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India admits Delhi matches Beijing for air pollution threaten public health
2014-05-08 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: India's state air monitoring centre has admitted that pollution in Delhi is comparable to that of Beijing, but disputed a World Health Organisation (WHO) finding that the Indian capital had the dirtiest atmosphere in the world. A study of 1,600 cities across 91 countries released on Wednesday by the WHO showed Delhi had the world's highest annual average concentration of small airborne particles (known as PM2.5) of 153. These extremely fine particles of less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter...
India rejects WHO report saying New Delhi has worst air pollution
2014-05-08 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: India on Thursday rejected the findings of a World Health Organisation (WHO) study that ranks New Delhi as the world's worst city for air pollution, with government scientists saying the U.N. agency had overestimated levels in the capital. A WHO study of 1,600 cities released on Wednesday found air pollution had worsened since a smaller survey in 2011, putting city-dwellers at a higher risk of cancer, stroke and heart disease. The study found New Delhi to have the dirtiest air, with an annual...
Carbon pollution could make your sandwich less healthy
2014-05-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times: The massive National Climate Assessment (NCA) that came out yesterday was full of sobering lessons about the way that human-caused global warming is changing life around us. That includes human health: the report found that rising temperatures could exacerbate air pollution and allergies, including asthma, while worsening wildfires and killer heat waves. More extreme weather--including frequent heavy downpours--can raise the risk of food and waterborne illness, and allow disease-carrying pests like...
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US Supreme Court air pollution ruling will save lives
2014-05-07 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: CITIZENS of the US, breathe easier. The Supreme Court has ruled that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can regulate air pollution that drifts across state lines. The ruling means about 1000 power plants will be forced to cut their emissions. The states hit hardest by the rules include Texas and Ohio, where coal-fired power plants are still big business. But small states in the east like Connecticut, where 93 per cent of air pollution comes from out of state, will benefit. The EPA...
Yet Another Warning From the World Health Organization on Air Pollution
2014-05-07 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wire: Global air quality is deteriorating, posing a risk to public health, in what has become just the latest of a series of warnings from the World Health Organization on the state of the world's skies. Air quality in most cities fails to meet the organization's health guidelines, according to the new report, and it looks set to increase the risk of developing or worsening respiratory illnesses and other health problems. The WHO's Urban Air Quality database covers 1,600 cities in over 91 countries...
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