74 NYC taxi mpg requirements also cut pollution, study confirms
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JUNE 3, 2019
New York City's efforts a decade ago to clean up pollution from old taxi models has worked—mostly—a new study shows. air pollution Taxis
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EPA panel says air pollution not harmful
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APRIL 1, 2019
EPA air pollution Andrew WheelerIt isn't just global warming emissions that the EPA plans to deregulate. At a meeting last Thursday, a key air quality standards board at the agency cast doubt on longstanding findings that particulate matter—the microscopic particles spewing from diesel tailpipes—can cause health problems leading to premature deaths. In the absence of.
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EPA dissolves boards of pollution scientists
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OCTOBER 24, 2018
Under acting administrator Andrew Wheeler, a former coal-industry lobbyist, analyzing those pollutants will be left to the EPA's internal Clean Air Scientific Advisory. emissions EPA air pollutionThe EPA has dismissed two panels of outside scientists that advised the agency on particulate matter and ground-level ozone, which have been linked to smog and respiratory problems.
Hyundai system purifies cabin air, raises awareness about pollution levels
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MAY 20, 2019
emissions health air pollutionAs virtuous as one might be in choosing a vehicle that doesn’t produce tailpipe emissions, there’s a hazy reality to traveling by car: That you’re stuck breathing emissions from other gasoline or diesel vehicles—especially fine particulate emissions, which are some of the most concerning for health and tend to linger within.
Severe drought influences ozone pollution
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APRIL 22, 2019
Drought conditions can have complicated effects on ozone air quality, so to better understand the process, researchers have analyzed data from two ozone-polluted cities before, during and after the California drought. Although ozone in the stratosphere protects the earth from ultraviolet radiation, at ground level the molecule is a harmful air pollutant to humans, animals and plants.
Study finds association between air pollution, coronary atherosclerosis in Chinese population
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JULY 13, 2019
Researchers from the University at Buffalo (UB), with colleagues in the US and China, have provided pathophysiologic evidence of the effect of air pollution on cardiovascular disease in China. Their findings also suggests that China may need to revise its standard for one type of pollutant.
Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution
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APRIL 11, 2019
The study is the first to quantify the worldwide burden of new pediatric asthma cases linked to traffic-related nitrogen dioxide by using a method that takes into account high exposures to this pollutant that occur near busy roads, said Susan C.
Study links air pollution to increased emergency department visits for heart and lung disease
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NOVEMBER 11, 2018
New research by George Mason University found that exposure to certain air pollutants is linked to increased emergency department (ED) visits for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. We estimated associations between twelve ambient air pollutants of both primary (e.g.
Study finds significant proportion of childhood asthma cases may be attributable to air pollution
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AUGUST 8, 2019
Findings of a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and published in the European Respiratory Journal suggest that a significant proportion of childhood asthma cases may be attributable to outdoor air pollution, and that these cases could be prevented. Emerging evidence suggests that exposure to air pollution may increase the risk of developing this respiratory disease during childhood. Meeting the minimum air pollution levels for NO 2 (1.5?µg·m
Study: plant roadside hedges rather than trees to combat near-road pollution
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JANUARY 6, 2019
Urban planners should plant hedges—or a combination of trees with hedges—rather than just relying on roadside trees if they are most effectively to reduce pollution exposure from cars in near-road environments, according to a new study from the University of Surrey.
Chalmers team develops optical nano-sensor for detecting pollution
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JUNE 14, 2019
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a small, optical nano-sensor for pollution detection which can be mounted onto an ordinary streetlight. The technology is already in use in western Sweden, and researchers and other interested parties hope that the sensor could soon be used in many broad contexts. A collaboration with the University of Sheffield is also underway.
OSU study: Low-income, black neighborhoods still hit hard by air pollution
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AUGUST 11, 2019
Disease-causing air pollution remains high in pockets of America, particularly those where many low-income and African-American people live, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in New York. Ard used a variety of detailed data sources to examine air pollution and the demographics of the people who lived in 1-kilometer-square areas throughout a six-state region from 1995 through 1998.
Harvard/Nanjing study: China’s war on PM2.5 pollution is causing more severe ozone pollution
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JANUARY 3, 2019
In early 2013, the Chinese government declared a war on air pollution and began instituting stringent policies to regulate the emissions of PM 2.5. pollution is falling, harmful ground-level ozone pollution is on the rise, especially in large cities. The researchers from SEAS and NUIST found that particulate matter acts like a sponge for the radicals needed to generate ozone pollution, sucking them up and preventing them from producing ozone.
Major international study links short-term exposure to PM pollution to risk of premature death
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AUGUST 22, 2019
Their paper, published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), is the largest international study to investigate the short-term impacts of air pollution on death, conducted over a 30-year period. These associations remained significant after adjustment for gaseous pollutants. The strength of the associations was reduced but remained significant in two-pollutant models that addressed potential confounding by gaseous pollutants.
International travelers experience adverse cardiopulmonary health effects even after short stay in polluted cities
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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. The study is the first of its kind, say the authors, to analyze pollution-related coughing and breathing difficulties and recovery times upon returning home, in healthy, young adults who’ve travelled internationally.
NIH study links air pollution to increase in newborn intensive care admissions
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JULY 22, 2019
Infants born to women exposed to high levels of air pollution in the week before delivery are more likely to be admitted to a newborn intensive care unit (NICU), suggests an analysis by researchers at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). Depending on the type of pollution, chances for NICU admission increased from about 4% to as much as 147%, compared to infants whose mothers did not encounter high levels of air pollution during the week before delivery.
Study associates long-term exposure to air pollution with increasing emphysema
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AUGUST 15, 2019
Long-term exposure to ambient air pollutants, especially O 3 (ozone), is significantly associated with increasing emphysema, according to a new study led by the University of Washington, Columbia University and the University at Buffalo. We were surprised to see how strong air pollution’s impact was on the progression of emphysema on lung scans, in the same league as the effects of cigarette smoking, which is by far the best-known cause of emphysema.
Study finds air pollution caused by corn production increases mortality rate in US
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APRIL 2, 2019
The paper, published in Nature Sustainability , presents how researchers have estimated for the first time the health damages caused by corn production using detailed information on pollution emissions, pollution transport by wind, and human exposure to increased air pollution levels.
NUS study finds correlation between PM2.5 pollution and employee productivity
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JANUARY 13, 2019
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 researchers, led by Associate Professor Alberto Salvo, gathered information from various factories in China and discovered that exposure to air pollution over several weeks can reduce employee productivity. The severity of pollution was determined by measuring how many fine particles less than 2.5
Trump EPA: less enforcement of laws, more leeway for polluters
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DECEMBER 13, 2017
The same can be said for industrial polluters and environmental-law. Environmental emissions Politics EPA air pollution Donald TrumpIn grade school, students commonly ran through the halls when teachers or other school staff weren't looking. Signs forbidding the act of sprinting past lockers did little to deter the practice, since there was no incentive not to run unless someone present was enforcing the rule.
University of Kentucky chemist receives NSF grant to study atmospheric reactions of pollution
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AUGUST 16, 2019
The $461,000-project, titled “Heterogeneous Aging Mechanisms of Combustion and Biomass Burning Emissions,” will focus on how gases, such as ozone, react with pollutants emitted from power plants and forest fires. Guzman and his students will study how these pollutants are transformed on surfaces by oxidizing atmospheric gases.
Study suggests elevated air pollution could diminish health benefits of living in walkable communities
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JUNE 27, 2019
The benefits of living in a walkable neighborhood could be diminished by increased exposure to traffic-related air pollution, suggests a study led by St. Probability of hypertension and diabetes across levels of walkability and traffic-related air pollution.
Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide
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MARCH 12, 2019
Air pollution could be causing double the number of excess deaths a year in Europe than has been estimated previously, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal. Air pollution caused twice as many deaths from CVD as from respiratory diseases.
Polluters pay, 2020 Kia Soul EV, hydrogen internal combustion: Today's Car News
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APRIL 9, 2019
London's new pollution charge on older vehicles makes it really expensive to drive older cars into the city. emissions tax hydrogen fuel cell Today in Car News air pollutionWe had a first chance to drive the new 2020 Kia Soul EV. And our latest Twitter poll asks what GM should do with the Volt name now that it no longer produces the car. All this and more on Green Car Reports. First announced in 2017, the city.
HEI report finds current levels of air pollution have reduced life expectancy by 1.67 years on average worldwide
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APRIL 10, 2019
This year’s report includes the latest results on air pollution exposure and its health burden around the world based on the 2017 GBD (Global Burden of Disease) study. Air pollution now reduces average life expectancy by almost as much as tobacco use (1 yr, 10 mo).
Swiss study finds that studies on air pollution that ignore impact of noise overestimate effects of pollution on heart attacks
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OCTOBER 26, 2018
Air pollution and transportation noise are both associated with an increased risk of heart attacks. However, studies on air pollution which do not take into account traffic noise tend to overestimate the long-term effect of air pollution on heart attacks, according to a study conducted by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. Where air pollution is high, the level of transportation noise is usually also elevated.
Cars now clean enough that household products rival them for air pollution
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MARCH 13, 2018
Today's cars emit less than 1 percent of the three "criteria" pollutants that came out of their tailpipes half a century ago. emissions EPA carbon dioxide air pollutionThe first major emission controls on motor vehicles were introduced in 1975 with the advent of the catalytic converter. They emit relatively so little carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and hydrocarbons that the collective.
Large-scale study finds air pollution increases ER visits for breathing problems; rate depends on age, pollutant and lung disease
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JANUARY 18, 2019
As levels of ozone and fine particulate pollution (PM 2.5 ) rise, more patients end up in the ER with breathing problems, according to the largest US study of air pollution and respiratory emergency room visits of patients of all ages. Strosnider, PhD, MPH, and colleagues report on the associations between ground-level ozone and fine particulate pollution and ER visits for asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and respiratory infections.
Photos reveal how polluted the U.S. was before EPA was founded
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MARCH 3, 2017
emissions government EPA History climate change regulation air pollutionIt can be argued that the current presidential administration appears to lack interest in the traditional mission of the Environmental Protection Agency. As a candidate, Donald Trump advocated wholesale repeal of environmental regulations and increased production of fossil fuels. He has also called climate science a "hoax" created by China to hurt.
@MayorOfLA Is Ready! Garcetti Comes Out Gunning For Gas – Scattergood, Haynes & Harbor Power Plants To Stop Shoving Pollution Down Citizens Throats, Calls For Shutdown Of Aliso Canyon. #MerchantsOfDoubt In Fossil Fuel Industry Argue For More Climate Destruction
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FEBRUARY 14, 2019
” – this means that mega-polluting, constantly climate-killing, fossil fuel Chevron must go too. At 9am on Tuesday morning this week I stood with Los Angeles Mayor, Eric Garcetti, members of the L.A.
ICL, CMU study associates PM2.5 air pollution in US with >30,000 deaths and reduced life expectancy
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JULY 23, 2019
The amount of this fine particle pollution in the US has declined since 1999. µg/m 3 , which is mostly below the current standard, air pollution was associated with an estimated 15,612 deaths in females, and 14,757 deaths in men. concentrations are generally lower than those in many Europe cities—which suggests there may also be substantial number of deaths in Europe associated with air pollution.
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UB study reveals effect of pollution in humans at level of metabolites
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MAY 30, 2019
A new University at Buffalo (UB) study based on levels before, during and after the Beijing Olympics has shown how air pollution affects the human body at the level of metabolites. Metabolites are small molecules that are the end products of environmental exposures, such as air pollution, and body metabolism. The researchers found that 69 metabolites changed significantly when air pollution changed.
Study estimates that PM2.5 pollution in US was responsible for 107,000 premature deaths in 2011; 28% associated with transportation
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APRIL 10, 2019
pollution (particulates and precursors) in the United States. Of these deaths, 57% were associated with pollution caused by energy consumption [e.g., transportation (28%) and electricity generation (14%)]; another 15% with pollution caused by agricultural activities.
How much do electric cars really pollute, even without tailpipes?
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AUGUST 3, 2016
But there's no escaping that manufacturing these vehicles, driving them for 10 years or more, and then disposing of them creates pollution that has a wide range of negative impacts. Carbon Footprint emissions EPA Argonne National Laboratory carbon dioxide plug-in cars air pollution Union of Concerned ScientistsPersonal automobiles have given hundreds of millions of people the great luxury of a convenient and comfortable mode of transportation.
German court rules cities may ban older diesel vehicles to cut air pollution
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FEBRUARY 27, 2018
After a week's delay in issuing its ruling, a German court decided that individual cities in the country may ban vehicles with diesel engines to reduce air pollution. Diesels emissions Germany Stuttgart nitrogen oxides smog air pollution Court CaseThat huge intake of breath you may have heard from across the Atlantic Ocean was the sound of German carmakers gasping at a court decision handed down on Tuesday.
Study suggests long-term exposure to NO2 and CO pollution increase risk for age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
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AUGUST 21, 2019
Long-term exposure to pollutants from vehicle exhaust is linked to a heightened risk of the common eye condition age-related macular degeneration, or AMD for short, suggests research published online in the Journal of Investigative Medicine. Exposure to the highest levels of air pollutants was associated with an almost doubling in risk among those aged 50 and older, the findings show.
Study links PM2.5 pollution with millions of preterm births globally
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FEBRUARY 19, 2017
Recent research has suggested that exposure to air pollution could also be a risk factor. exposures, inclusion of provider-initiated preterm births, and exposure to indoor air pollution.
EPIC index finds air pollution reduces global life expectancy by 1.8 years; single greatest threat to human health
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NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Fossil fuel-driven particulate air pollution cuts global average life expectancy by 1.8 years per person, according to a new pollution index and accompanying report produced by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC).
Study finds US air pollution deaths nearly halved between 1990 and 2010
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OCTOBER 20, 2018
A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that deaths related to air pollution in the US were nearly halved between 1990 and 2010. and ozone from a 21-year computer simulation of air pollution across the US.
Poor air quality to remain a problem in India despite pollution control policies
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APRIL 1, 2019
in 2030 even if India were to comply with its existing pollution control policies and regulations. In January 2019, the Indian government launched the National Clean Air Program (NCAP), a five-year action plan to curb air pollution; build a pan-India air quality monitoring network; and improve citizen awareness. The program focuses on 102 polluted Indian cities and aims to reduce PM 2.5 In 2015, air pollution emission control costs accounted for about 0.7%
China's Air Pollution Is Bad, But India's Is Far, Far Worse
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JUNE 3, 2015
Discuss countries with the worst air pollution, and China typically rises to the top of the list like smoke from a chimney. Maybe it's the high-profile coverage of Beijing's smog-choked air, or the fact that China is now the world's largest new-car market, but either way the country is a poster child for pollution. emissions China India air pollution
Murine study finds even low level exposure to PM10 pollution is harmful to lungs
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AUGUST 5, 2019
Air pollution is a ubiquitous problem and comprises gaseous and particulate matter (PM). However, the majority of such models represent high levels of exposure and are not representative of the exposure levels in less polluted countries, such as Australia. r on the paper, said that low level air pollution was often mistakenly treated as "safe" and not harmful to health.
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