Environmental/Occupational News

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized standards lowering mercury and toxic metal emissions, as well as carbon pollution from power plants, according to a press release from the agency.

Climate change has resulted in higher pollution levels, more wildfires and warmer temperatures, all of which come together and increase the risk for asthma, according to a paper published in Frontiers in Science.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration within the U.S. Department of Labor has finalized stricter limits on silica dust exposure for miners, according to a press release from the department.

Implementing the recent stronger standard for fine particulate pollution revealed that 131 million Americans breathe unhealthy, polluted air where they live, according to a press release from the American Lung Association.

Lung tissue analysis revealed that deployed military personnel had more silica and other silicates in their lungs than controls, according to results published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Elevated exposure levels to nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter over 5 years raised the odds for COVID-19, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.

Asthma-related ED visit rates rose with exposure to local fine particulate matter, coarse particulate matter and sulfur dioxide, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized stricter greenhouse gas emission limits for model year 2027 through 2032 heavy-duty vehicles, according to an agency press release.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized stricter limits on emissions from model year 2027 through 2032 passenger cars, light-duty trucks and medium-duty vehicles, according to a press release from the agency.

When asked if they support or oppose stricter fine particulate pollution standards and limits on truck emissions, many voters voiced their support, according to poll results from the Global Strategy Group for the American Lung Association.