An analysis of epidemiological data from the region of Tarragona, Spain, found that higher prenatal exposure to air pollution ...

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Circuit court finds the EPA under President Joe Biden had authority to issue stricter controls on fine particulate matter, ...

Soot, made up of tiny toxic particles that lodge deep in the lungs, results in severe health harms, including premature death.

Kenyan students turned farm waste into a low-cost exhaust filter, cutting pollution by 65% in a breakthrough for Nairobi’s air quality.

Checking the fine particulate matter levels along with the weather every morning has become a daily routine. Research continues to show that fine particulate matter affects not only the respiratory ...

The health effects linked to particulate pollution exposure have been studied and documented for decades. These effects include respiratory and cardiovascular health problems and premature death. The ...

People breathing contaminated air over the course of years are at greater risk of developing numerous diseases. This is thought to be due to highly reactive components in particulate matter, which ...

What is particulate matter? How do I interpret the AQI? There's a lot to learn since Canadian wildfires suddenly sent clouds of hazy smoke over the border and into parts of the Midwest, Northeast and ...

Extensive air quality monitoring conducted by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality over the past several years has found no evidence that crystalline silica dust from the Western ...