New global research links air pollution to DNA mutations found in lung cancer among non-smokers, suggesting polluted air may ...

Lung cancer cases are on the rise in non-smokers around the world, and air pollution could be an insidious, contributing ...

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

Canadian wildfire smoke polluting air across U.S. 02:12 Air pollution is more dangerous to the health of the average person on planet Earth than smoking or alcohol, with the threat worsening in ...

Air quality has improved or remained steady across New York City since congestion pricing launched, city health department ...

Air pollution is still a danger to roughly one in every three Americans. People of color are 64 percent more likely to live in a county with a failing grade for either ozone or particulate matter.

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

Air pollution used to be much worse. In October of 1948, a thick, choking smog settled over the small Pennsylvania town of Donora. The town was home to two steel plants.

Lung cancer among never-smokers is rising worldwide. In one U.S. study of 12,000 lung cancer patients, the share of people who didn’t smoke rose from 8 to 15 percent over twenty years. A British ...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined ExxonMobil's appeal regarding a $14.25 million penalty against the company for environmental ...

“Air pollution remains a critical threat to both human health and environmental stability, yet vast populations remain unaware of their exposure levels,” said Frank Hammes, Global CEO of IQAir.