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How smoke from wildfires affects the health of those who live nearby
2016-07-07 00:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Weekly: This year's wildfire season is off to a dramatic and early start, and so is the worry about what that smoke is doing to our lungs. Big wildfires started burning in Southern California in early June, and since then, air-quality agencies have been warning residents that pollution from those Southern California fires could make breathing a risky pastime. Residents of cities as far away as Las Vegas are being advised to limit their exposure to the smoke from Southern California fires. Smoke from wildfires...
New Apple Health App to Serve as Organ Donation Matchmaker
2016-07-06 00:56:37| TechNewsWorld
Apple and Donate Life America have partnered to offer an organ donation app with the next iOS 10 update. iPhone users will be able to register for the program with a couple taps of a button. They'll be able to sign up to make organ, eye or tissue donations, automatically entering their information in the National Donate Life Registry, which is managed by Donate Life America.
Health of Neighbours Impacted by Coal-Burning EU Countries
2016-07-05 13:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A report on the very first analysis of the cross-border impacts on health of coal power plants in the EU has been published today. The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), Climate Action network (CAN) Europe, the WWF European Policy Office and Sandbag, have outlined the enormous benefits a full coal phase-out would bring. The report, Europes dark cloud: How coal-burning countries make their neighbours sick, analyses the health impacts from air pollution of all EU coal-fired power stations...
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Vast Peat Fires Threaten Health and Boost Global Warming
2016-07-02 20:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ensia: As forest fires devastated Fort McMurray, Alberta, last month, a different sort of fire may have started beneath the ground. Peat, a carbon-rich soil created from partially decomposed, waterlogged vegetation accumulated over several millennia and the stuff that fueled Indonesias megafires last fall, also appears in the boreal forests that span Canada, Alaska and Siberia. With the intense heat from the Fort McMurray fires, theres a good chance the soil in the area could have been ignited, says...
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Europe Must Tackle Air Pollution Public Health Crisis
2016-07-01 19:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Friends of the Earth has welcomed air pollution targets for Europe, including the UK, which were revealed today. However, the environment-focused charity notes that national governments, including Britains, have watered down proposals and must now work together in order to save lives. The National Emissions Ceiling Directive, which puts limits on the emissions of harmful pollutants, is an essential piece of the jigsaw in tackling the UKs dangerous air pollution which claims the lives of 40,000...
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