Landmark air-pollution lab faces closure
“US scientists are rallying to save the Human Studies Facility — a lab that’s been instrumental in documenting the impact of air pollution on human health. The US government cancelled its long-standing lease with the facility’s host university, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which runs the lab, is now moving out of the state-of-the-art facility. “We need this capability,” says Dan Costa, a former EPA toxicologist. “Virtually all of the air-quality standards that we have today are built around evidence from this exposure facility.” Nature Briefing, 28 May 2025

Nature, 23 May 2025

Landmark air-pollution lab under threat from Trump cuts — can it be saved?

A US laboratory that has been instrumental in documenting the impact of air pollution on human health is being shut down by the administration of US President Donald Trump. Scientists are rallying to save it.