LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Los Angeles has the most polluted air out of more than 2,400 U.S. cities analyzed in a report released Tuesday by an air-quality monitoring firm, despite the city showing 6% ...
Los Angeles has struggled with air pollution problems since before smog became a term. In 1943, smog covered the city so thickly that residents thought they were under a chemical attack. The creation ...
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As some people return to the structures spared from Los Angeles wildfires, experts warn that they should be careful of the air inside and especially cautious when cleaning up. Smoke, ash and all the ...
Hispanic women in Los Angeles who were exposed to air pollution and stress during pregnancy were more likely to deliver low birth weight babies, a new study has found. Exposures to such contaminants ...
Within just a few years, California endured its driest three-year period on record and its hottest September in history — a brutal summer month that nearly broke the state’s overtaxed electric grid.