comes as research from Friends of the ...

Exposure to air pollution can shorten people's lives by 1.8 years, which is "just behind some of the leading causes of death and disease worldwide", including cancer and smoking, the authors wrote.

These maps show the smoke forecast for Friday and Saturday. The Canadian wildfire smoke forecast for Friday, June 6, 2025, at 9 a.m. ET. CBS News ...