Air pollution news, articles and information:
 | 11/8/2016 - It doesn't seem to make much sense, telling bicyclists not to pedal as quickly because it's not healthy for them. Peddling more quickly, you might think, would lead to better conditioning – right?
Perhaps, but according to new research, that isn't the point, per se. Thank air pollution for...
|
 | 11/3/2016 - Dirty air ,mostly from the world's developing economies, is killing hundreds of thousands of children every year while putting hundreds of millions more at risk, a recently released report by UNICEF discovered.
NPR is reporting that the UNICEF document is based, in large part, on data gathered via...
|
 | 6/5/2016 - It's every expectant mother's worst nightmare: successfully getting through nine months of pregnancy only to suffer a stillbirth at the end. Most pregnant women do everything possible to avoid putting their baby in harm's way, from making dietary changes to avoiding risky activities. However, few women...
|
 | 6/4/2016 - Living within 3 miles of a landfill significantly increases the risk of developing lung cancer and other serious lung diseases, according to a recent study.
A team of researchers in Italy conducted the study, which involved nearly 250,000 subjects living within 3 miles of landfills, whose health...
|
 | 5/30/2016 - The controversial practice of fracking has now been proven to increase the risk of lung and heart disease in children, as reported by Truth Out. Researchers already believe that it leaves American rivers tainted with a toxic cocktail of radium and lead, but this latest study – published in the...
|
 | 5/10/2016 - A fantastic new invention by Dutch engineers might hold the key to reducing air pollution, as reported by AnonHQ.com. Dan Roosegaarde is a Dutch designer who has been working on "The Smog Free Project" – which is an attempt at reducing air pollution by building the world's largest smog vacuum...
|
 | 2/23/2016 - As we become conscious of our health decisions, we often focus solely on what we are putting in our bodies. The connection between what we eat and drink and how it affects our health has long been established. As the father of medicine Hippocrates once said, "Let food be your medicine, and medicine...
|
| 2/19/2016 - It's a well-known fact that air pollution is a major problem in China – millions of Chinese citizens die each year from pollution-related health problems – but respiratory ailments are not the only problems caused by the unrelenting smog.
A recent report revealed that air pollution in...
|
 | 8/20/2015 - As if fracking, or unconventional gas drilling (UGD), is not already steeped in environmental and economic controversy, another problem has developed that points to its detrimental consequences. Sadly, it directly impacts people who are helpless and voiceless in the matter; innocent babies born in fracking...
|
 | 5/31/2015 - Metropolitan cities continue to swell across the U.S. as millions flock to densely populated regions seeking employment and hoping for a better quality of life. As urban life continues to grow more popular (especially in the New York metropolitan area), so does the risk of developing various diseases...
|
 | 4/29/2015 - That toxic, smoggy air can harm physical health is nothing new or surprising. It has repeatedly been linked to chronic inflammation and an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases and cancer. New studies, however, suggest that air pollution negatively impacts not only our physical health but mental...
|
 | 4/20/2015 - There are no trees along most of the sidewalks in the city of Turin, Italy. But if you walk by 25 Verde in Turin you will find a small forest built into a new five-story apartment building. The 150 trees are built in large pots on custom-shaped terraces.
"If the trees are integrated in the building,...
|
 | 4/1/2015 11:19:50 AM - Many people in the United States lament that everything comes from China and now according to a paper released last week, so does a portion of the Western United States air pollution. Heavy emissions from industrial China is blown across the Pacific Ocean and ends up in California and neighboring states....
|
 | 3/27/2015 - Living or working in a high-traffic environment does more than make people want to plug their ears or noses; aside from loud highway or airport sounds or the smells of fumes, another detrimental problem has been discovered. Sadly, the problem is a concern for school-age children who may find that traffic-related...
|
| 12/20/2014 - After many days without rain in densely populated places like Los Angeles and New York City, it is sometimes possible to catch a small glimpse of what is an everyday reality for Beijing, China's 20-some million residents -- thick blankets of blackish smog that penetrate the air and fill the lungs of...
|
 | 12/17/2014 - Just two hours on a busy city street is enough to cause damage to your lungs and arteries, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom.
The findings came just weeks after the European Court of Justice ruled that air...
|
 | 11/16/2014 - The Mediterranean Diet has received plenty of praise in recent years for its role in protecting against disease. And two new studies provide further clarity as to why this is the case, having found that the olive oil component of the popular diet helps to not only protect against the damaging effects...
|
 | 11/12/2014 - Women who live near major roads are significantly more likely to die from sudden cardiac death, according to a study conducted by researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School and published in the journal Circulation. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health...
|
 | 9/24/2014 - Next time you feel like hailing a cab, you might want to stop and consider the results of a recent study before deciding whether or not it's worth risking your health.
It turns out that riding through the city in a car exposes you to air pollution levels 15 times greater than walking or riding a...
|
 | 7/5/2014 - A new smart phone app was recently developed to enable anyone to not only view complete air quality readings but directly determine air pollution culprits. Surprisingly, it was developed in China for Chinese citizens. And it doesn't target cars and wood- or coal-burning chimneys; it targets industrial...
|
 | 4/4/2014 - In the quest for energy and increased production, mankind has sabotaged himself, destroying the very air he breathes. Nature's clean, sustainable, free energy sources have been bypassed, as industry empires rise up, shooting pollution from their stacks and skyscraper pipes.
Air quality is often taken...
|
 | 2/26/2014 - China continues to sing the environmental blues, with air pollution levels in the capital city of Beijing now so high that they exceed the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommended safety level by nearly eight-fold. Bloomberg reports that recent air samples taken by Beijing's Municipal Environmental...
|
| 2/26/2014 - China continues to sing the environmental blues, with air pollution levels in the capital city of Beijing now so high that they exceed the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommended safety level by nearly eight-fold. Bloomberg reports that recent air samples taken by Beijing's Municipal Environmental...
|
| 2/26/2014 - China continues to sing the environmental blues, with air pollution levels in the capital city of Beijing now so high that they exceed the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommended safety level by nearly eight-fold. Bloomberg reports that recent air samples taken by Beijing's Municipal Environmental...
|
 | 1/28/2014 - China is the world's worst industrial polluter, spewing tons of toxins derived from man-made production into the air, soil and water at a steady rate. It has refused to comply with the same standards adopted by other leading nations of the world.
And the level of pollutants is starting to catch up...
|
| 8/28/2013 - Vitamin C is one of the most important antioxidants on Earth, and its ability to aid tissue growth and repair is well-known. However, British researchers at the Imperial College of London have found another good reason to eat more oranges and lemons - vitamin C can also guard us against the negative...
|
 | 6/6/2013 - As heart disease marches on as the leading killer of Americans and those in western societies, researchers isolate yet another factor to be implicated in the advancement of this largely preventable disease. Poor diet, lack of physical activity, smoking and environmental and household pollutants all...
|
 | 12/8/2012 - Even a small decrease in air pollution can lead to significant increases in life expectancy, according to a study conducted by researchers from Harvard University and published in the journal Epidemiology.
"Despite the fact that the U.S. population as a whole is exposed to much lower levels of air...
|
 | 12/7/2012 - Exposure to air pollution in utero or during the first year of life may double a person's risk of developing autism, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) and Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
"This work has broad potential public health implications,"...
|
 | 11/26/2012 - A memory that slips with age and progresses into the dreaded nightmare of dementia is often considered just a part of growing old. But a growing body of evidence shows lifestyle has a huge impact on causing thinking problems in the elderly. Now, new research recently presented in San Diego at The Gerontological...
|
 | 7/13/2011 - No one likes breathing polluted air. Exhaust fumes and particulate matter hanging in the air can make you cough and give you a headache. As NaturalNews has reported previously, it can harm your health in ways that aren't so obvious, as well. For example, Ohio
State University researchers have found...
|
| 7/24/2009 - When many doctors downplay the role of toxicity in the body and underestimate the damage it causes, it's nice to see research pointing to these effects. Researchers recently found that mothers who breathe in more polluted air during their pregnancy were more apt to have children with lower IQs.
Two...
|
| 3/5/2009 - Indoor air pollution is arguably one of the most overlooked threats to human health, particularly affecting young children who spend an estimated 80% of their time indoors. Studies released in the past few years demonstrate clearly that poor indoor air quality not only increases asthma symptoms but...
|
 | 11/4/2008 - It would be natural to think that microscopic particles in polluted air would do damage to one's lungs, nose and throat. However, recent research published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association has reported that such particles can in fact negatively affect the ability of the heart...
|
 | 10/17/2008 - Air pollution is making it harder for bees and other pollinating insects to find food, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Virginia.
Pollutants such as ozone (smog) and nitrate radicals, formed mostly as a consequence of car exhaust, are binding with the volatile...
|
 | 9/9/2008 - It seems like a healthy thing to do: getting outside. Maybe you like to go for walks or spend an hour gardening or riding your bike. Unfortunately, if you live where the air is polluted, you could be hurting your health by simply breathing the not-so-fresh air.
That's the conclusion of a new Ohio...
|
 | 9/7/2008 - Air pollution produced by the burning of fossil fuels can drastically increase people's risk of developing potentially fatal blood clots, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
"We have known for...
|
 | 9/6/2008 - Particulate pollution from the burning of fossil fuels kills 24,000 people per year in California, according to the newest figures from the California Air Resources Board. This is nearly three times higher than the 8,200 people previously believed by the state to die each year.
"Our report concludes...
|
 | 4/16/2008 - We have all wondered what was happening to the honey bees. Now, from recent research by the University of Virginia, we have an answer.
Air pollution from power plants and automobiles is destroying the fragrance of flowers and thereby inhibiting the ability of pollinating insects to follow scent trails...
|
 | 2/18/2008 - A study by researchers at Queensland University in Brisbane, Australia warns that women exposed to air pollution in urban areas during pregnancy have smaller fetuses than those in areas with cleaner air. This is the first study to show that air pollution affects fetal development.
The air pollution...
|
 | 5/23/2007 - Living with a smoker or in a major city places a person at greater risk of early death than living in the radioactive exclusion zone around Chernobyl, according to a study conducted by scientists at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Great Britain and published in the journal "BMC Public Health."
Researcher...
|
 | 2/8/2007 - A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has discovered a significant correlation between the air pollution around a woman's home and her risk of heart disease.
While only women were studied, researchers believe that air pollution has the same effects on men. However, women are...
|
 | 10/6/2006 - According to new research examined by the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution in cities around the world causes roughly 2 million premature deaths each year.
Yesterday members of the WHO's special program for health and the environment urged worldwide nations to adopt strict air pollution...
|
| 9/13/2006 - New York University School of Medicine researchers provide some of the most compelling evidence yet that long-term exposure to air pollution—even at levels within federal standards—causes heart disease. Previous studies have linked air pollution to cardiovascular disease but until now it was poorly...
|
| 8/11/2006 - Being exposed to fine particle matter air pollution increases a person’s risk for hospital admission for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, according to a study in the March 8 issue of JAMA.
Numerous studies have shown associations of chronic exposure to airborne particles and increased health...
|
| 6/26/2006 - A recent study by the California Department of Health Services indicates that industrial air pollutants may increase the risk of autism by 50 percent in young children and unborn babies. The report was published online in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
Researchers compared 959 children...
|
See all 75 air pollution feature articles.Concept-related articles:Heart disease:Pollution:Disease:Risk:Cities:Heart:Smoke:Living:Environmental protection:Hydrogen:Global warming:Carbon dioxide:Fossil fuels:Carbon:Research:Fuel:
|
 |
Concepts related to Air pollution
|
Today's Top Stories on NaturalNews
Today | Week | Month | Year
- “Sudden death” COVID vaccine paper published, then censored, by The Lancet now republished with peer review
- Dark secrets exposed: CIA is behind Deagel’s shocking 2025 depopulation forecast & official excess death figures in the millions prove it’s on target & not just an estimation
- Top emergency water storage tips for preppers
- Federal court filing exposes MAJOR FRAUD in “sale of Infowars to The Onion
- Trump confirms a national emergency is coming so he can carry out mass deportations with the help of the U.S. military
- "Disinformation Dozen" smear campaign authors at the CCDH are now under investigation by Congress
- Southwest Airlines jet hit with GUNFIRE at Dallas Love Field Airport in bizarre shooting
- Susie Wiles, Trump’s pick for chief of staff, ran P.R. campaigns for GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, Gilead, Pfizer, and long list of globalist companies
- Vaccine stocks plummet after RFK Jr. nominated as HHS secretary
- Elon Musk’s X dips its fingers into InfoWars’ bankruptcy case
- Clearly staged “neo-Nazi” march through Columbus, Ohio, aims to catalyze more antisemitism speech laws
- Donald Trump names John Ratcliffe as CIA director
- Mike Huckabee, Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to Israel, believes “there’s no such thing as a Palestinian”
- China’s new hypersonic weapon could tip the scales in future conflicts in Taiwan and the South China Sea
- Scientific American editor resigns following her social media posts criticizing Trump supporters as “fascists” and “bigoted”
- Tarragon: Versatile ancient herb with science-backed health benefits
- Trump names Tulsi Gabbard to be the next Director of National Intelligence
- POLL: Trump takes narrow lead against Harris in Pennsylvania
- ANALYSIS: Trump is going to win BIG, and then the real fireworks begin… America won’t survive as we know it for even ONE YEAR
- The history of the House of Rothschild
- Opposition to vaccines constitutes “antisemitism and the targeting of Jewish biomedical sciences at its core,” claims Jerusalem Post
- Top 12 NEW "SYNDROMES" created by insidious government forces, Big Pharma and their propaganda-purporting media complex
- The ugly, horrifying history of Israel’s military, the “most moral army in the world”
- White House legalizes all gain-of-function research to build more BIOWEAPONS
- The forgotten holocaust: 20 million Christians SLAUGHTERED by Bolsheviks of former Soviet Union, many of whom were JEWS
- Pharmaceutical narratives surrounding the "flu" are based on fraud and are primarily designed to sell worthless vaccines
- Hysterical, power-hungry EPA will require all property owners to have "no detectable level of lead dust in the air" - an impossible feat
- JOE ROGAN interviews TRUMP: The likely next POTUS directly addresses NUTRITION and HEALTH
- Israel claims there are secret tunnels filled with gold under Lebanese hospital - but it’s all a hoax to justify bombing civilian infrastructure
- Pfizer knew about serious adverse events linked to COVID-19 vaccines but pushed the jabs on the world anyway
- Chinese drone maker DJI sues Defense Department over inclusion in ChiCom military company list
- Trump vows no more foreign wars - Kamala, he says, will “gamble with the lives of millions”
- Major election forecasters predict a decisive victory for Trump
- South Africa files 750 pages of evidence against Israel in ICJ genocide case
- POLL: Trump takes narrow lead against Harris in Pennsylvania
- Russia has invoked Article 4 of its mutual defense treaty with North Korea, Putin confirms
See All Top Headlines...
Most Popular Stories
 |
TED aligns with Monsanto, halting any talks about GMOs, 'food as medicine' or natural healing |
|
 |
10 other companies that use the same Subway yoga mat chemical in their buns |
|
 |
Warning: Enrolling in Obamacare allows government to link your IP address with your name, social security number, bank accounts and web surfing habits |
|
 |
High-dose vitamin C injections shown to annihilate cancer |
|
 |
USDA to allow U.S. to be overrun with contaminated chicken from China |
|
 |
Vaccine fraud exposed: Measles and mumps making a huge comeback because vaccines are designed to fail, say Merck virologists |
|
 |
New USDA rule allows hidden feces, pus, bacteria and bleach in conventional poultry |
|
 |
Battle for humanity nearly lost: global food supply deliberately engineered to end life, not nourish it |
|
 |
Harvard research links fluoridated water to ADHD, mental disorders |
|
 |
10 outrageous (but true) facts about vaccines the CDC and the vaccine industry don't want you to know |
|
 |
EBT card food stamp recipients ransack Wal-Mart stores, stealing carts full of food during federal computer glitch |
|
 |
Cannabis kicks Lyme disease to the curb |
|
|
Recommended Resources
TV.NaturalNews.com is
a free video website featuring thousands of videos on holistic health, nutrition,
fitness, recipes, natural remedies and much more.
CounterThink Cartoons are
free to view and download. They cover topics like health, environment and freedom.
The Consumer Wellness Center is
a non-profit organization offering nutrition education grants to programs that
help children and expectant mothers around the world.
Food Investigations is
a series of mini-documentaries exposing the truth about dangerous ingredients
in the food supply.
Webseed.com offers
alternative health programs, documentaries and more.
The Honest Food Guide is
a free, downloadable public health and nutrition chart that dares to tell the
truth about what foods we should really be eating.
HealingFoodReference.com offers
a free online reference database of healing foods, phytonutrients and plant-based
medicines that prevent or treat diseases and health conditions.
HerbReference.com is
a free, online reference library that lists medicinal herbs and their health
benefits.
NutrientReference.com is
a free online reference database of phytonutrients (natural medicines found in
foods) and their health benefits. Lists diseases, foods, herbs and more.
|
|
