The physical effects and symptoms of airborne dust particles can range from irritating to quite severe. These can include: ...

The EPA won't consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now. Legal and health experts are concerned ...

The EPA weakened emissions standards for new power plants and said it would no longer consider the economic impacts of public ...

Air pollution causes health problems and is attributable to some 50,000 annual deaths in the United States, but not all air pollutants pack the same punch. Scientists have tracked the scope of "PM 2.5 ...

DAVIS, Calif. — We’re all inadvertently dining on tens of thousands of plastic particles annually. Now, researchers have figured out what all that plastic might be doing inside your body. A new study ...

Dear Doctors: We live in the fire zone in Altadena, California. After the evacuations ended, we came home, and now my throat is constantly sore. There’s no smoke smell, but my husband says the air can ...

Plastic particles from water bottles can kill pancreatic cells and cause diabetes, study finds - Previous research links tiny plastic particles to a range of adverse health conditions but largely stop ...

The Sacramento region's air quality reached "unhealthy for sensitive groups" level on Thursday morning, according to IQAir.

DEAR DOCTORS: We live in the fire zone in Altadena, California. After the evacuations ended, we came home, and now my throat is constantly sore. There’s no smoke smell, but my husband says the air can ...