News tagged with ozone pollution
Report: Most Americans in areas with unhealthy air
Apr 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sixty percent of Americans live in areas with unhealthy air pollution levels, despite a growing green movement and more stringent laws aimed at improving air quality, the American Lung Association ...
Surface-level ozone pollution set to reduce tree growth 10 percent by 2100
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Modern day concentrations of ground level ozone pollution are decreasing the growth of trees in the northern and temperate mid-latitudes, as shown in a paper publishing today in Global Change Biology. Tree growth, measur ...
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Air pollution may increase risk of appendicitis
Oct 06, 2008 |
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Could there be a link between high levels of air pollution and the risk of appendicitis? New research presented at the 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology in Orlando, suggests a novel ...
Researcher finds higher summer ozone concentrations in southeast metro Atlanta
May 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Georgia State University researcher has found that the highest concentrations of summertime ozone -- a major air pollutant and respiratory health hazard — tended to occur in the southeastern part of metro ...
Research studies ozone, good and bad
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 08, 2007 |
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Depending on its altitude, ozone can be either friend or foe. Thanks to new research led by The University of Western Ontario, scientists will now have a better understanding of ozone, its origin and the role – good or bad ...
Houseplants cut indoor ozone
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Ozone, the main component of air pollution, or smog, is a highly reactive, colorless gas formed when oxygen reacts with other chemicals. Although ozone pollution is most often associated with outdoor air, ...
Ozone hole smaller in 2009 than 2008: WMO
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Sep 16, 2009 |
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The World Meteorological Organisation said Wednesday that the ozone hole is expected to be smaller in 2009 than a year ago.
Ozone key to link between heat and increased cardiovascular death risk
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Ozone may prove the key to the link between high temperature and the increased risk of death from heart disease or stroke, suggests research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
EPA sued over claims of air pollution in West
Jun 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was sued Friday by an environmental group that claims the agency has failed to safeguard public health in the West by not limiting the transmission of air pollution across ...
The Medical Minute: Asthma patients should consider pollution's effect
Apr 04, 2008 |
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Scientific studies have clearly demonstrated the impact of air pollution in humans with chronic respiratory illnesses such as asthma. Furthermore, it has been shown that exercise can enhance the adverse effects specific air ...
Wildfires cause ozone pollution to violate health standards, new study shows
Oct 09, 2008 |
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Wildfires can boost ozone pollution to levels that violate U.S. health standards, a new study concludes. The research, by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), focused on California ...
Air pollution may trigger appendicitis
Oct 05, 2009 |
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A new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) suggests that air pollution may trigger appendicitis in adults.
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