The number of substances emitted into the atmosphere is immense and growing, but some are particularly harmful to health and are subject to increased monitoring.
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George H.W. Bush, who pledged to be 'the environmental president,' took a market-based approach to pollution control that helped clear the air. Now some experts think it could work on climate change.
An air pollution expert with years of experience advising federal regulators describes how the Trump administration is speeding up reviews and reducing scientific input.
Haze from Northern California wildfires has drifted as far east as Philadelphia. Wildfire smoke contains many potentially toxic substances, so anyone exposed to it should take basic precautions.
The head of the World Health Organization calls air pollution 'the new tobacco' because it causes millions of preventable deaths yearly. Fine particle pollution is especially deadly.
London's low emission zone has started to reduce air pollution – but not enough to protect children's lungs.
How could a company like Volkswagen knowingly violate US air-pollution standards despite the senseless risks to which it was exposing its reputation? The case method can provide an answer.
These substances can generate air pollution particles.
As traffic slows down, research is gathering momentum.
US ozone pollution has fallen in recent decades, but exposure to low levels of ozone still has serious effects on human health and well-being.
The US government is set to make it easier for oil and gas firms to leak methane into the atmosphere.
Two business professors spent five years studying Walmart's ambition project to bring sustainability to its millions of budget-conscious customers – a plan that began with the birth of a granddaughter.
Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world, but over the last four centuries it has aged and darkened from pollution.
In a developed country like the UK, why can life expectancy within just a few miles differ by as much as 18 years?
US national parks protect some of America's most spectacular outdoor settings. But new research shows that ozone pollution levels in the parks are roughly as bad as in major cities.
And wildfires rage along the West Coast of North America, parents should know the impact on their children's health, and how to protect them.
Research shows that cities benefit from car-free days in many ways.
Daily routine affects how much polluted air we breathe.
New research projects that climate change could greatly increase airborne dust levels in the southwestern US, causing higher hospital admissions and premature deaths from heart and lung ailments.
Two air pollution experts analyse the government's plan.
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Professor & Chair in Air Quality and Health; Founding Director, Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), University of Surrey
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Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York
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SEI Associate, Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
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Professor of Environmental Science, University of Essex
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Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Professor of Statistics; President of the Statistical Society of Australia, Queensland University of Technology
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Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide
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Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Environmental Science, Macquarie University
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Air Quality & Health Research and Evaluation, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney; Senior Research Fellow, South West Sydney Clinical School, UNSW
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Linda Selvey is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Associate professor, UNSW
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Director, Centre for Research, Evidence Management and Surveillance & Conjoint Professor, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW
