A new study of the impact of the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires has found that even after fires are extinguished, ...

New research has found that wildland fires may be releasing far more air-polluting gases than previously thought. The ...

VOCs, or volatile organic compounds, are compounds that contain carbon atoms and that, at room temperature, easily evaporate. Too small to see and virtually omnipresent both indoors and out, they can ...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) enter the air from gasoline, pesticides, tobacco smoke, and thousands of other products and processes. They can increase the risk of airway problems and other health ...

A recent study published in the American Chemical Society’s Environmental Science & Technology found that wildland fires ...

This article will cover where volatile compounds in the breath originate from, endogenous compounds, and exogenous compounds. Where do volatile compounds in the breath originate from? Breath comprises ...

Currently, there is no standard set for VOCs, but studies have found that levels of several organics average 2 to 5 times higher indoors than outdoors. If something smells, there's a good chance it's ...

As fires burn the landscape, they spew airborne gases and particles, though their impact on air pollution might be underestimated. A study in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology reports that, ...