One in 6 San Francisco residents risk acquiring a heart problem, high blood pressure and other stress-related ailments, according to city public health officials. The culprit is the city's noise pollution emanating from its traffic.

Because of the high levels of traffic noise in parts of the city, the San Francisco Department of Public Health has identified parts of the city classified as "highly annoyed" where residents may suffer psychological and physical damage

More than 80 million people in China will die in the next 25 years from lung disease, a new study confirms. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health say the deaths would be attributed to smoking habits and the common practice of burning coal and wood for cooking and heating.

The study, which is published online on Saturday by the British journal The Lancet looked at a 30-year period, spanning the last five and the next 25. More than half of Chinese men population smoke and more than 70 percent of Chinese households use solid fuels that are a major source of indoor air pollution, the study says

Houston Mayor Bill White asked the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Monday to subject Lyondell Chemical Company's refinery to a public hearing on its discharge of cancer-causing benzene, before granting the city's largest refinery another permit from the state of Texas.

The TCEQ is the agency responsible for monitoring Texas' air quality

People who regularly use paracetamol are at three fold risk of having asthma, a new research has found.

Study author Dr. Seif Shaheen from Imperial College London and team questioned over 500 adults with asthma and over 500 people without asthma about the use of painkillers. Taking paracetamol weekly increases the risk of asthma three-fold, research has found

Tiny particles in air pollution can be dangerous for people with heart attack as it can hinder their heart's ability to conduct electrical signals, Harvard University researchers report.

The tiny particles emitted from air pollution can cause ST-segment depression in people with serious coronary artery disease. This dysrhythmia can indicate inadequate blood flow to the heart or inflammation of the heart muscle, according to a report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association