Learn more about “thirdhand smoke” and how it keeps polluting homes, and your lungs, long after smoking stops.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) – As the old saying goes: “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” As much destruction as the flames from a fire can cause, inhaling smoke can also cause damage to your body.

New measurements demonstrate that smoke particles in the upper atmosphere are twice the size of lower-altitude ones.

While the dangers of secondhand smoke are widely recognized, a new study led by Prof. Sun Yele at the Institute of ...

When the San Francisco Bay Area experienced a record 30 consecutive days of worrisome air quality alerts in August and September, Mary Prunicki began taking blood samples from firefighters. The sky ...

Dense smoke from Canadian wildfires is drifting across the U.S., canceling flights and sporting events, and threatening severe health problems for millions of Americans. Chicago's air quality now ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Air quality and disease researchers say data suggests wildfire smoke can increase the spread of COVID-19 and other infections if precautions are not taken. Exposure to fine pollution ...

You already know secondhand smoke is dangerous. A new study from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows a quieter threat can linger much longer indoors: ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Wildfire smoke can cool or warm the air temperature. It depends on the type of particles and which level they are located in the atmosphere. It also depends a lot on the color of the ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Millions of people are impacted by the wildfire smoke coming from Canada. It's causing air quality alerts for 3/4 of the U.S. Yes, it's hazy, but what makes the wildfire smoke ...

The CDC said cloth masks provide little protection against wildfire smoke because they don’t catch microscopic smoke particles that can get into the lungs. For COVID-19, cloth masks are used as a form ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — The primary topic of discussion the last couple days has been the smoke from wildfires in Canada that has infiltrated the skies over most of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast. It ...