BOSTON — Resident physicians had a better understanding of how air pollution impacts patients and how to prevent exposure after attending a 15-minute educational presentation, according to ...

Oil refineries release billions of pounds of pollution into waterways each year, according to regulatory data. NPR found that pollution is concentrated near places where people of color live.

An analysis of 500 watersheds found levels of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other pollutants up to 103 times higher after a ...

The public is invited to a free presentation titled “Thinking Like an Island: How to Survive the Plastic Pollution Pandemic” that will be offered by Hannah Bernard from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the ...

Water pollution poses significant risks to our health. It spreads diseases like cholera and dysentery and can cause other, long-term illnesses.

Air pollution and water pollution affect many countries, especially China. Find out how many air pollution deaths occur around the world.

The Clean Water Act has reached its 50th anniversary. Still befuddling federal regulators is nonpoint-source pollution — a technocratic term describing pesticides, oil, fertilizers, toxins ...

A third of the world's drinking water could be scarce due to pollution by 2050, a new study has found.

Simulations predict a water-pollution crisis by the end of the century.

Britain had fewer serious water pollution incidents in 2022 than in the previous year but the number remains "unacceptably high", the government's Environment Agency said in its annual report on ...

A new report is painting a dire picture of California's waterways. In fact, it shows the state has some of the highest levels of water pollution in the country.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency intends to update its water pollution rules for slaughterhouses for the first time in nearly 20 years, the agency announced on Wednesday, following a ...