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Improving indoor air quality could save your life. Here are the expert recommendations

Improving your indoor air quality can reduce your COVID and flu risk, lower your cancer and lung disease risk, and eliminate ...
The Straits Times

Mask up: PM2.5 pollution blankets Bangkok, with Sathorn district severely affected

BANGKOK – Air pollution in Bangkok spiked sharply on Dec 2, with PM2.5 levels exceeding safe limits in every district. Sathorn recorded the highest concentration, posing serious health risks, ...
News Medical

Study links low levels of PM2.5 exposure to liver damage

A new study reveals that even low-dose, chronic exposure to air pollution can trigger liver inflammation, fibrosis, and metabolic disruptions, increasing the risk of fatty liver disease and other ...
News Medical

Study highlights the health risk of PM2.5 exposure for pregnant women

For pregnant women, exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) was associated with altered immune responses that can lead to adverse birth outcomes, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H ...
Power Engineering

The PM2.5 NAAQS were lowered: What now?

In May 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lowered the primary annual National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for PM 2.5 [1] from 12.0 to 9.0 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m 3). In ...
Inside Climate News

Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollutants, Known as PM2.5, Have Led to Disproportionately High Deaths Among Black Americans

Nestled beside traffic-choked New York Avenue NE, the historically Black Ivy City neighborhood in Washington, D.C., was built in the late 19th century as a community for African American laborers who ...
POWER Magazine

EPA Rolls Out Final, More Stringent PM2.5 Standard

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in February issued a final rule imposing tighter restrictions on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) or soot. “This final rule does not make any air quality ...