As car exhaust systems have become cleaner, pollution linked to heart and lung disease has increased from a different source: tires and brakes.

Ahead of the International Day of Clean Air, here’s a look at what causes air pollution, what it does to people and how the ...

Tests conducted over two years by UK-based consultancy and research firm Emissions Analytics found that car tires produce up to 2,000 times more particle pollution than exhaust does.

Air pollution has been tied to Alzheimer’s disease. Here’s what you need to know - ‘Air pollution doesn’t just increase the ...

Previous international studies have linked childhood leukemia, lymphomas and brain tumors to vehicle exhaust. The UCLA study is the first to look at vehicle air pollution and rare childhood cancers.

Regular exposure to air pollution, including that coming from car exhaust emissions, can increased your risk of dementia, according to an analysis of studies published on Friday.

Scientists in Canada built a special chamber to measure how snow and freezing temperatures interact with car exhaust. Take heed ahead of this weekend's blizzard, DC area.

Car tires are now claimed to be more polluting than the actual vehicle exhausts. Here's what a new study reveals.

Excessive coal consumption, harmful gas discharges from chemical plants, and vehicle exhaust are the major causes of air pollution in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and neighboring areas ...

When lightning strikes, it produces extremely hot temperatures that break apart nitrogen and oxygen molecules in the air. This results in the creation of nitrogen oxides, the same type of air ...