Airborne hexavalent chromium nanoparticles detected around cleanup zones for the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires

Communications Earth & Environment 2026 Open access

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Authors: Michael J. Kleeman, Christopher D. Cappa, Peter Green, Yuejun Zhou, Mohammad Astaneh, Sunny Kant, Yifang Zhu, Michael Jerrett
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-026-03591-z
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Abstract

Abstract The 2025 Eaton and Palisades fires in Los Angeles exemplify destructive wildfires that increasingly threaten cities across the globe. The dangers during active burning are obvious, but the threats to public health during the post-burn cleanup phase are still being discovered. Here we report that airborne chrome (Cr) and silver (Ag) bearing nanoparticles (Dp

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Mercury impact and mitigation studies

Publication details

Journal / source
Communications Earth & Environment
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
7
Issue
1
Publication date
13 May 2026
Language
EN