Bender: Fine particulate matter is tiny bits of stuff in the air. It can come from a variety of sources, including a lot of the same sources as other types of air pollution, such as power plants ...

Smoke travels hundreds of miles to harm air quality far from the fire, according to the EPA’s Wildfire Smoke and Your Patient ...

Sources of particulate-matter air pollution and its oxidative potential in Europe. Nature , 2020; 587 (7834): 414 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2902-8 Cite This Page : ...

New global research links air pollution to DNA mutations found in lung cancer among non-smokers, suggesting polluted air may ...

Anxiety and depression continue to be two of the major mental health issues that the world is dealing with. Surprisingly, the ...

Fine particulate matter, or soot pollution, is in the air we breathe and has been linked to asthma, heart disease and early death, disproportionately affecting urban communities of color.

More air pollution means more deaths, even at low levels of air pollution and short exposures to it, according to the study, which measured particulate matter and daily death rates in 652 cities ...

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a stricter rule for particulate matter, or soot, in the air. Some major advocacy groups say the rule doesn’t go far enough to cut down pollution and ...

It substantially reduced air pollution, according to research by NASA. Yet it appears that the reduction in particulate matter is also letting more solar radiation in, contributing to global warming.

A major part of hazardous pollution is particulate matter, tiny solid particles suspended in the air. Particulate pollution levels are of great interest to health authorities worldwide, and ...