Smog has become an annual problem in Malaysia, but this is the first time in eight years that a state of emergency has been called, the BBC's Jennifer Pak, in Kuala Lumpur, reports.

Malaysia will push its Southeast Asian neighbors to strengthen cooperation in finding a long-term solution for smog wafted across the region from forest fires in Indonesia, its environment ...

Chances are you have been exposed to photochemical smog, a form of air pollution that traces its history to the 1970s when Japan's rapid industrial growth was not only driving an economic boom but ...

Research reveals why tackling particle pollution leads to rise in photochemical smog. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 07 / 220707141837.htm.

This is the type of smog that polluted towns in Britain in the early part of the last century. Photochemical smog results mainly from exhaust emitted by cars in dense urban areas such as Los Angeles.

Photochemical smog shrouded Los Angeles during the 1940s and 1950s, resulting in hundreds of premature deaths and 2,000 traffic accidents in a single day in 1954.

Smog is nasty enough in the atmosphere, but now research suggests that ozone, a key component of smog, stresses out human skin cells. Cars and factories belch pollutants into the air that combine ...