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When the San Francisco Bay Area experienced a record 30 consecutive days of worrisome air quality alerts in August and September, Mary Prunicki began taking blood samples from firefighters. The sky ...

California wildfires including the Dixie, Caldor, Monument and McFarland blazes all grew overnight, and more fires means more smoke. Jamie Arno, spokesperson for the Sacramento Air Quality Management ...

During the last several weeks, this column has discussed the impacts of wildfire smoke over Missouri, as well as how air pollution, both natural and manmade, can impact human health. While these ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Wildfire smoke can cool or warm the air temperature. It depends on the type of particles and which level they are located in the atmosphere. It also depends a lot on the color of the ...

The West Coast’s wildfire crisis is no longer just the West Coast’s wildfire crisis: As massive blazes continue to burn across California, Oregon, and Washington, they’re spewing smoke high into the ...

It is a real problem: Microplastic particles are everywhere. Now a team has developed a method that allows it for the first time to precisely localise microplastic particles in the soil. The 3D ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) – As the old saying goes: “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” As much destruction as the flames from a fire can cause, inhaling smoke can also cause damage to your body.

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

The July Fourth holiday was a weekend of barbecues, time with family and fireworks displays by starlight. But the holiday also sparked something else: a question about the impacts of fireworks. For ...

Rhode Island environmental officials are issuing an air quality alert for the entire state Saturday. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) said an unhealthy amount of particles ...