Prenatal exposure to air pollution could increase the risk of a preterm birth by at least 12% and a 5% higher risk of low ...

People living in high pollution areas may rack up DNA glitches that trigger lung cancer, scientists suggest July 2 in Nature. Those glitches can include mutations that hobble the very genes that ...

An international study found that air pollution leads to more cancer-related genetic changes than secondhand smoke.

NIH study finds particulate air pollution significantly increases mutations in lung cancer cases among nonsmokers, raising ...

Many lung cancers in nonsmokers have no known cause and are discovered only by chance.

New research suggests that being exposed to air pollution for long periods can have similar effects to smoking and aging.

Lung cancer cases are on the rise in non-smokers around the world, and air pollution could be an insidious, contributing ...

Smoking can cause lung cancer. But not all smokers get lung cancer, and about 25% of all lung cancer patients have never smoked, showing that ... | Genetics And Genomics ...

Researchers say never-smokers living in more polluted cities have significantly more mutations linked to malignancy ...

Exposure to air pollution, other contaminants and traditional herbal medicines may be contributing to the development of lung cancer in people who have little or no history of smoking, a new study has ...