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Image: Aerial view south across the city of London in fog and or air pollution. Photograph credit: Andrew Holt/Getty Images

Deadly air in our cities: the invisible killer

Image: Natalie Ward, a senior at Fordham University, uses a Temtop air quality device to monitor levels of particulate matter, or PM2.5, in the Fordham and University Heights neighborhoods of the Bronx. Photo Credit: Marisol Diaz-Gordon

Bronx air quality’s link to childhood asthma studied by student researcher

smog over a city at sunset

China to host World Environment Day 2019 on air pollution

Image: Tourists at the Temple of Heaven in heavy smog in November 2018. Beijing has made great strides but still has a long way to go to comply with WHO guidelines. Photograph: Imaginechina/Rex/Shutterstock

Pollutionwatch: China shows how political will can take on air pollution

image of a woman wearing a pollution mask with a large "M" painted on it.

Air pollution killing more people than smoking, say scientists

Image: Air pollution over London. The scientists’ figures suggest toxic air is causing more early deaths than tobacco smoking. Photograph: Nick Ansell/PA

Air pollution deaths are double previous estimates, finds research

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Study finds a race gap in air pollution — whites largely cause it; blacks and Hispanics breathe it

Photo showing Nature climbs the red trellises of the Supertrees located in Singapore's Gardens by the Bay and crowns the SkyPark that bridges the towers of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel.

To build the cities of the future, we must get out of our cars

Map of Ultra Low Emission Zone for London

London prepares for introduction of Ultra Low Emission Zone

Image of queuing traffic in Wimbledon, south London

A tale of two cities: Is air pollution improving in Paris and London?