News tagged with pollution sources
'Refinery dust' reveals clues about local polluters
Jan 12, 2009 |
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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.
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New method for tracing metal pollution back to its sources
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Nov 20, 2008 |
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A new way of pinpointing where zinc pollution in the atmosphere comes from could improve pollution monitoring and regulation, says research out this week in the journal Analytical Chemistry.
New Pollution Monitoring: Our Air is Dirtier Than We Thought
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.comOne of my pet peeves is the focus we have on global warming. While global climate change is important, it continues to provide a red herring of sorts, taking attention away the public health concern ...
British-built robotic fish to detect pollution
Mar 19, 2009 |
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A shoal of robotic fish which can detect pollution in the water are set to released into the sea off Spain, British scientists said Thursday.
States call on EPA for tougher air pollution regulations
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Twelve states and the District of Columbia urged the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday to adopt more rigorous national policies so they can meet federal air pollution reduction requirements for the region.
Local sources major cause of US near-ground aerosol pollution
Nov 16, 2007 |
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A new NASA study estimates that most ground-level particulate pollution in the United States stems from regional sources in North America and only a small amount is brought to the country from other parts ...
Excess female to male births in Canada linked to chronic dioxin exposure
Oct 22, 2007 |
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Almost 90 Canadian communities have experienced a shift in the normal 51:49 ratio of male to female births, so that more girls than boys are being born, according to two studies in the Oct. 1 issue of ACS' Environmental Sc ...
EPA's new green parking lot allows scientists to study permeable surfaces that may help the environment
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Paved parking lots and driveways make our lives easier, but they often create an easy pathway for pollutants to reach underground water sources and alter the natural flow of water back into the ground. The U.S. Environmental ...
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 ...
EPA finds greenhouse gases pose a danger to health
Apr 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency concluded Friday that greenhouse gases linked to climate change "endanger public health and welfare," setting the stage for regulating them under federal clean air laws.
Air pollutants from abroad a growing concern, says new report
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Plumes of harmful air pollutants can be transported across oceans and continents -- from Asia to the United States and from the United States to Europe -- and have a negative impact on air quality far from their original ...
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