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Air pollution can turn a harmless bacterium into a serious infection

Air pollution can increase the risk of serious bacterial infections, with the timing and severity depending on the strain circulating locally.

City air pollution is linked to slower marathon times

Air pollution could be quietly affecting marathon performance, with recreational runners showing the strongest link.

Air pollution is linked to more nighttime coughing, even at low levels

People coughed more at night on days when fine-particle pollution rose, even in cities whose air stayed under the WHO daily limit.

One third of world population exposed to harmful air pollution: monitor

Heatwaves and wildfires combined with human-caused emissions this year combined to expose one third of the world's population to extremely high levels of ozone pollution, a European Union report said…

Air pollution seems to harm both your gut and heart, in addition to the obvious lung damage it causes

For most of the last century, cardiologists studying air pollution looked almost exclusively at two organs. Dirty air entered the lungs, and somehow the damage showed up in…

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A commercial gas-powered leaf blower running for one hour can produce as much smog-forming pollution as a Toyota Camry driven 1,100 miles — roughly the distance from Los Angeles to Denver

A handheld garden tool is quietly one of America's worst air polluters, and nobody's talking about it.

Researchers looking into soot falling across Hamilton say they've uncovered what's in the grime | CBC News

McMaster University researchers studying the soot falling on Hamilton neighbourhoods have determined the grimy, black substance contains toxic chemicals consistent with coal combustion. For the "What's the Grime?" study, they worked with volunteers to collect samples throughout the city.

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Ultrafine Particles in the Air: Global Study Attributes Nearly Two Million Premature Deaths a Year

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A lot of ‘recycled’ plastic is being burned overseas – and causing widespread pollution linked to health problems

As more countries ban waste imports, plastic waste generators like the US will need to find better solutions. A few states are putting more responsibility on producers.