Iran's cities have long struggled with chronic air pollution, mainly caused by emissions from millions of old vehicles, and from refineries, power plants and factories. One of the biggest ...

Feb. 14, 2025 — In a study measuring neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions and satellite-based air pollution data, newborns exposed to higher levels of NO2 have a 30-35% higher risk of ...

Here are signs and symptoms to watch for: What could be behind all the mental health and neurological problems linked with air pollution? Scientists are still working out the why. Right now, experts ...

and that 71 percent of air pollution risk was attributable to truck traffic.These new maps reveal that air pollution also varies significantly within neighborhoods and even within individual city ...

TABNAK, Feb 16: CEO of Iran’s Industrial Development & Renovation Organization (IDRO) said that some 328,000 vehicles had been covered by a scrappage scheme launched by the government at the start of ...

Boston College’s Global Observatory on Planetary Health is first to reveal town-by-town pollution levels and health impacts, including 2,780 deaths in 2019 Air pollution remains a silent killer in ...

Invertebrates are used as an important measure of ... Feb. 27, 2025 — Air pollution contributes to nearly 7 million premature deaths each year, and its effects go far beyond the lungs.

Research shows that even low levels of air pollution can contribute to severe respiratory infections in adults. Study: Long-term exposure to air pollution and lower respiratory infections in a ...

Economic losses were in the billions. Pollution takes many forms in India, including the use of poorly-ventilated stoves and open fires for cooking inside dwellings. Photo by Mark Katzman. Air ...

A new study reveals why peanut allergies are on the rise and what the air around us has to do with it.

One potential culprit? Your humidifier. During winter, air pollution is a concern indoors as much as it is outdoors. Stoves, fireplaces, and ultrasonic humidifiers produce pollutants that can be ...

Other dangerous pollutants include gases like nitrogen dioxide or sulfur dioxide, which are also produced from burning fuels, said Anumita Roychowdhury, an air pollution expert at the Center for ...