Public health physicians have said that persons living in environments with polluted air are at risk of having recurring headaches, breathing problems, and other adverse health issues. The experts ...

This article was originally published by Public Health Watch, a nonprofit investigative news organization. Find out more at publichealthwatch.org. In the first five months of his second term, ...

Houston — Donna Thomas is a pollution warrior in Houston, Texas. She wears a mask because she believes a lifetime of breathing polluted air in her community contributed to a stroke four years ago.

Breathing polluted air may do more than harm your lungs — it could also increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease. In a ...

Pollution, in its various forms, impacts the air, water and soil and has become a major driver of climate change and global warming. Humans are the leading contributor to pollution. The most ...

Air in the U.S. has gotten cleaner for decades, adding years to people's lives and preventing millions of asthma attacks, but nearly half of Americans still live with unhealthy air pollution, a new ...

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework states that plastic pollution must be eliminated by 2030. So why haven't we enacted measures that make a real difference?

The first Earth Day ushered in landmark environmental laws that saved countless lives. The Trump administration threatens that progress — but we’re fighting back. The first Earth Day ushered in ...

Chicago was the seventh-most polluted major city in the country in 2024, according to a global air quality report released Tuesday. The average annual concentration of small particulate matter in the ...

State regulators say a wood treatment plant in the small town of Sheridan, Ore., broke environmental rules for years.