British children with intellectual disabilities are more likely than their peers to live in areas with high outdoor air pollution, according to a new study. British children with intellectual disabilities are more likely than their peers to live in areas with high outdoor air pollution, according to a new Journal of Intellectual Disability Research study […]

Indonesia is about to open the Asian Games but its traffic-clogged capital Jakarta remains shrouded in a haze of air pollution that threatens to mar the world’s second-biggest multi-sport event. Jakarta’s toxic skies have been stuck at unhealthy levels for weeks despite drastic efforts to cut down on congestion, including an odd-even licence plate system […]

Air pollution caused one in seven new cases of diabetes in 2016, according to a US study, which found even low levels raised the chances of developing the chronic disease. Diabetes has primarily been associated with lifestyle factors like diet and a sedentary lifestyle, but research by the Washington University School of Medicine in St […]

Air pollution is the bane of urban dwellers. The suffocating air which is hard to breathe has actually caused a great deal of discomfort for the citizens in big cities around the world and is linked with serious and adverse health effects on top of everything. Among numerous reasons behind air pollution the transport sector, […]

You wake up in the morning and set for another working day. You may take a quick shower, have a breakfast, get dressed and head out. Once you step out of the house you feel a strong urge to fill your lungs with some fresh air… don’t, it will kill you, maybe not right now, […]

TEHRAN — Majlis (the Iranian parliament) has mandated Tehran municipality to spend traffic fines on implementing measures to abate air pollution in the capital, ISNA reported on Tuesday. MP Ali Asghar Yousefnejad has explained that traffic fines pertaining to cars which have failed to pass vehicle inspection are bound to be spent on carrying out […]

TEHRAN — After a week of suffering from suffocating air pollution people in the metropolis of Tehran can finally breathe clean air on the first day of winter.  Temporary and ineffective solutions such as shutting down the school didn’t change the pollutant levels for a week in Tehran and the wind and rain eventually came […]

Children exposed to coarse particulate matter may be more likely to develop asthma and to be treated in an ER or be hospitalized for the condition, according to new research. Children exposed to coarse particulate matter may be more likely to develop asthma and to be treated in an ER or be hospitalized for the […]

Metropolises in Iran are grappling with air pollution. Sometimes air pollution in Tehran with about 10 million population reaches a dangerous toxic level.   There are many reasons for air pollution. Petrol-powered cars, especially those produced by local companies, are the main culprit. Motorcycles also act like an open wound in this flawed chain of pollution […]