A sweeping ban on smoking in outdoor public spaces is expected to help stub out the scourge of cigarette butts – France’s ...

Cigarette butts, the plastic pollution that's hiding in plain sight. As nearly 200 countries discuss how to cut plastic pollution at UN talks in Paris this week, environmental campaigners are ...

An international study found that air pollution leads to more cancer-related genetic changes than secondhand smoke.

References [1] Cigarettes butt littering: The story of the world’s most littered item from the perspective of pollution, remedial actions, and policy measures. Journal of Hazardous Materials ...

France's new decree banning smoking on beaches has been met with mixed reactions, with some calling it a "deprivation of ...

Exposure to air pollution, other contaminants and traditional herbal medicines may be contributing to the development of lung ...

Environmentally hazardous cigarette butts may ironically hold the answer to cleansing Australia's waterways of major metal contaminants, according to a new James Cook University-led study ...

Wildfire smoke is a combination of water vapor, pollutants including carbon monoxide, and particle pollution made up of acids, chemicals, soot, metals, dust, pollen and mold. All the air we ...

The News. Using a single gas-stove burner can raise indoor concentrations of benzene, which is linked to cancer risk, to above what’s found in secondhand tobacco smoke and even to levels that ...

A new study reveals that air pollution, traditional herbal medicines and other environmental exposures are linked to genetic ...