Hong Kong’s air pollution may today reach “serious” level, the worst rating, as light winds fail to disperse smog, the government said.

Some three billion people — a third of the world's population — are exposed to “toxic amounts” of pollution produced when households burn plant material, animal dung and coal for cooking, lighting

EU regulators are preparing draft legislation that will require vehicle fuel use to be tested on roads rather than in laboratories, looking to close loopholes that allow car makers to exaggerate fu

The Obama administration's push to reduce black lung disease by limiting coal dust in mines will begin to take effect on Friday.

Shoppers thronging London's Oxford Street are exposed to the highest levels of toxic pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) in the world, claim scientists.

BAREILLY: A recent survey by the Jal Nigam has found high levels of arsenic in ground water in 19 villages in Bareilly district.

Bakers in Kashmir are at the high risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as well as asthma.

Air pollution needs more monitoring, says GMB union

A shot of London's skyline shrouded in air pollution

Titanium and other metals found in dust at a base in Iraq have been linked to the dust found in six sick soldiers' lungs, according to a study set to be released Monday.

Breathing in urban India is hard: of the world's top twenty cities with the worst air, 13 of them are found in India, according to a new analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO).