Air pollution from fires linked to 1.5 million deaths a year Air pollution caused by fires is linked to more than 1.5 million deaths a year worldwide, the vast majority occurring in developing ...

Diesel particulates, other air pollutants linked to autism in children Our economy runs on diesel. It's burned in the road-going rigs that bring us everything from potatoes to potpourris.

Geography and a flight’s latitude have a strong influence on whether a contrail is warming. Flights over North America, ...

Tire companies have begun making EV tires. There’s nothing really special about them. Despite all their claims, most are no ...

When the weather gets cold, we turn the heat in our homes up–and, if we’re lucky enough to have one, we put our fireplaces to ...

The field of environmental health has increasingly focused on the impact of airborne toxicants and particulate matter on brain health and behavior. Recent studies have highlighted the pervasive ...

The crematory operates out of the same building as the funeral home at 2600 Sheridan Drive, at Parker Boulevard. The funeral ...

A research team from George Mason University Korea has investigated the effect of air pollution on solar power generation in South Korea and has found that even a small amount of particulates in ...

The study - which includes researchers from Beijing's Peking University and Yale University in the US - was based on measurements of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and particulates smaller than ...

the nature of the contribution from each source will have to be more fully understood than at present. In this study, we focused on the characterization of particulates in a diesel engine exhaust.