A study of coarse and fine particulate matter (PM) generated by the California wildfires of 2008 suggests a toxicity level greater than that of an equivalent dose of PM in ambient air, as reported in ...
A study of coarse and fine particulate matter (PM) generated by the California wildfires of 2008 suggests a toxicity level greater than that of an equivalent dose of PM in ambient air. The study adds ...
... .com/ees Italian researchers measured the particulate matter produced by natural gas domestic ... methods, and particle size assessment to identify particulate matter with diameters in the range of 1 nm ...
... data from 360 stations in five countries. It quickly became apparent that the particulate matter was coming from the east because the concentration increased noticeably towards Slovakia. But where ...
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Editor’s Note: This work was supported by grants from the Environmental Protection Agency Particulate Matter Center; grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; a grant ...
... 5,” the authors write.
“Nevertheless, we recommend that these findings be considered when the NAAQS for particulate matter is next reviewed, and that the monitoring of PM10 continue so that further ...
... same day and previous day fine particulate matter exposures and ischemic stroke/TIA ... Findings suggest that recent exposure to fine particulate matter may increase the risk of ischemic cerebrovascular ...
... matter or filtered air for six hours a day, five days a week, over a period of 10 ... pollution level inside the chamber containing particulate matter was comparable to levels a commuter may be exposed ...
... that the smoke from ships contributed as much as 44 percent of the sulfate found in fine particulate matter in the atmosphere of coastal California. On the days when the proportion of ship sulfate ...
... including black carbon, produced by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, and particulate matter (PM2.5) of less than 2.5 micrometers (about 1/10,000th of an inch) in diameter. ...
... air quality, at least initially, by increasing levels of ground-level ozone and particulate matter.
Wildfires, clearcutting, and new development also affect the atmosphere by removing vegetation. ...
... that collect hourly levels of ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter of varying sizes. Regression analysis was used to evaluate whether short-term daily ...
... overall air pollution levels. Livestock farming has also been associated with air-borne particulate matter.
Sneeringer found a statistically strong positive relationship between livestock farming ...
... per cubic meter increase in personal exposure to pollution (as measured by the level of small particulate matter): narrowed brachial (arm) blood vessel diameter (a potential immediate condition ...
... potential threats to health than is generally realized, according to a new paper analyzing particulate matter (PM) from wildfires in Southern California.
The paper, entitled "Physicochemical and ...
