Why It’s So Confusing to Determine Air Quality in Los Angeles Right Now
Calculating air pollution from wildfires and other events has become more complicated. That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily ...
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Air quality is improving in some metro areas, but worsening in the Midwest and California, per EPA data
Recent data from the Environmental Protection Agency shows air quality in certain regions of the U.S. is deteriorating, ...
Los Angeles air quality improves from wildfires' hazardous levels
Air quality in wildfire-stricken Los Angeles improved on Thursday from hazardous peaks hit earlier this month, as tiny soot ...
Los Angeles Continues to Face Air Quality Warnings Amid Wildfires
The hazardous air quality in Los Angeles is largely a result of smoke from the Pacific Palisades Fire, intensified by strong ...
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Air quality monitoring not equipped to measure full dangers from Eaton, Palisades fires, experts say
Unlike typical wildfires, smoke from the L.A. fires — consisting of toxic materials from burned down homes, cars, and more — ...
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Is the air quality index actually useful right now?
The EPA collects data for the AQI from some 4,000 air quality ... of official sites is "fairly sparse," says Michael Jerrett, ...
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Los Angeles wildfires raise concerns about the toxic pollutants they could be unleashing
And some “will have experienced significant damage from smoke and toxic ash deposits,” noted Daniel Swain, a University of California, Los Angeles ... Although the air pollution levels ...
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In Los Angeles, people snap up air filters and wear masks against smoke pollution
LOS ANGELES — With levels of sooty air pollution far too high across swaths of the Los Angeles area, Dana Benton is sleeping with a mask on, even with her air purifier running. “My car was ...
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As Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles County continue to smolder, experts warn of hidden dangers in air quality
Air quality remains a big concern in Los Angeles County, and not just for those nearby the Palisades and Eaton fires.
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Los Angeles air quality improves from wildfires' hazardous levels
according to the Environmental Protection Agency's latest data. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT: Smoke from several wildfires in metro Los Angeles negatively affects the air quality of a population of about 18 ...