“Particulate matter can cause blockage and clotting in blood vessels, which can cut off blood flow to vital organs, lead to a ...

While toxic air pollution has long been recognized as a primary driver of chronic respiratory ailments and cardiovascular ...

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 ...

What is particulate matter? How do I interpret the AQI? There's a lot to learn since Canadian wildfires suddenly sent clouds of hazy smoke over the border and into parts of the Midwest, Northeast and ...

Checking the fine particulate matter levels along with the weather every morning has become a daily routine. Research continues to show that fine particulate matter affects not only the respiratory ...

The Environmental Protection Agency released the final version of a much-anticipated rule on Wednesday that tightens restrictions on fine particulate matter — one of the most pervasive and dangerous ...

The Air Inside a Professional Kitchen Is Not Air A halwais working a tandoor at full heat is inhaling combustion gases, ...

The impact of particulate matter air pollution on death and disability is on the rise worldwide, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open ...

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 ...

The National Academies will conduct a workshop on the state-of the-science on exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) indoors, its health impacts, and engineering approaches and interventions to ...