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People's ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution, potentially making everyday activities, such as the ...

Farmworker Rajendra Kamble points to the white-tiled floor of his house whenever someone asks about his worsening health. By evening, the tiles turn grey with soot from the burning of agricultural ...

Air in the U.S. has gotten cleaner for decades, adding years to people's lives and preventing millions of asthma attacks, but nearly half of Americans still live with unhealthy air pollution, a new ...

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