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Fine particle air pollution is a public health emergency hiding in plain sight

  • Written by Douglas Brugge, Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University
A Kosovo policeman directs cars in Pristina after the government banned traffic in response to extremely high fine particle pollution levels, Jan. 31, 2018.AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu

Ambient air pollution is the largest environmental health problem in the United States and in the world more generally. Fine particulate matter smaller than 2.5 millionths...

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