Air Quality Articles
Air Quality in Fiberglass and Boatbuilding Shops
Fiberglass manufacturing can release styrene and other VOCs during molding and curing while trimming and sanding generate composite dust, making process design and ventilation important tools for controlling the air workers breathe.
Air Quality in Indoor Firing Ranges
Indoor firing ranges rely on carefully controlled airflow, negative pressure, filtration, and cleaning to prevent lead-containing particles from reaching shooters, workers, and other parts of the building.
Air Quality in Pottery and Ceramic Studios
Pottery and ceramic studios can generate invisible silica-containing dust before firing and gases and fumes during kiln use, making careful cleaning, material handling, and ventilation important parts of maintaining healthy studio air.
Engineered Stone Countertops and Silica Dust
Engineered stone fabrication can release microscopic silica dust during cutting, grinding, drilling, and polishing, making effective dust control an important part of protecting air quality inside countertop shops.
Industrial Composting: When Decomposition Moves From the Forest Floor to a Facility
Industrial composting concentrates natural decomposition into a managed facility, where controlling oxygen, moisture, gases, odors, dust, and bioaerosols is essential to turn organic waste into useful compost without creating an air-quality problem for workers or nearby communities.
Greenhouses and Indoor Farms: When Plants Become Part of the HVAC System
Greenhouses and indoor farms transform air into a carefully managed crop input, balancing elevated carbon dioxide, humidity, bioaerosols, agricultural chemicals, plant emissions, and ventilation to create an environment that supports both plant growth and worker health.
Hospitals as Engineered Air Environments: Keeping Contamination Moving in the Right Direction
Hospitals use pressure control, filtration, ventilation, and specialized exhaust to direct airborne contamination away from vulnerable patients and workers while also managing pollutants from surgery, sterilization, cleaning, and emergency power systems.
Data Centers and Air Quality: The Pollution Behind the Cloud
Data centers can affect local air quality through backup diesel generators, cooling systems, refrigerant leaks, and construction activity, making their physical infrastructure an increasingly important part of environmental planning.
Inside Livestock Barns: Ammonia, Dust, Methane, and the Air Around Animal Agriculture
Enclosed livestock barns can generate ammonia, methane, hydrogen sulfide, dust, endotoxins, and animal-derived particles, with some emissions affecting workers indoors and contributing to regional air pollution after leaving the facility.
Air Quality Headlines
Amazon Wins Approval For UK Data Centre Despite Air Pollution Concerns
Digital Watch Observatory | 13 October 2026 | A proposed Amazon data center in Buckinghamshire has received approval despite air quality concerns, with plans for 27 backup generators, emissions monitoring, and funding to offset pollution impacts.
EPA Proposes New Fine-Particle Air Quality Classification For Entire USVI
The Virgin Islands Consortium | 13 October 2026 | The EPA has proposed classifying the entire U.S. Virgin Islands as meeting or not violating federal annual PM2.5 standards, differing from local recommendations while leaving refinery restart decisions unaffected.
The Migration Routes Of Pollution: How Ozone, Saharan Dust And Wildfire Smoke Cross Borders
EL PAÍS English | 12 October 2026 | Wildfire smoke from distant fires has degraded air quality in Spanish cities, highlighting how airborne pollution can travel across regions and national borders, exposing communities far from its original source.
Air Quality Alert Active For Southern California Saturday Afternoon
Sacramento Bee | 12 October 2026 | The National Weather Service issued a short-duration air quality alert for several areas of California’s Imperial County, including the Imperial Valley, warning residents of potentially unhealthy conditions.
Haze In Singapore: Air Quality Deteriorating; PSI In Central Region Back In Unhealthy Range
Yahoo News Singapore | 11 October 2026 | Singapore experienced worsening air quality on October 3, with pollution reaching unhealthy levels in the central region while readings across the rest of the country increased but remained moderate.
The U.S.’s Top 3 ‘Greenest Cities’ Are All In 1 State, Report Says
Cleveland.com | 11 October 2026 | A new WalletHub report ranks America’s 100 largest cities by environmental sustainability, evaluating air quality, transportation, renewable energy use, and lifestyle policies, with the top three cities located in the same state.
Indoor Air Quality As Buildings Close Up
WorkersCompensation.com | 10 October 2026 | As colder weather reduces workplace ventilation, enclosed buildings can accumulate hazardous pollutants from heaters, vehicles, and combustion equipment, increasing workers’ exposure to carbon monoxide and other indoor air...
Report Says Heat, Fires Left A Third Of The World Living With ‘Extremely Poor’ Air Quality
The Cool Down | 10 October 2026 | A European Union analysis found that heatwaves, wildfire smoke, and human-caused emissions contributed to extremely poor ozone air quality for roughly one-third of the global population in 2026, with Asia experiencing the greatest...
Young People’s Experiences Of Breathing, Air Pollution And Respiratory Health In A Large African City
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) | 9 October 2026 | A study of adolescents in Nairobi found that perceptions of breathing and lung health extend beyond air pollution, reflecting broader social, environmental, and everyday experiences that shape respiratory...
Scientists Discover A Genius Use For Leftover Steel Waste – And It Could Save Lives
Science Alert | 9 October 2026 | A new analysis suggests that using recycled steel slag in road pavement could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution while creating more durable roads that require less maintenance and traffic-disrupting repairs.
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