Using genes borrowed from bacteria, researchers have demonstrated fish and flies can be engineered to break down methylmercury and remove it from their bodies as a less harmful gas, offering new ways ...

But the effects of air pollution on the brain are only beginning to be widely recognized. In a recent study, researchers found that long-term exposure to fine particulate matter, also known as PM2 ...

Low levels of traffic-related air pollution harms the liver and may raise the risk of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, a new study in mice suggests. Long-term exposure to low levels of ...

The negative effects on air quality from industrialized animal facilities in North Carolina stick around for a long time, according to a new study that also showed the effects are felt most by ...