particulate

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Under Turkish limits annual PM10 particulate matter should be capped at 40 micrograms per cubic meter, she said, but Elbistan has levels of up to three times higher.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Health effects linked to indoor exposure to particulate matter were not included, even though they also pose serious public health risks.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

In the last decade, increasing numbers of wildfires in Western states have released enough fine particulate pollution to reverse years’ worth of improvements under the Clean Air Act and other antipollution measures.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

The sensors also have an aerosol probe that measures particulate matter, because dust helps with snowflake formation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

When particulate matter in the atmosphere was sufficient, light from the ground got trapped and reflected back, and the entire Detroit sky would become the soft pink of cotton candy.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides