Pollution

Yet Another Health Problem Linked to Air Pollution: Eye Disease

By Alice Park

Millions More Americans Breathe Unhealthy Air: Report

By Katie Reilly

U.S. Carbon Emissions See Second Largest Year-On-Year Increase in 20 Years

By Eric Roston / Bloomberg

She Recorded That Heartbreaking Turtle Video. Here's What She Wants Companies Like Starbucks to Know About Plastic Straws

By Sophia Rosenbaum
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Can Your Diet Reduce the Effects of Air Pollution? Here's What a New Study Says

Here's what a new study says

By Alexandra Sifferlin

This Breakthrough Could Stop Glaucoma In Its Tracks

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

Pollution Could Cancel Out the Health Benefits of Walking, a New Study Says

Environment may matter as much as exercise

By Jamie Ducharme

Humans Have a Right to Breathe Clean Air

Last weekend, I sat in an earthen hut in rural Kenya, as my Maasai women hosts very kindly made me some tea. Smoke from the traditional stove — three stones supporting a pot over an...

By Ellie Goulding

New Delhi Hopes for Rain to Wash Away Choking Smog

Noxious air has historically plagued India's capital, but this year the mega-city's pollution is worse than ever

By TIME Staff

Air Pollution May Make Babies' Cells Age Faster

There’s growing evidence that exposure to air pollution can have a number of unhealthy consequences, from cancer to heart disease and respiratory illnesses. In recent years, researchers have also linked air pollution exposure to faster...

By Alice Park

Wildfire Smoke Can Be Terrible For Your Health. Here’s How to Stay Safe

California’s wildfires are affecting millions of people, threatening lives and property and raising concerns over health risks. The Kincade wildfire has burned through more than 7,500 acres of Sonoma County’s wine country, destroying 124 structures...

By Amanda MacMillan

Drinking Water for 15 Million Americans Is Contaminated With a Toxic Chemical, Report Finds

The chemical is used to make nonstick cookware

By Emily Weyrauch

Smog, Sandstorm Send Beijing Air Pollution Readings Soaring

Smog from factories and power stations has been joined by dust from the nearby Gobi Desert

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

Disturbing Photographs Show Pollution in the Great Lakes Before the Clean Water Act

In 1968, LIFE magazine sent photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt to capture the damage that had been done to the nation's Great Lakes

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

Beijing Plans 'Green Necklace' to Alleviate Smog Crisis

Measures include planting tress, revitalizing wetlands and establishing a greenbelt

By Ryan Kilpatrick

Desperate Chinese Snap Up Dubious 'Anti-Pollution' Products

From antipollution tea to smog-busting water cannons, there's a buck to be made from China's smog

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

Donald Trump's EPA Pick Imperils Science—And Earth

Scott Pruitt has questioned whether toxic mercury is a public health danger, shut down his environmental unit while contamination soared​ and put industry interests before the public's

By Eric Pooley

Frosty the Snowman Is a Health Hazard in China

Sorry kids. Snowball fights and sledding are off the menu too

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

See Just How Bad Beijing's Choking Air Pollution Can Get

Some 460 million people across northern China are affected by the current smog

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

New Delhi Air Pollution Peaks After Diwali

An evil looking smog greeted Monday morning commuters

By Tekendra Parmar
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