particulate
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Technologies such as catalytic converters and particulate filters can help reduce these emissions, but they also increase the cost and complexity of engines.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 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
I place one sample in an empty centrifuge so I can analyze the particulate.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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