Did you know that pollution is reducing the levels of good cholesterol in your body?
An approximately 1.7 million children die due to the environmental pollution experienced by our planet.
As the American West, parched by prolonged drought, braces for a season of potentially record-breaking wildfires, new research suggests these events not only pose an immediate threat to people's safety and their homes, but also could take a toll on human health, agriculture and ecosystems. The study, appearing in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology, could help societies map out a plan to mitigate these effects in wildfire-prone regions.
Smog produced in China is reaching skies of the United States, according to new findings from the University of California, Irvine.