Checking the fine particulate matter levels along with the weather every morning has become a daily routine. Research ...

New research by a collaboration of U.K.-based scientists has revealed that common indoor and outdoor air pollutants can alter ...

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 ...

Atmospheric particulate matter is a major contributor to air pollution and remains one of the leading environmental risk factors for human health worldwide. Particles of different sizes and ...

ORLANDO — Children who engage in vigorous physical activity experience healthy lung growth that high ozone levels may impede, ...

Being exposed to lingering fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) from wildfire smoke can have health effects for up to three months afterwards, well beyond the couple of days that previous studies have ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Unlike most other pollutants, particulate matter (PM) cannot be characterized by the space- and time-variations of the mass concentrations of a single compound. Important factors influencing PM ...

The researchers found that for most cardiorespiratory diseases, 3-month exposure to smoke PM2.5 was associated or marginally associated with increased hospitalization risks. “Even brief exposures from ...