Ash and particulate from a wildfire obscure the Los Angeles skyline as seen from Griffith Observatory in August 2021. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Declaring that current standards are no longer sufficient to protect public health, the ...

Taking aim at a form of air pollution that has long vexed Californians from Los Angeles to the Bay Area, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it was tightening national standards for fine particulate matter — a health threat ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new rule on Wednesday to significantly reduce the level of air pollution known as particulate matter (PM) by updating the national air-quality standards, citing negative health impacts of PM exposure.

Tens of millions of Americans, including many Texans like me, live in counties that will soon be violating air pollution particle standards for the first time. It’s not that our air is getting dirtier – it’s because the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

The Environmental Protection Agency released the final version of a much-anticipated rule on Wednesday that tightens restrictions on fine particulate matter — one of the most pervasive and dangerous forms of air pollution. This is the EPA’s first ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . To find out more about fine particulate matter’s impact on asthma, Healio spoke with Laura Kate Bender, national assistant vice president for healthy air at the ...