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Colorado using new research to model frackings health effects
2016-06-15 09:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: New data on air pollution from fracking wells in Colorado will be a big help in assessing whether the emissions are harmful to human health, state officials say. A three-year study released June 14 measured methane--a greenhouse gas--and ozone-causing compounds that were released from new natural gas wells in western Colorado. The research by Colorado State University professor Jeff Collett didn`t measure the emissions` health effects, but state officials will use the data in computer modeling...
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Air Pollution Could Be Hurting Your Childs Mental Health
2016-06-14 13:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: A new study suggests that exposure to air pollution may be linked to increased mental illnesses among children. The research, which was published in the journal BMJ Open, found that even small increases in air pollution exposure were associated with an increase in psychiatric problems. In the study, researchers from Ume University in Sweden examined the pollution exposure of more than 500,000 young people in Sweden aged below 18 and made a comparison against records of medicines prescribed...
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4 Ways Driving Hurts the Environment and Your Health
2016-06-14 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Most Americans commute into the city from a suburban neighborhood rather than live close enough to walk to the office. Thus, the average time they spend driving to work is 25.5 minutes. That totals nearly an hour that every day people spend in compulsory driving (as opposed to shopping or recreation), and all that time in the car is taking its toll on both you and the world around us. For example, an hour of driving per day has considerable impact on the environment. More than 19 pounds per...
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If U.S. health care were a country, it would rank 13th for emissions
2016-06-14 11:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: A visit to the doctor`s office or hospital evokes images of cleanliness: sterile countertops, white walls, and sleek tools. But any given hospital needs to run lights and heat 24/7 and energy-hungry machines. All this winds up making America`s massive healthcare system a big source of the pollution that makes some patients sick. According to new research from Yale University, if the U.S. healthcare system were a country, it would rank 13th in the world in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. That...
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Air pollution and impacts on women's and children's health and climate change
2016-06-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Cooking and eating--caring for our families at home, moving onto work, school and markets, and then back home again. These are universal rituals that fill our days and the lives of people the world over. And yet there is an unrecognized health threat lurking in the shadows of our most basic routines: air pollution. It may appear as a faint haze on the urban horizon. Or it may be visible, as black and billowing smoke pouring out of the kitchen of a poor rural home. According to the latest World...
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