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China admits widespread soil pollution
2014-04-18 07:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: One-fifth of Chinas agricultural land is polluted, particularly in the countrys southern rice baskets, according to a sobering government report previously classified as a state secret. Soil pollution, including hazardous levels of cadmium, nickel, arsenic, lead and mercury, is particularly pronounced in the Yangtze and Pearl River Deltas, and generally in the south where rice is grown, the report said. Previous exposés by Chinese media had found severe cadmium pollution in rice grown in the...
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Corporate-wide Settlement with Lowe's Protects Public from Lead Pollution During Home Renovations
2014-04-17 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Lowe’s Home Centers has agreed to implement a comprehensive, corporate-wide compliance program at over 1,700 stores nationwide to ensure that contractors minimize lead dust from renovation activities, as required by Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule. Company will also pay $500,000 civil penalty, which is the largest ever for violations of RRP Rule. Settlement stems from violations, discovered by EPA inspectors, of RRP Rule’s recordkeeping and work practice standards at private ...This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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One-third of Beijing pollution comes from outside the city, figures show
2014-04-16 11:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Around one-third of the air pollution in China's smog-hit capital comes from outside the city, official media reported on Wednesday, citing a pollution watchdog. Chen Tian, chief of the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau, said that 28-36% of hazardous airborne particles known as PM2.5 came from surrounding provinces like Hebei, home to seven of China's 10 most polluted cities in 2013, according to official data. The central government has identified the heavily industrialised Beijing-Hebei-Tianjin...
Asian Pollution Impacts Pacific Storm Track, Study Finds
2014-04-15 23:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: A comparison of historical climate data has led researchers to conclude that man-made air pollution generated in Asia has an impact on the Pacific storm track, which influences weather around the globe. The Pacific storm track transports heat and moisture, acting as an essential driver of global circulation. Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a multidisciplinary team of researchers details their work, saying that their comparison of air pollution rates from 1850...
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China's air pollution leading to more erratic climate for US, say scientists
2014-04-15 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: China's air pollution could be intensifying storms over the Pacific Ocean and altering weather patterns in North America, according to scientists in the US. A team from Texas, California and Washington state has found that pollution from Asia, much of it arising in China, is leading to more intense cyclones, increased precipitation and more warm air in the mid-Pacific moving towards the north pole. According to the team's findings, which were released on Monday in the Proceedings of the National...
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