AirQualityNews

Portable air filters do not reduce respiratory infections in older people’s care homes, according to the largest real-world trial of the technology to date.

The study, led by researchers at the University of Bristol and published in JAMA Internal Medicine, found that high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters made no difference to rates of coughs, ...

A new study suggests that feeling able to breathe well is shaped by much more than air quality alone. Teenagers in Nairobi described seeking out places that felt calm, green and spacious, while avoiding areas crowded with traffic, waste and smoke – even when pollution measurements did not always match their perceptions.

Researchers worked with 38 adole...

More than 85,000 complaints about odour from landfill sites were recorded across Great Britain in just four years, new data reveals — highlighting the growing impact of the country’s waste disposal crisis on communities living near these sites.

Freedom of information requests submitted by waste management experts at BusinessWaste.co.uk to environmental...

Exposure to a combination of common air pollutants during early pregnancy could significantly increase the risk of premature birth, according to new research that suggests current air quality measures may underestimate the dangers to expectant mothers.

Researchers at the University of Utah analysed data from 44,874 first-time mothers and found that rep...

A new study suggests that as countries across Asia clean up their air, the South Asian summer monsoon, upon which over a billion people depend for water and agriculture, is likely to strengthen. But the size and even the direction of that change depends heavily on which country is doing the cleaning up.

The research, led by Ankit Bhandekar of the Unive...