Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

by Daniel Cohan, Rice University Tens of millions of Americans, including many Texans like me, live in counties that will soon be violating air pollution particle standards for the first time. It’s not that our air is getting dirtier – it’s because the U.S.

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Inhabitant

AUGUST 9, 2021

Researchers at the University of Washington have found a relationship between increased levels of fine particle pollution and the risk of dementia.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 4, 2021

And not to let reality get in the way of government action, the Environmental Protection Agency had recently (but apparently no more) offered guidance on fireworks particle pollution on its website, Most people will have no reaction when exposed to. Wildfires, high winds, volcanoes and fireworks” (.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2022

California’s Central Valley consistently experiences the country’s worst air quality, and climate change is poised to make air quality even worse. In a region known for its exceptional agricultural productivity, climate change is quickly amplifying a dangerous type of climate risk in California’s Central Valley: air pollution.

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Breezometer

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In both the US AQI and the Nowcast, the higher the value, the greater the level of air pollution, and the greater the health concern. What Pollutants Does it Cover? Ground-level ozone (03) Particle pollution (PM2.5 Ground-level ozone (03) Particle pollution (PM 2.5) Particle pollution (PM 10).

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

. -- Indoor exposure to emissions from cooking on gas stoves can worsen asthma symptoms, cause wheezing, and result in reduced lung function in children , particularly in the absence of ventilation and for children living with asthma or allergies. -- Wood-burning stoves used for heating create sharp increases in indoor levels of particle pollution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

I have developed asthma as an adult and being in the vicinity of any diesel engine is enough to set me off, but the long-term health effects for all of us from the ambient particle pollution really cannot be overstated. Truck pollution is killing us, the planet, and it stinks. UCS member, Oregon.

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