When power stations burn coal, a class of compounds called Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, or PAHs, form part of the resulting air pollution. Researchers have found that PAHs toxins degrade in ...

Halogenated organic compounds like PBDEs include some of the most notorious industrial pollutants: polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins, and the infamous pesticide DDT. Concerns over toxicity to ...

and heterocyclic compounds, which are "key indoor pollutants and precursors for the formation of secondary pollutants, including aerosols and ozone." Exposure to any of these indoor pollutants ...

A team of researchers say they want to look at what exposure to toxins from thousands of burned structures does to people ...