For instance, when fewer acres are farmed, there’s less particulate matter in the air, and when fewer animals are raised in close quarters, the risk of antibiotic resistance declines.—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024 Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel by far, producing more particulate air pollution and global warming gasses than any other, per unit of energy.—Umair Irfan, Vox, 10 May 2024
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The companies’ Los Angeles-area refineries have ranked among the region’s top sources of smog-forming nitrogen oxides, lung-irritating sulfur-oxides and cancer-causing particulate matter in recent years, according to state regulators.—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024 Fine particulate matter air pollution, or tiny particles measuring less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter—30 times thinner than a human hair—reached levels over 16 times the safe limit.—Olivia Ferrari, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for particulate
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