How to build your own air filter for wildfire smoke

How to build your own air filter for wildfire smoke

Air quality can be impacted by smoke from wildfires. Our reporter set out to build an air filter — in a style the EPA praised, using only things she already had at home.

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What the latest NHS hospital figures for England show

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Chair of Sheku Bayoh inquiry to consider calls to step down

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The Herald cartoon on Douglas Ross

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M&S selling £35 beauty bag worth £210 as online orders resume after attack

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Doctor says too much of popular pill can cause 'gut damage and ulcers'

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Who should be taking weight-loss drugs? Doctors share best candidates

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We quit our jobs, sold our home twice and spent 10 years fighting for the truth

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RFK Jr sacks entire US vaccine committee

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Hospital and manager guilty over patient death

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The researcher who wants to expand treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder

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MSPs urged to act on 'housing health emergency' after toddler goes into coma

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New York lawmakers approve bill that would allow medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill

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Two herbs found in your kitchen could boost memory and protect against dementia

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Doctor issues deadly alert as he says 'never' use tap water for this

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Drug deaths plummet among young Americans as fentanyl carnage eases

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Toxic tampons found to have 40x higher pesticide levels than allowed in water

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Scottish Languages Bill to give parents right to request new Gaelic-medium schools

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Psychological support system opens to infected blood victims

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RFK Jr. to fire all members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee

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RFK Jr. removes all 17 members of U.S. vaccine advisory panel

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NHS to offer ‘Star Wars’ cancer treatment which pulverises tumours with sound waves

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RFK Jr. boots all members of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee

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My painful restless legs are stopping me from relaxing & nothing seems to work – I’m desperate for help

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RFK Jr. Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts

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The Day of the Jackal author Frederick Forsyth dies aged 86, agents announce

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Domestic violence impact on women’s mental health can last almost 30 years

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Martha doctor's failings 'particularly grave'

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Scots rugby chief declares sport and business 'united' as he takes on new role

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The 52p herb that could help prevent Alzheimer’s – plus 3 other ways it can benefit your health

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Nottingham attack families ask Streeting for names of staff who treated killer

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Restrict shop-bought baby food, government tells parents

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NIH scientists call on director to protect biomedical research