But when smoke plumes are close to the surface, people are breathing in wildfire chemicals and tiny particles. Those particles, known as PM2.5, can get deep into the lungs and exacerbate asthma and ...

State officials from Maine to New York issued alerts for fine particulate matter, a toxic byproduct of wildfires that is small enough to be inhaled.

Most of the Lower Peninsula has good to moderate air quality on July 26. Nationally, the northeast has the nation's worst air ...

Michigan has become a leader in safe drinking water after the Flint crisis, but mobile home parks remain a rough spot.