Indoor air pollution poses a greater risk to children than adults due to their developing lungs and faster breathing rate.

Pregnant women's exposure to wildfire smoke — particularly in the third trimester — may increase the risk of autism in their ...

A recent study from Oregon Health and Science University found common air pollutants can alter adolescent brain development.

More than 131 million people live in places with unhealthy air quality, according to the American Lung Association's 2024 State of Air report. This is an increase of 11.7 million people from the ...

Studies have shown that exposure to PM2.5 can cause temporary vascular and blood pressure responses in young individuals, ...

On New Year's Day, several people messaged me to ask if I had noticed how bad the air quality was in Phoenix after the previous night's firework celebrations. It was plain to see that day. Particulate ...

Air pollution is harming children’s eyesight, warns a new study. Exposure to lower levels of air pollutants is linked to how well children can see without glasses, say scientists. Their findings show ...

Denver still has air pollution problems, due in part to its geography, which creates temperature inversions that can hold ...

I grew up in rural Colorado, deep in the mountains, and I can still remember the first time I visited Denver in the early ...

The EPA won't consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now. Legal and health experts are concerned ...