When I worked for the Environmental Protection Agency in the 2010s as an Obama administration appointee, I helped write and ...

A year into Trump’s second term, critics say the EPA is rolling back dozens of protections and giving a leg up to polluters ...

Industrial pollution has been having a negative impact on human health since the height of the Roman Empire, reveals new research. Lead pollution likely caused widespread IQ declines throughout Europe ...

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating how much money is saved in health care costs avoided and deaths prevented from air pollution rules that curb two deadly pollutants.

We are exposed to air pollution daily. When we step outside, we inhale pollutants from particulate matter (such as smoke or dust), burning fossil fuels, wildfires and more. For Lung Cancer Awareness ...

The EPA is changing how it assesses proposed regulations by dropping the monetary value of health benefits from its ...

As final global plastics treaty negotiations take place in Geneva, The Lancet elevates plastic pollution as a grave, global threat to human health. “To those meeting in Geneva: Please take up the ...

A team digging into PM2.5 — those tiny particles linked to breathing issues — is now looking at whether vitamin C has anything to do with how our lungs handle everyday pollution.

Louisiana is known for its industrial landscape, as the state is one of the leading manufacturers of petroleum, coal and chemical products. While this industry helps boost Louisiana's economy, the ...