Pollution is a public health concern, and is considered to be any harmful material introduced to the environment. Many materials can cause such harm and are referred to as pollutants. Pollutants are ...

Extreme heat and particulate matter (PM 2.5) pollution are among the deadliest environmental hazards that threaten humans and ecosystems. Their co-occurrence, known as compound heat-pollution events, ...

Researchers from Emory University received two separate grants, totaling $15 million, from the NIH to lead a multifaceted study into why specific types of air pollution increase the risk of ...

The researchers created a model to look at levels of air pollution called PM2.5 – also sometimes called particle pollution or particulate matter pollution – and levels of antibiotic resistance in 166 ...

Air and surface water are basics for human survival 1,2. The rapid urbanisation and industrialisation in the past century came at the price of environmental deterioration 3, which in turn, caused ...