Green Car Congress
MAY 2, 2018
New research led by scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health suggests that long-term exposure to traffic-related pollution significantly increases the risk of pediatric asthma, especially in early childhood. —corresponding author Mary B.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 3, 2012
Authors of the new study include Prof. Increases in manufacturing, building of power plants and other industrial developments, together with urbanization, are often accompanied with increases in pollution whose adverse impacts on weather and climate, as revealed in this study, can undercut economic gains, the researchers stressed.
Green Car Congress
JULY 10, 2015
Researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and their collaborators in Israel and China have found that heavy human-caused air pollution over the Sichuan Basin just upwind contributed to the catastrophic 2013 Sichuan Flood that killed up to 200 people with hundreds more missing. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Air pollution, even at levels generally considered safe by federal regulations, increases the risk of stroke by 34%, according to a new study by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Any proposed changes in regulated pollution levels must consider the impact of lower levels on public health.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 24, 2022
It’s unclear how nanoplastics impact human health, but animal studies suggest they’re potentially harmful. Some plastic materials slowly erode while they’re being used or after being disposed of, polluting the surrounding environment with micro- and nano-sized particles. Perhaps less well known is that they can also float in the air.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 8, 2019
Atmospheric pollution is a growing problem, particularly in urban areas and in less developed countries. According to the World Health Organization, one out of every nine deaths can be attributed to diseases caused by air pollution. Hopwever, there are challenges to be addressed before this can be used on a commercial scale.
Green Cars News
JANUARY 3, 2012
With the movement towards green cars partly spurred by the need to eliminate harmful emissions and air pollution, it’s interesting to note that there is arguably even more reason to cut them out. That’s because a new study by researchers in the US and Israel suggests increases in air pollution and other particulate matter can [.].
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