Exposure to particulate matter can significantly damage our health, as well as increase health care costs. Concentrations of particulate matter in the air have already declined significantly in the ...

Last week we mentioned that Harvard researchers had shown that a reduction in short-term exposure to PM from coal-burning power plants could avoid 20,000 deaths a year (some sources say 30,000). All ...

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Harvard researchers have shown that a reduction in short-term exposure to PM from coal-burning power plants could avoid 20,000 deaths a year (some sources say 30,000). All it would take, they stated, ...