article thumbnail

NUS study finds correlation between PM2.5 pollution and employee productivity

Green Car Congress

A study by researchers from the National University of Singapore Department of Economics ( NUS Economics ) has found a correlation between pollution and productivity of employees. The study, the first of its kind to examine prolonged exposure to air pollution, was published in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.

Pollution 249
article thumbnail

Duke team devise method for detecting PM2.5 pollution using AI/machine learning, micro-satellite imagery and weather data

Green Car Congress

Such information could help researchers identify hidden hotspots of dangerous pollution, greatly improve studies of pollution on human health, or potentially tease out the effects of unpredictable events on air quality, such as the breakout of an airborne global pandemic. pollution. Tongshu Zheng, Michael H. 2020.117451.

Pollution 221
article thumbnail

National Academies report finds EPA’s controlled human exposure studies of air pollution are warranted

Green Car Congress

CHIE participants are exposed to one or several common air pollutants usually for a few hours at concentrations that are not expected to produce adverse responses. The NAAQS process has broad health importance because it regulates the outdoor air concentrations of those pollutants. 2009 to Oct.

Pollution 150
article thumbnail

Study links air pollution to heightened risk of Type 2 diabetes in overweight and obese Latino children

Green Car Congress

Latino children who live in areas with higher levels of air pollution have a heightened risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) and published in the journal Diabetes. Our study shows air pollution also contributes to Type 2 diabetes risk.

Pollution 150
article thumbnail

NRC report finds that large-scale production of algal biofuels poses sustainability concerns; not a definitive barrier

Green Car Congress

However, these concerns are not a definitive barrier for future production, the report says; innovations that would require research and development could help realize algal biofuels’ full potential. The committee is not aware of any published studies that include measured emissions of air pollutants from open-pond cultivation.

article thumbnail

Study finds rapid increases in nitrogen oxides may be as harmful to the heart as sustained levels

Green Car Congress

Rapid increases in pollution may be as harmful to the heart as sustained high levels, according to new research published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. However, this study investigated whether rapid increases in pollution increase the risk of heart attack, independently of an absolute threshold.

Pollution 240
article thumbnail

Rice University study of lung cells suggests anthropogenic carbon nanotubes are common pollutants

Green Car Congress

Since CNTs from anthropogenic sources may be present in indoor and outdoor air, and since air pollutants may be transported via the atmosphere, we expect that humans routinely breathe such carbon nanoparticles. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study showing that CNTs from anthropogenic sources reach human lung cells.

Universal 150