In a recent study published in the Environmental Research Journal, researchers assessed the impact of environmental pollutants on body composition. Study: The role of environmental pollutants in body ...

Spatial and temporal variations of PM 2.5 mass concentrations in the conterminous U.S. in 2006–2020. Credit: Atmospheric Environment (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.120188 A new study published ...

Obesity has been a major global health issue in recent decades as more people eat unhealthy diets and fail to exercise regularly. A new University of Michigan study suggests there is another factor ...

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 17, 2022 – People with a disease characterized by lung scarring that has no obvious cause are more likely to die if they live in areas with higher levels of air pollution composed of ...

Our current environment has a few issues, and many of these appear to be deteriorating with time. This has brought humans into a period of a serious environmental crisis. Consequently, increasing ...

A new study shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. Researchers used A.I. to model waste ...