Iran's capital Tehran frequently ranks among the world's most polluted cities, says Swiss-based air quality monitoring ...

Iranian cities face severe air pollution, particularly during winter, due to old vehicles and dirty fuel. This has led to increased respiratory illnesses, shuttered schools, and thousands hospitalized ...

Within the past five months, a national working group for reducing air pollution has been active focusing on the most polluted cities such as Arak, Isfahan, Mashhad, and Ahvaz. In cooperation with the ...

People's ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to particulate matter ...

One of the key changes proposed is the establishment of “cumulative impact” scores. They would represent the totality of ...

Air pollution is a growing health issue worldwide, and its impacts are often underestimated in aging societies like Japan. A ...

Feb. 10, 2025 — New research has found exposure to outdoor air pollution and extreme temperatures during pregnancy may increase the risk of prolonged pregnancy, offering new insights into the ...

7 vs .6), but air frying came out on top. Lead author Christian Pfrang said, "There are a number of factors that will affect the levels of pollution from cooking alongside the method used ...

Most of those deaths are from exposure to fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, coming from dust, smoke, and exhaust. But tens of thousands are due to nitrogen dioxide from the burning of fuel, as ...

Air pollution has an alarming effect on global health. In 2019, it was responsible for 4.2 million global deaths. Inhaling air pollution harms health in many different ways beyond simply having ...