Air Quality Articles
Rendering Plants: Managing the Air From Animal Byproducts
Rendering plants manage odors, gases, grease aerosols, and dust through careful material handling, source capture, and treatment systems matched to each stage of processing.
Leather Tanneries: The Air Behind Finished Leather
Leather production creates changing air-quality challenges, from hydrogen sulfide and ammonia around wet processing to chromium-containing dust, solvent vapors, and finishing sprays.
Glass Manufacturing: From Silica Batch to Furnace Exhaust
Glass manufacturing creates distinct air-quality challenges as silica-rich batches and recycled cullet move through high-temperature melting, furnace exhaust systems, and protective coating operations.
Powder Coating Shops: When Paint Starts as Airborne Dust
Powder coating reduces solvent use while creating distinct air-quality challenges involving airborne paint particles, powder recovery, curing emissions, housekeeping, and combustible dust.
Fitness Centers and Gyms: The Air During Heavy Exercise
Heavy exercise increases both breathing rates and indoor emissions, making ventilation, dust control, humidity management, and careful product selection important for gym air quality.
Theaters and Live Performance: Fog, Haze, and the Air on Stage
Theatrical fog, haze, pyrotechnics, scenery work, and crowded audiences create distinct air-quality challenges that require attention to both visible aerosols and invisible gases.
Pharmaceutical Tablet Manufacturing: When Medicine Becomes Airborne Dust
Tablet manufacturing can release drug ingredients and other powders into workplace air, making containment, ventilation, careful cleaning, and exposure monitoring essential throughout production.
Cold-Storage Warehouses: Air Quality Below Freezing
Cold-storage warehouses must manage refrigerant leaks, forklift exhaust, uneven airflow, and moisture while balancing the need for clean workplace air with the demands of keeping products frozen.
Rail Yards and Locomotive Shops: Air Quality Along the Tracks
Diesel exhaust, brake wear, traction sand, and repair work create air-quality challenges in rail yards and locomotive shops, where reducing emissions and capturing pollution protect workers.
Air Quality Headlines
How To Deconstruct Federal Regulation
Legal Planet | 19 October 2026 | A legal analysis warns that proposed federal permitting reforms could make it harder for agencies to enforce environmental regulations by raising evidentiary standards and exposing regulators to substantial financial penalties.
Announcement On Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) By The Environmental Protection Department
info.gov.hk | 19 October 2026 | Hong Kong reported low air pollution health risks across all general and roadside monitoring stations on October 19, with conditions forecast to remain in the low to moderate range throughout the day.
Oxygen Tanks, Purifier Sales Spike As Haze Crisis Hits Southeast Asia
France 24 | 18 October 2026 | Persistent haze across Southeast Asia has forced school closures, increased respiratory complaints, and driven demand for air-cleaning equipment and medical oxygen, with one Malaysian supplier reporting a 35% sales increase.
Financing And Funding For Clean Air
UNEP | 18 October 2026 | The United Nations Environment Programme is working with governments, investors, and businesses to mobilize funding, develop partnerships, and encourage private-sector action to reduce air pollution while supporting public health and climate...
Development And Validation Of A Knowledge, Attitude, And Practice Questionnaire For Environmental Cardiovascular Awareness Among Allied Health Science Students
The Cureus Journal of Medical Science | 17 October 2026 | Researchers developed and validated a 26-question survey to assess healthcare students’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices concerning air pollution and cardiovascular health, demonstrating promising...
Burnham Urged To Launch Inquiry Into Unequal Health Impacts Of Air Pollution
The Guardian | 17 October 2026 | A coalition of 150 scientists, lawmakers, and activists is calling for a UK inquiry into air pollution inequalities after research found that lower-income communities and ethnic minorities face disproportionately higher exposure.
Columbia Researchers Demonstrate Impact Of Air Quality Monitoring
Columbia SIPA - Columbia University | 16 October 2026 | Columbia University researchers found that air pollution increased significantly after the U.S. suspended its international embassy monitoring program, highlighting the importance of publicly accessible air...
Regular Walking Is Good For People With COPD, Even If They Live In Areas With Higher Air Pollution
Newswise | 16 October 2026 | A European study found that regular walking was associated with fewer COPD symptom flare-ups even among people living in polluted areas, suggesting physical activity remains beneficial despite concerns about air pollution exposure.
Trump EPA Supports States In Supreme Court Air Quality Case
Bloomberg Law | 15 October 2026 | The EPA has backed a Supreme Court challenge to the Biden administration’s fine particulate matter standards, raising questions about federal authority to revise air quality limits and states’ obligations to comply.
Consider The Climate And Air Quality Before Burping Your House
Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network | 15 October 2026 | A Baylor College of Medicine expert warns that the growing “house burping” ventilation trend may worsen indoor air quality in hot, humid climates by introducing excess moisture, outdoor pollutants, and...
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