Air pollution is a deadly public health threat, but some parts of Europe are at much higher risk than others. Air pollution is linked to lung cancer, heart and respiratory diseases, stroke, poor ...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — With the arrival of cold and foggy winter weather amid the pandemic, eastern Europe is facing an extra respiratory health hazard — air pollution. Countries ...

Air pollution costs inhabitants of European cities more than $190 billion (160 billion euros) each year due to long- and short-term health impacts, a group of environmental and social watchdogs said ...

Poor air quality caused about 400,000 premature deaths in Europe in 2016, the most recent year data is available, and almost every city-dwelling European is exposed to pollution levels that exceed ...

Air pollution is spiking across Britain, France, and southern Europe amid record-breaking temperatures and scorching wildfires.

Air quality in Europe is improving but still poses high risks, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said on Thursday, as fine particles exposure led to at least 238,000 premature deaths in the 27 ...

Exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution led to some 307,000 people dying prematurely in Europe during 2019, a shocking report has warned today. Moreover, 178,000 of these deaths could ...

Reducing air pollution in cities to the maximum levels recommended by the World Health Organisation could prevent more than 50,000 deaths a year across Europe, new research suggests. Across the EU ...

The report found that air pollution could be linked to as many as one million deaths in 1990, so those deaths saw a nearly 60 percent reduction over the course of the last two decades.

Air pollution is now the “biggest environmental risk” to public health in Europe, causing an estimated 400,000 premature deaths a year, and most EU countries are failing to meet air quality ...