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Tiny and toxic: Researchers track smaller air pollution particles across US skies

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"Submicron" or "PM 1" particulate matter is less than 1 micron in diameter.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have quantified the amount of PM 1 over the United States from the past 25 years .

Submicron particles are at least 6 times smaller than blood cells.

This measurement serves as a starting point to understand which pollutants regulators could target.

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