N95 masks, also called N95 respirators, are personal protective equipment (PPE) that filter airborne particles such as ...

The air quality in Delhi still remains under the ‘very poor’ category. And with winters making its way, the air pollution is likely to worsen. Amid this scenario, one of the best preventive measures ...

Stepping out during pollution season in many Indian cities feels like walking through a soft cloud that you cannot escape. The air smells burnt, your eyes sting a little, and you can almost feel the ...

A Mumbai man’s Instagram experiment showed AQI dropping from ‘poor’ to ‘good’ when an N95 mask covered a monitor.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With levels of sooty air pollution far too high across swaths of the Los Angeles area, Dana Benton is sleeping with a mask on, even with her air purifier running. “My car was just ...

A video of a Mumbai man experimenting on the ‘need of an N95 mask’ amid India’s rising AQI and air pollution was shared ...

Greenpeace activists fit the Boudica statue at Westminster Bridge with an emergency face mask to demand action on air pollution (photo © John Cobb / Greenpeace) From ...

An unusually early and ferocious outbreak of forest fires across Canada has sent unprecedented amounts of smoke pollution to regions of the eastern United States unaccustomed to such hazards. Three ...

NEW DELHI — A toxic blanket of grey smog hangs over New Delhi’s monuments and high-rises. Schools have been ordered shut and construction banned. People are back to wearing masks. In the Indian ...

Around 100 residents joined the New Year’s Eve protest, calling air pollution a public health emergency under Article 21.

Environmentalists and data experts said India’s air quality measurement standards are looser than in countries such as the ...