The AIRCARE study, conducted by AIIMS Delhi, examines air pollution's effects on lung cancer risk in India, particularly ...

Suggested Citation: "2 Background." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Health Risks of Indoor Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Practical Mitigation Solutions.

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. The COVID-19 pandemic taught many hard lessons. Among the most prominent of these was ...

People breathing contaminated air over the course of years are at greater risk of developing numerous diseases. This is thought to be due to highly reactive components in particulate matter, which ...

Tiny particles in polluted air trigger lung damage, chronic disease, and early deaths, making cleaner air a critical global health priority. Air pollution accounts for about 4.7 million premature ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new rule on Wednesday to significantly reduce the level of air pollution known as particulate matter (PM) by updating the national air-quality standards ...

Asthma is currently an incurable disease that severely impairs quality of life, with recurring symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath. As of today, about 4 percent of the world’s ...

Evaluation of prediabetes as a potential risk factor for breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does ...

Home fireplaces and wood stoves are quietly driving a large share of winter air pollution, even though only a small number of households rely on wood heat. Researchers found that wood smoke accounts ...

The researchers found that for most cardiorespiratory diseases, 3-month exposure to smoke PM2.5 was associated or marginally associated with increased hospitalization risks. “Even brief exposures from ...