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For older adults in the Western United States, exposure to high levels of smoke pollution is associated with an increase in hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, according to a study published online April 30 in JAMA Network Open.

While the connection between air pollution and lung disease could appear obvious, the link between breathing in toxins and suffering memory loss looks about as clear as a cloud of cigarette smoke.

A third of Americans still breathe unhealthy air after decades of improvements—which the Trump administration wants to roll back.

Heavy smog blanketed Piccadilly Circus in London, in December 1952. The smog, driven by air pollution from burning coal and unlucky weather conditions, caused thousands of deaths and catalyzed action toward cleaning up sources of pollution. A similar event ...

The ADB claims its safeguards mitigate environmental harms, but there is a significant gap between policy and practice.

More than 156 million Americans live among unhealthy levels of air pollution, an annual report from the American Lung Association found.

A new report from the American Lung Association shows that Phoenix's ozone problem is worsening, while its particulate pollution remains high.

The American Lung Association has revealed that nearly half the U.S. population resided in areas with dangerous levels of air pollution between 2021 and 2023.

A new report from the American Lung Association notes a drastic decline in air quality and raises health alarms. Climate change and Trump administration actions, experts warn, will worsen the trend.

This year’s “State of the Air” Report found that ground-level ozone pollution is getting worse – strikingly worse. This pollutant, also known as smog, makes it harder to breathe and is dangerous for your health.