On Feb. 7, 2024, the EPA strengthened the federal limit for annual levels of fine particulate air pollution, or PM2.5. Many serious health effects have been linked to PM2.5 exposure.
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The US, a minor liquefied natural gas supplier a decade ago, now is the world’s top source. That’s good for energy security, but bad for Earth’s climate. An energy scholar explains the trade-offs.
Researchers created a layer of human lung cells and exposed them to different pollutants.
These pollutants can originate from many common household products – including vinyl flooring, plastic toys, cleaning products and furniture.
Conspiracy theories about urban planning are born of a national context in which public transport provision is failing
A surprising number of new consumer tech products promise to improve air quality.
Switching to a plant-based diet could save lives.
Africa can check climate impact on health by taking 37 actions endorsed by environment ministers.
The longest-running study of its kind reviewed death records in the path of pollution from coal-fired power plants. The numbers are staggering − but also falling fast as US coal plants close.
Apartment residents need more sustainable, climate-adapted designs. They shouldn’t have to depend on costly, high-emissions air conditioning to remain comfortable and healthy.
For a two-in-three chance of staying within 1.5°C, the budget shrinks to one-and-a-half years.
People with a lung condition are among those particularly vulnerable to bushfire smoke. But you can prepare for the season ahead.
If you were pregnant or parenting during Australia’s 2019–20 summer of smoke and fire, chances are you felt acutely anxious – and grappling with impossible responsibility.
We’re making life tough for insects – and not just by swatting them away with a newspaper.
Desert dust storms are increasingly picking up materials like sewage, herbicides and other human-made waste and transporting them on tiny particles that are easy to inhale.
Reducing air pollution is one of the best investments for Australians’ health, the environment, the economy and social equity. But achieving cleaner air requires a new approach from government.
Thick smoke pouring in from Canada’s wildfires canceled baseball games and pushed air quality in major US cities to the worst in the world.
An analysis by scholars at the University of California, Davis showed that just a small number of cities in California actively consider racism when developing their plans.
The notion that wildfire smoke is ‘natural,’ and therefore less harmful than other types of air pollution, is not supported by the evidence. Wildfire smoke has been linked to adverse health effects.
Antibiotic resistance can affect anyone of any age.
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Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York
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Professor & Chair in Air Quality and Health; Founding Director, Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), Co-Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey, University of Surrey
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Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science, University of Essex
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Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor, University of Pretoria
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Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide
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Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
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Conjoint Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
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Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Macquarie University and the South West Sydney Clinical School, UNSW Sydney. Affiliate, Centre for Safe Air., UNSW Sydney
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Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Professor, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
