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 ...

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 ...

Nickel, vanadium, sulfate, nitrate, bromine, and ammonium are the components of fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) that contribute most to the association between long-term exposure to air ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

A new material is capable of capturing trace amounts of benzene, a toxic pollutant, from the air and crucially use less energy than existing materials to do so. Researchers at University of Limerick, ...

It took over three decades, but the federal government finally expanded its list of chemicals too dangerous for Americans to breathe. By one. The Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to add a ...

In a world flush with hazardous air pollutants, there is one that causes far more cancer than any other, one that is so widespread that nobody in the United States is safe from it. It is a chemical so ...