Air quality
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Do humidifiers help with allergies?
By Sarah Finley published
REFERENCE Here’s everything you need to know about whether humidifiers help with allergies, and how you can use them effectively.

Air purifiers vs ionizers: What's the difference?
By Kerry Taylor-Smith published
REFERENCE We're putting air purifiers vs ionizers to get to the bottom of what these appliances really do.

Air purifiers vs humidifiers: What's the difference?
By Lawrie Jones published
REFERENCE We take a look at air purifiers vs humidifiers to get a sense of the differences.

How do air purifiers work?
By Kerry Taylor-Smith published
REFERENCE A device that sanitizes the air to remove impurities and pollutants is an appealing prospect, but just how do air purifiers work?

Dust plume bigger than Texas crashes into the US
By Rafi Letzter published
Air quality could reach dangerous levels across a wide chunk of the continental U.S. and Caribbean this weekend as a rare, giant Saharan dust storm reaches the U.S.

New Pollution Map Offers Unprecedented View of City's Air Quality
By Tracy Staedter published
The new map for the city of Oakland, California, offers the highest-resolution view to date of air quality on a block-by-block basis.

Device Purifies Air and Creates Energy All at the Same Time
By Tracy Staedter published
A small innovation could have a big impact on air pollution.

Life Without the EPA: Superfund Apartments and Acid Rain
By Michael Dhar published
Imagining the U.S. without federal environmental oversight from the EPA.
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