air pollution
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Kids who breathe polluted air have higher rates of mental illness
Even a little pollution may have a big effect.
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Toxic battery plant has to tell its 12,000 neighbors they might get cancer
The plant has close to four years to reduce cancer-causing arsenic emissions.
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The story of air pollution started way back in ancient times
The Romans were dealing with smog, too.
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Things are complicated between Arctic sea ice and air pollution
Some emissions are warming it up. Others are cooling it down.
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Is air pollution making my skin worse? And more pressing beauty questions
Should it be so hard to figure out if our beauty products are effective and safe -- for both our bodies and the environments we live in?
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Air pollution is making your brain age faster
Exposure to airborne toxins may up your odds of getting dementia, sooner.
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Air pollution in China and India may be worse than we realize
Improving air quality in these rapidly growing countries may be necessary just to keep the mortality rate steady -- let alone decrease it.
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New EPA carbon rules would save thousands of lives, science says
The Obama administration's proposed rules for power plants could save nearly 5,000 lives a year in the U.S. alone.
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10 cities drearier than Seattle
As Seattlites know, dreariness isn't all about cloud cover.