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 ...
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 ...
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Smog covers Salt Lake City as an inversion lingers on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. Since then, air quality has remained poor overall, but in 2024, state and city efforts have helped reduce health hazards ...
WASHINGTON — Houston's sprawling refining and petrochemical complex could soon be facing greater restrictions on air pollution, as the Biden administration seeks to reduce the concentration of fine ...
The Environmental Protection Agency released the final version of a much-anticipated rule on Wednesday that tightens restrictions on fine particulate matter — one of the most pervasive and dangerous ...
An air quality value over 300 is considered hazardous. Wildfire smoke from Canada has clouded much of the Northeast, leaving millions of Americans exposed to unhealthy levels of particulate matter.
A pioneering study, presented today at the ESHRE 40 th Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, has revealed that exposure to fine particulate matter (PM) prior to the retrieval of oocytes (eggs) during in vitro ...
Drawing on evidence involving about 25 million population worldwide, an international research team demonstrates that long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 significantly increases the risk of asthma, ...