Australia is holding its collective breath ahead of a bushfire season that may bring a return of the smoke linked to 400 deaths and 4,500 hospitalizations and emergency department visits during the ...

Air pollution from motor vehicles results in more deaths in Australia than the national road toll, a new study led by the University of Tasmania has found. The first research to investigate the issue ...

New study findings: Australian researchers found higher exposure to PM2.5 and NO2 significantly increases cardio-respiratory hospitalisation risks across urban and rural areas. Health risks outlined: ...

March 14 (UPI) --Just six countries had "healthy" air quality levels last year, as air pollution surged across the globe. Only Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland and New Zealand, met the ...

Theo Ruygrok and John Dickinson came up with the idea last year following the former’s visit to China where pollution in Beijing and other urban areas in the country has reached terrible levels.