International Pollution Resource Standards 
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JUNE 2, 2019
For travelers who visit cities with high levels of air pollution, even a short stay leads to breathing problems that can take at least a week from which to recove, a new study led by researchers at NYU School of Medicine finds. Researchers then compared the health data against levels of air pollution collected from local government agencies.
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NOVEMBER 28, 2021
An international team of scientists, led by NTU Singapore, has linked increased air pollution to an uptick in cases of lung adenocarcinoma (LADC) worldwide. Black carbon is a pollutant that is classified as under PM 2.5. Our findings pinpoint the necessity and urgency to reduce air pollutant emissions especially black carbon.
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
The California Air Resources Board today approved a statewide plan for attaining the federal health-based standard for ozone, typically experienced as smog. The 2022 State Implementation Plan Strategy identifies the state’s control strategy for meeting the federal 70 parts per billion, 8-hour ozone standard over the next 15 years.
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MARCH 30, 2020
People continuously exposed to air pollution are at increased risk of dementia, especially if they also suffer from cardiovascular diseases, according to a study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the journal JAMA Neurology. microns or less in width (PM 2.5 ) are considered low compared to international standards.
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FEBRUARY 11, 2020
The findings—based on data from more than 400 cities in 20 countries across the world—show that more than 6,000 deaths each year would have been avoided in the selected cities if countries had implemented stricter air quality standards. g/m 3 (US National Ambient Air Quality Standard), and 160 ?g/m Vicedo-Cabrera et al.
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JANUARY 25, 2019
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has adopted a plan that demonstrates to the US Environmental Protection Agency how the San Joaquin Valley air basin will attain each of four federal standards for fine particulate matter by regulatory deadlines. Deadlines for attaining these standards are 2020, 2024 and 2025, respectively.
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DECEMBER 23, 2018
and ozone at or above the current standards have been linked to neuroinflammation and high risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). suggesting long-term exposure to PM 2.5 , as well as ozone above the current US EPA standards, are associated with increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Exposures to concentrations of PM 2.5 g/m 3 in PM 2.5
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