This isn’t exactly a breath of fresh air. Air pollution can cause lung cancer without mutating cells, a new study found. Published Wednesday in the journal Nature, the study analyzed the ...

The risk of lung cancer from air pollution is lower than from smoking ... the Francis Crick team used state-of-the-art, ultradeep mutational profiling of small samples of normal lung tissue ...

When 20 year-old Chloe Fox moved to London to study tourism at the University of West London, exposure to the city’s air had ...

New research reveals one reason why this might happen: Inhaled particulate matter from pollution gunks up the works over time, weakening the lungs’ immune system, researchers report online ...

Lung cancer among never-smokers is rising worldwide. In one U.S. study of 12,000 lung cancer patients, the share of people who didn’t smoke rose from 8 to 15 percent over twenty years. A British ...

Participants completed a range of neurocognitive memory assessments, alongside immediate and delayed recall, backward counting tasks, and shape drawing ... pollution is not just harmful to the ...

Air Pollution: Wear a mask to restrict exposure to pollutants Infections and chronic lung conditions like asthma can all be caused by or made worse by poor air quality. The danger is higher for ...

Air Pollution is responsible for around seven million deaths every year. Governments around the world have been trying to tackle it with a variety of measures. But now, the fight against air ...

Researchers looked at lung tissue from 28 COPD patients and 15 smokers who underwent surgery for suspected or confirmed lung ...

In 2023, nearly half of the country's inhabitants — 156 million people — lived in places heavy in smog or soot pollution that harms their lungs, hearts, and brains, according to the newest ...