Air pollution

Experts couldn't measure just how bad the air pollution was because the sandstorm caused traditional measuring instruments to break.

Every minute, air pollution kills two people in India.

High levels of dangerous pollution have stabilised in China, but are rising sharply in India and Bangladesh.

High levels of dangerous pollution have stabilized in China, but are rising sharply in India and Bangladesh.

People living within 50 meters of high-traffic roads have a 7 percent higher chance of developing dementia.

As many as 24 cities are on red alert, while 21 are on orange alert.

Poor air quality has plagued the country's north, triggering a red alert in Beijing.

The highest levels of air pollution were found in Asian and African countries, according to a new study from UNICEF.

New devices that monitor pollutants in homes and offices could save millions of lives a year.

Metals in air pollution have been linked to damage in children's lungs.

New figures show 80% of urban populations exposed to 'very high' pollution levels

Long-term exposure to particle pollution in Hong Kong's air increased residents' overall risk for cancer death by 22 percent.

The group said it plans to target 17 London statues and fix breathing masks over their faces.

The Georgia-Pacific factory made the small town prosper, but it could also be contaminating its air and waterways.

Businesses are selling bottled air from the British countryside and areas of London.

Campaigners are challenging the plan, which would allow 55 liners to moor on the Thames every year.

In Detroit's industrial suburbs, toxic air is destroying generations of black residents while local and federal officials twiddle their thumbs.

By bringing emissions down to the Paris climate talk target, the U.S. will improve air pollution to the point that it could save hundreds of thousands of lives

New research on the U.S. and China suggests heart health is partially determined by the quality of air we breathe.

More than half of those deaths occur in China and India, according to research.

As I came home, I could TASTE THE BAD air even with my mask on. 

The announcement marks the first red alert in the city's history.

Intense smog levels are expected to last until Thursday afternoon.

China says it will clean up its act, but when it's good and ready.

A new study from MIT found that the excess pollution will kill about 60 Americans prematurely.

The agency's scientists warned against setting the limit at this level.

Breathing air clean enough to meet the EPA's standards raises one's risk of heart disease death by 12 percent, according to a new study.

The project will pilot in San Francisco before it rolls out country-wide.

A new ban on public smoking in the Chinese capital took effect Monday.

Babies were born 23 grams heavier during Beijing's fresh air Olympics period.