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Green Car Congress
AUGUST 11, 2016
In “Estimated Excess Morbidity and Mortality Caused by Air Pollution above ATS Recommended Standards, 2011-2013,” published online in the August edition of Annals of the American Thoracic Society , researchers report on the annual health benefits of meeting more protective standards recommended by the ATS for O 3 and PM 2.5.
Green Car Congress
MAY 25, 2016
Long-term exposure to particulate air pollution has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease, but the biological process has not been understood. Participant-specific pollutant concentrations averaged over the years 2000–10 ranged from 9.2–22.6 The study is published in The Lancet. and NO x between 1999 and 2012. μg PM 2.5 /m
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
Children living in polluted megacities are at increased risk for brain inflammation and neurodegenerative changes, including Alzheimer or Parkinson’s disease, according to a study led by University of Montana Professor Dr. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas and her colleagues. —Calderón-Garcidueñas et al.
Green Car Congress
MAY 31, 2019
Long-term exposure to ambient ozone appears to accelerate arterial conditions that progress into cardiovascular disease and stroke, according to a new University at Buffalo study. The longitudinal study followed nearly 7,000 people aged 45 to 84 from six US regions: Winston-Salem, North Carolina; New York City; Baltimore; St.
Green Car Congress
JULY 22, 2009
The study found that children exposed to high levels of PAHs in New York City had full scale and verbal IQ scores that were 4.31 The study was conducted by scientists from the Columbia University Center for Children's Environmental Health. In urban areas motor vehicles are a major source of PAHs. Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D.,
Revenge of the Electric Car
APRIL 6, 2010
Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? Imagine it is 2013 in New York City. Instead, while you recharge your battery after a long day at work, your new electric car could be recharging as well. Others, however, think the city should focus more in getting people out of cars altogether.
Charged EVs
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same. The LIGHTS team had the Volvo VNR Electric tractor assessed by a team at the University of California, Riverside on a heavy-duty dynamometer. This is a step that, so far, Tesla has not taken for its own Megacharger standard. That’s about to change.
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