Two events have strengthened significantly the hand of those of us who want to exercise our right to breathe clean air at work, unpolluted by colleagues' cigarette smoke. ...
Irish researchers have found that measures to control air pollution have dramatically reduced the death rate from respiratory and cardiovascular disease.
Chlorine is regularly used in our public water supply to combat infectious waterborne diseases, but it may be doing more harm than good. A public notice issued in Washington, DC, warned that a high level of bacteria
Air pollution is seriously affecting healthy lung development in our children. As a result they are likely to be more prone to respiratory illnesses, or to suffer wheezing if they pick up a viral infection, as adults. This alarming health worry has...
Air pollution could be a major cause of respiratory disease, including asthma in children. This finding, from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, is the latest in a growing list of re ...