Ultrafine particles are aerosols less than 0.1 micrometers, or 100 nanometers, in diameter—about one-thousandth the width of a human hair.

Nanoscale Iron Could Help Cleanse The Environment; Ultrafine Particles Flow Underground And Destroy Toxic Compounds In Place Date: September 4, 2003 Source: National Science Foundation Summary: An ...

Dosimetry parameters such as deposition, clearance, retention, and translocation and dissolution of inhaled particles in and to different lung compartments may be important for the persistence of ...

Ultrafine particles are a subset with a diameter of less than 0.1 micrometres. “That makes them very dangerous, because, being so small, they can get very, very deep into the human body,” says ...

Application of a High-Efficiency Cabin Air Filter for Simultaneous Mitigation of Ultrafine Particle and Carbon Dioxide Exposures Inside Passenger Vehicles. Environmental Science & Technology, 2014 ...

Improved cookstoves, which are widely used for cooking in developing countries, produce twice as many harmful ultrafine air pollution particles (PM 0.1) as conventional stoves, according to a new ...

The cardiovascular system is currently considered a target for particulate matter, especially for ultrafine particles. In addition to autonomic or cytokine mediated effects, the direct interaction of ...

Air pollution caused by “ultrafine particles,” emitted by automobiles and industrial activity, has been linked to 1,100 deaths a year in Montreal and Toronto, according to new Canadian research.

Ultrafine particles linked to 1,100 deaths per year in Canada’s 2 largest cities: study By Joe Bongiorno The Canadian Press Posted August 7, 2024 3:17 pm Updated August 8, 2024 3:28 pm ...