Of the 84 Jackson Project houses that were built, 82 remain. Some are currently owned by people whose parents were the first owners. (Courtesy of the Hermantown Historical Society) ...

(Bloomberg) -- As fires burned across LA this week, worried residents have been looking at measures of air quality to help determine how safe it is to be outside.Smoke from wildfires can travel ...

Homes a few doors away burned down, she said. Now in her second week at a West Covina hotel, she’s able to think about the damage smoke and ash have caused inside her home and how her family ...

She’s still got a nasty cough, but her other symptoms are starting to subside as the smoke in her neighborhood clears. The fires gave her a scare, but she’s not making long-term plans to move on.

“A long-term concern is that a lot of these toxic gases or VOCs [volatile organic compounds] will get into homes and linger for months.” The chemical composition of the smoke and ash in Los ...

The short-term effects of exposure to smoke like this can trigger asthma attacks and cause lung and cardiac problems. But smoke can also have long-term effects, and those are less well understood.

But smoke can also have long-term effects, and those are less well understood. As an environmental toxicologist who focuses on wildfire smoke health effects, I, along with many of my colleagues ...

LOS ANGELES – The explosion of smoke and ash that erupted from two wildfires ... Though it’s unclear whether there will be long-term contamination from the wildfire, NASA scientists are ...