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USC study finds particulate matter in air pollution affects thyroid development in fetuses

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USC is situated in the Los Angeles region, home to historically severe urban smog, an ideal laboratory to study air pollution health effects and environmental change across time. They did not see the same increases associated with other air pollutants, such as ozone or nitrogen dioxide.

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Flying first class on a single domestic round trip can contribute more greenhouse gas emissions than a year of driving

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Among these flights were the three most frequently flown routes in the United Sates (New York to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to San Francisco, and Chicago to New York); the shortest flight that is code shared with a major U.S. A documentation for the myclimate calculator includes other aspects of the method used.).

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