Tiny air pollution particles may be doing more than irritating our lungs. A new study links long-term exposure to PM2.5 to a ...

Long-term high ultrafine particle concentrations in New York state neighborhoods are linked to higher numbers of deaths. That is the key finding of our new research, published in the Journal of ...

A wave of recent research is forcing scientists to confront an uncomfortable reality: the air filling homes, offices, and city streets carries invisible plastic particles and ultrafine pollutants that ...

Share on Pinterest Scientists are discovering that inhaled toxic particles may be able to reach and possibly damage the brain. Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images While air pollution has often been shown ...

Representative light microscopy images of carbonaceous (black) particles adherent to red blood cells (red arrows) from healthy volunteers. Each image is from a different adult volunteer. Researchers ...

A new study estimates that adults inhale up to 68,000 microplastic particles per day inside homes and cars, with most particles small enough to reach deep into the lungs. (Image by Nadiia Yakovenko, ...

In a press release, Australia’s University of Technology Sydney unveiled new research undertaken by some of its faculty into the possible link between Alzheimer’s and magnetite, a pollutant most ...

Sarasota County issued an advisory warning of an elevated amount of particulate matter that may affect local air quality, officials said in a Thursday press release. Particulate matter involves a mix ...

Pakistan's second biggest city Lahore recently recorded air pollution at a level 40 times level deemed acceptable by the WHO - Copyright AFP/File Arif ALI Pakistan's ...