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Study: Infant inhalation of ultrafine air pollution linked to adult lung disease

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stephania Cormier, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has shown for the first time that early exposure to environmentally persistent free radicals (present in airborne ultrafine ...


Athletes, spectators faced unprecedented air pollution at 2008 Olympic Games

Athletes, spectators faced unprecedented air pollution at 2008 Olympic Games

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Particulate air pollution during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing constantly exceeded levels considered excessive by the World Health Organization, was far worse than other recent Olympic ...


Researchers apply new statistical test: Particulate matter reaches downtown Pittsburgh

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Carnegie Mellon University's Cliff I. Davidson, Joseph B. Kadane and Nanjun Chu have found that polluted air in the highly populated East End areas of Pittsburgh are more affected by major sources to the city's southeast ...


'Refinery dust' reveals clues about local polluters

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cloaked in the clouds of emissions and exhaust that hang over the city are clues that lead back to the polluting culprits, and a research team led by the University of Houston is hot on their trails.


A Smoky Beach

Where there's wildfire smoke, there's toxicity

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The health threat to city dwellers posed by Southern California wildfires like those of November 2008 may have been underestimated by officials.


New stove dramatically improves lung health in Mexican women

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women in Central Mexico who used a vented stove instead of the traditional indoor open fire, experienced improved respiratory health on par with a pack-a-day smoker kicking the habit, according to a recent study.