(Beyond Pesticides, October 31, 2023) With cooler weather setting in and people heading indoors and closing windows, the issue of COVID-19 transmission escalates, as do concerns about toxic chemicals ...

Recent research is uncovering the link between exposure to semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) and changes in the gut microbiome. Scientists are particularly interested in how these products ...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from wildfires can severely deteriorate air quality and jeopardize human and environmental health. Researchers now show that these wildfire VOCs can be accurately ...

Aerosol products used in the home now emit more harmful volatile organic compound (VOC) air pollution than all the vehicles in the UK, new research shows. A new study by the University of York and the ...

As India battles rising pollution, doctors warn scented fabric softeners may worsen indoor air quality. Pulmonologists say ...

Amid this sanitization fever, a study published last month in Science Advances serves as a reminder that cleaning products aren’t innocuous. In fact, they can create indoor air pollution. A lot, ...

Natalia Dudareva and colleagues found that the cuticle of petunia flowers acts as a sink for volatile compounds. Rather than emitting more of these compounds when the cuticle is thinned, the plants ...