Fine particles (PM₂.₅) were associated with around 79,000 preventable deaths, followed by nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), ozone (O₃) ...

Former EPA staff counted up the benefits of new air pollution rules — but those gains might not last. Former EPA staff counted up the benefits of new air pollution rules — but those gains might not ...

UCLA researchers have launched 20 new air pollution monitors across northwest Los Angeles County to better understand how much fine ash and coarse dust are being kicked up in the Palisades fire burn ...

People's ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution, potentially making everyday activities, such as the ...

New research in the Wasatch Front found that when air pollution was higher than the EPA daily limit in the week before ...

The air pollution we breathe daily could be harming more than just our lungs and hearts. New research from McMaster ...

Breathing polluted air may do more than harm your lungs — it could also increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease. In a sweeping study of nearly 28 million older Americans, researchers found that long ...

For years, the Environmental Protection Agency has assigned a dollar value to the lives saved and the health problems avoided through many of its environmental regulations. Now, that has changed. The ...

Allegheny County plans to award $5 million in grant money to projects aimed at improving the region’s air quality. But with a little more than a week before proposals are due, no one has applied. The ...