The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that air pollution is of great concern and impacts health in many ways. To better the situation, it’s necessary to focus on air quality. However, when ...

From wearable samplers to passive environmental monitoring, new research is changing how scientists observe chemical exposure – without invasive sampling.

The United Kingdom and the United States share many similarities but are distinctly different in the way each nation structures and enforces their respective health and safety legislation, monitoring ...

Most of us spend about 90 percent of our time indoors, so the quality of the air we breathe is important. Concerns about health issues, most commonly allergic reactions from inhaling fungal spores, ...

Air sampling of Lahaina and Kula by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in late August showed no evidence of poor air quality nor any hazardous levels of contaminants in the air, according to the ...

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have found that viruses circulating in live poultry markets can be detected more ...

North Carolina State University on Thursday released the first report of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) test results from Poe Hall. The university contracted Geosyntec Consultants to do an ...

Respirable crystalline silica (RCS) is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a human carcinogen. [1] Occupational exposure to RCS results in adverse health effects ...