Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers evaluated 15 components of PM 2.5 plus nitrogen dioxide and ozone as they relate to asthma ...

Posters presented at the CHEST 2024 annual meeting demonstrated air pollution's role in lung impairment and disease, highlighting the urgent need for providers to address the escalating impacts of ...

Conifers are generally better than broadleaved trees at purifying air from pollutants. But deciduous tree may be better at capturing particle-bound pollution. A new study led by the University of ...

SEATTLE, WA — Long-term exposure to commonly encountered concentrations of ambient air pollutants, such as particulate matter less than 2.5 µm (PM 2.5) and traffic-related pollution, may increase ...

Courtney Roper, assistant professor of environmental toxicology, found in a 2023 study that Jackson's air contains the state's highest concentration of black carbon, commonly referred to as soot. In a ...

For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding a new pollutant to a list of those it has deemed unsafe to breathe. It added a chemical called 1-bromopropane (1-BP), normally ...

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DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- For decades, Bonita Green has lived in Durham breathing in the air without fully knowing what impacts it had on her health. "Not knowing is kind of scary," said Green. Her fears ...

CNET's experts have tested the best air purifiers on the market for price, size and performance to help you breathe more ...

Los Angeles had the lowest air quality in the United States in 2024, according to the annual World Air Quality Report from IQAir. The annual report looks at data from more than more than 40,000 air ...