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Your gas stove could be hurting everyone around you
A new report has found that stoves are constantly emitting fumes—warming the planet and endangering your health.
Small improvements to California’s air quality made a big difference in asthma rates
Studies like these are crucial for public health officials and lawmakers, but future funding for them looks bleak.
Your car’s exhaust is giving kids asthma
New research shows pollution from cars is responsible for 4 million new cases of childhood asthma each year.
Children suffer more from air pollution, but our policies don’t reflect that
Exposure to air pollution likely contributes to childhood health effects like asthma and pre term birth.
This new device could teach us how the crud in our air affects our health
A person’s ‘exposome’ is just as important, if not more so, as their genetic predisposition to disease.
Thunder fever sounds fake, but it’s a real danger to asthma sufferers
When spring and summer storms strike, asthma attacks can get worse.
Athletes with asthma tend to do better at the Winter Olympics
But it's not really clear where the advantage comes from.
Cleaning with bleach might increase your chance of getting COPD. How worried should you be?
Disinfectants aren’t good for you, but they’re also not the main cause of lung problems.