Tag: PM2.5
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Nation & World
Legacy of heading off deaths from industrial air pollution
Dominici details decades-old Harvard roots of latest findings showing particles from coal-fired power plants deadliest
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Nation & World
‘It’s much more harmful than we thought, and its mortality burden has been seriously underestimated’
Study finds particulate air pollutants from coal-fired power plants may be twice as deadly as that from other sources
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Nation & World
Link between wildfires and COVID cases established
Researchers have found strong evidence of an association between exposure to fine particulate air pollution from 2020 wildfires in the U.S. and increased risk of COVID-19 cases and deaths in three western states, for up to four weeks after the exposure.
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Nation & World
‘Smoke waves’ will affect millions in coming decades
Wildfires threaten more than land and homes. The smoke they produce contains fine particles (PM2.5) that can poison the air for hundreds of miles. Air pollution from the 2016 Fort…