Public concern about air pollution has traditionally centred on chemical pollutants such as vehicle exhaust and industrial emissions found in fine particulate matter (PM2.5).

Pollutants can harm human health and enter the body through the air people breathe, the water they drink and the food they eat. Yet even as evidence of widespread exposure has been found in ...

New Jerseyans continue to breathe some of the nation’s worst air — partly due to emissions from refineries, power plants, car traffic and wildfires. But experts told NJ Advance Media there’s also a ...

As rain falls, lurking within stormwater runoff are hidden microplastics, polluting the water sources they drain into. Even ...

Pinpointing pollutant sources is an important part of the ongoing battle to improve air quality and to understand its impact on climate. Scientists using NASA data recently tracked the path and ...

Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution is one of the biggest ongoing threats to water quality in North Idaho, especially in the ...

Nutrient pollution from Kansas rivers and streams is feeding harmful algae in Topeka's recreational lakes, impacting aquatic ...

A decade-long study reveals distinct seasonal pollutant trends in Indian cities, emphasizing the need for targeted air ...

Unlike most other pollutants, particulate matter (PM) cannot be characterized by the space- and time-variations of the mass concentrations of a single compound. Important factors influencing PM ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A new study found the causes of pollution in the Elyria Swansea neighborhood near Commerce City, with two well-known facilities causing most of the pollution. Researchers at the ...