Extensive research has documented that elevated air pollution increases mortality and
morbidity, with estimates reaching 8 million deaths per year. Many of the world's one billion …

Nearly three billion people burn solid fuels in inefficient stoves for cooking and space
heating. The resulting household air pollution is the third leading risk factor for mortality …

After declining by 27.4 percent from 2009 to 2016, annual average fine particulate matter
(PM2. 5) in the United States in counties with monitors increased by 5.7 percent between …

Background: Estimating the causal effect of pollution on human health is integral for
evaluating returns to pollution regulation, yet separating out confounding factors remains a …

Policies aimed at reducing the harmful effects of air pollution exposure typically focus on
areas with high levels of pollution. However, if a population's vulnerability to air pollution is …

Household air pollution from solid fuel combustion in inefficient and poorly vented
cookstoves is estimated to be responsible for 3.9 million premature deaths per year and …

Background: Although many time-series studies have established associations of daily
pollution variations with daily deaths, there are fewer at low concentrations, or focused on …

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six principal air pollutants (“criteria” pollutants): carbon …

Exposure to ambient air pollution is a major global health risk factor. Using recently updated
hazard ratio functions, we estimate that the global premature mortality burden attributable to …

Future climate change can cause more days with poor air quality. This could trigger more
alerts telling people to stay inside to protect themselves, with potential consequences for …