Air pollution News
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Millions of tiny magnetic particles called magnetite have been found in samples of human brain tissue, raising a slew of new questions about the health risks of air pollution.
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Motorbikes account for the vast majority of vehicles used on the streets of Vietnam. With air pollution on the rise in major Vietnamese cities, government officials are trying out new methods to fix the air quality.
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Seoul -
South Korea seeks to develop a new technology that will curb fine dust that is now emerging as a major health threat in the country.
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Two entrepreneurs in Australia have found a way to help those stricken by the severe air pollution sweeping across the developing countries in Asia, especially China, by selling fresh Australian air.
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Most of the over 5 million people who die prematurely every year because of air pollution are those who live in China and India.
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Air pollution and the technology needed to make accurate forecasts on air quality conditions could become the newest big business opportunity. Two tech companies, IBM and Microsoft, are vying to tap into this fast-growing market.
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Martinez -
Equipment failure at a Northern California oil refinery sent black smoke soaring and caused local officials to issue health warnings Tuesday afternoon in Martinez.
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Shenyang -
In Liaoning province's Shenyang, in north-eastern China, air pollution levels of PM2.5 reached 1,157 micrograms per cubic meter on Sunday, the highest level ever recorded in the country.
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Google Street View cars may soon be doing more than snapping photos of a block or neighborhood, it could also be tracking air pollution.
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Brussels -
Air pollution is linked to some 400,000 premature deaths throughout Europe each year, according to a new study. This has led to calls for tighter limits on allowable levels of air polluting substances.
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London -
Little wind and warm temperatures, coupled with vehicle exhaust, pollution from the continent and Saharan dust blowing up from the south have resulted in a "Level 10" warning being issued for the south-east of the U.K.
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The Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology in Spain published results from their new study Tuesday and they are disturbing. They found that the brains of kids who go to school in heavy-traffic areas are being damaged.
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The world we live in is changing every day, and not all these changes are for the better. Decisions are being made that result in actions which change the way people interact with the planet, and the thing is that not everyone has a say in these changes.
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Sydney -
Forget the hype, check out the fact. The patterns of CO2 circulation in the atmosphere, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere, are pretty repulsive looking things. China’s notorious smog is clearly visible, and the United States isn’t much better.
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Beijing -
Government authorities in Beijing, China, deeply concerned over high pollution levels issued a new law that goes into affect May 1. The law targets outdoor grilling, and with the approach of summer, the impact of the law is sure to create dissention.
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In a rare moment of mutual commitment, environmental ministers from China, Japan and South Korea, meeting in Daegu, S. Korea on Tuesday, issued a joint statement, agreeing to unite in addressing environmental issues, particularly PM2.5 pollutants.
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Toronto -
Does the quality of the air increase with economic prosperity? That's the opinion of the right-of-center Canadian Fraser Institute. It is not a view shared by the Green Party.
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In the first study of its kind, researchers have compared pollution rates from 1850 through 2000, and have discovered that man-made pollutants from Asian countries are impacting weather patterns in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Air pollution in China has become so bad that it has fueled a face-mask cottage-industry in the country. While most of the masks are no better than wearing a bandana over one's face, people are spending millions of dollars for this needed protection.
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Paris -
Air pollution levels in Paris, France has been 80 percent higher than in London or Berlin over the past week, prompting the city to offer free public transportation, as well as require drivers to reduce their speed.
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Beijing -
In Beijing, the air is so thick with toxic smog that officials are warning citizens to wear masks when outdoors, or stay inside. With air-quality levels rising far above what is considered safe, one scientist compared the foul air to a "nuclear winter."
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Beijing -
Some 1,300 species of microbes, including some associated with allergies and lung disease, have been detected adrift in Beijing’s thick smog.
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Beijing -
Imagine the Fourth of July without the fireworks display on Washington's Mall, or New Years on Times Square without the ball dropping. In China, where fireworks were invented, the Lunar New Year on Friday may be celebrated without them.
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Beijing -
Last week, Beijing's Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau at a press conference, addressed the dirty dish-water pollution covering the city. They blamed the toxic miasma on a number of problems, the biggest being coal-fired industries, among others.
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China's air quality problem may have repercussions outside of Asia. A new study suggests that Chinese pollution is affecting America's West Coast.
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Shanghai -
Shanghai has reached the highest levels of air pollution in the year with PM 2.5 of up to 442, according to official AQI numbers.
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Contaminants in the air are officially carcinogens (potentially cancer causing), a World Health Organization (WHO) report indicates.
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Sydney -
A new study has found that an estimated 2.1 million deaths per year are caused by fine particulate matter. These materials are released into the atmosphere as a direct result of air pollution.
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Santiago -
Seven Chilean cities, with a total population of close to seven million people, have accumulated in the first semester of 2013 more than 37 days of dangerous levels of air quality exceeding the daily maximum norm of fine particulate matter (PM2.5).
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Hazardous smoke coming from neighboring Indonesia threatens Singapore residents as fire continues to spread in the vast forest of Sumatra since the beginning of the week.
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Air pollution Image
Daylight in tian en men square.
Photo taken: Jan. 12, 2013 michael davis-burchat
SUN RISING - CLOUDS FALLING the poetics of modern Beijing Smog & Soot merging with ancient ink scroll painting
太陽升起 雲落下 - SUN RISING / CLOUDS FALLING Tjebbe van Tijen
Photo depicts a factory polluting the air. Clarita
A factory at Yangtze River in China. High Contrast
Heavy smog at the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, December 6, 2013 With permission by Reuters / Aly Song
Air pollution in Beijing China Video screen capture
A rural cook stove is used to burn plantation waste, paper waste and dried animal dung. It ia too smoky and creates large pollution impacts தகவலுழவன்
Heavy smog at the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, December 6, 2013 With permission by Reuters / Aly Song
The northern district of Seoul. Deiaemeth
A man wears two face masks while walking on a street during a hazy day in downtown Shanghai With permission by Reuters / Aly Song
Temuco city is one of the conurbations in Chile most affected by dangerous levels of air quality. VeoVerde
Coal power plant smokestacks stand out within a hazy sky in the state of Maryland, in the eastern United States. Jeff Stehr, University of Maryland
Beijing, China on January 21, 2014. YouTube
In Delhi, slow speeds and idling vehicles produce, per trip, 4 to 8 times more pollutants and consume more carbon footprint fuels, than free flowing traffic. Nomad
Factory emissions,
Thorold, Ontario, Canada
Air pollution and global warming are seen as contributors to the growing issue of bee colony collapse across the globe. Uwe Hermann/Wikimedia Commons
Smoked sausage from Harbin, Heilongjiang. Cecikierk
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