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Deadly effects of certain kinds of household air pollution lead to call for biomarker studies
2013-04-02 01:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Almost four million people die each year from household air pollution (HAP) caused by exposure to the combustion of biomass fuels (wood, charcoal, crop residues, and dung), kerosene, or coal. These individuals are among the tens of millions who rely on such products to cook their meals, heat their rooms, and light their homes. Those in lower and middle income countries are among the hardest hit by the effects of HAP exposure, which also causes childhood respiratory infection, chronic lung disease,...
EPA researchers find deaths from air pollution falling over time, but many sectors continue to pose a risk
2013-04-01 21:30:20| Green Car Congress
Justices reject challenge to EPA air pollution rule
2013-04-01 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge by the oil lobby disputing a Environmental Protection Agency air pollution rule. Various industry groups, including the American Petroleum Institute, originally challenged the 2010 regulation, which set a tighter Clean Air Act standard for short-term spikes in nitrogen dioxide pollution near roads. The Supreme Court's decision not to take the case means the rule remains intact. The agency said the new rule was justified due to scientific data...
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UK air pollution: why are we only now waking up to this public health crisis?
2013-03-19 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When Justin Bieber collapsed last week at the O2 arena in London and was taken to a private clinic feeling "short of breath" and needing oxygen, the rumours started flying that he had had an asthma attack. They were denied by his management, but it would have been understandable if he had. Most of last week, London's air was heavily polluted, with many of the capital's pollution monitors recording "high" nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels as an acute photochemical smog of fumes and microscopic particles...
Government fights Europe over air pollution reduction
2013-03-02 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The Government will argue in the Supreme Court this week that it has no obligation to reduce Britains harmful levels of air pollution within the time limits set by Europe. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels are dangerously high in 16 regions of Britain, exceeding the EU limit which member nations were supposed to have complied with by 2010. Britain is the only nation not to apply for a time extension having failed to meet its 2010 deadline, because the Coalition has decided to fight European air regulations...
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