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Topic : smog What you can’t see can hurt you: the science of tiny air pollution particlesJuly 7th, 2009 By Barbara Kessler You know those smoggy, hazy days when you look toward downtown to find the skyscrapers obscured behind a ripply, gray veil? What horrible pollution, you think. And it may be.
Related Topics: · Air Pollution, arterosclerosis, Asthma, carbon dioxide emissions, cardiovascular illness, diabetes, exhaust fumes, micro particles, National Environmental Public Health Tracking Record, particulate matter, respiratory illness, smog Our toxic world: From smog to baby bath, it’s hard to know the risksMarch 17th, 2009 By Barbara Kessler Quick get me to a de-tox chamber! I hate to pile on, but underneath all the bad news about our sickly economy and fragile atmosphere is an oil slick of foreboding tidings about our ailing everyday environment. Take last week’s study in the New England Journal of Medicine showing that people living in the smoggiest cities are more likely to die from respiratory diseases. The study of nearly half a million adults found that ground-level ozone has a longer-term impact than previously recognized, resulting in “a significant increase in the risk of death from respiratory causes”. That makes so much sense. We’re warned to stay in on “alert” days when ozone levels are high; especially the young, the old and people with asthma. It stands to reason that ozone could be cumulatively damaging. Related Topics: · 1, 4 dioxane, BarbaraKesslerBlog, brain tumors, breast cancer, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, cell phones, formaldehyde, pharmaceuticals, respiratory illness, Silent Spring Institute, smog, Susan G. Komen for the Cure California’s new auto emissions labels help sort out cleanest vehiclesJanuary 5th, 2009 By Barbara Kessler Just like you hunt for that Energy Star tag when examining a fridge or washer, people in California can now duck under the hood of any new 2009 model car to get an at-a-glance emissions rating.
Related Topics: · Air Resources Board, California, Electric Cars, Environmental Performance, Greenhouse Gases, Hybrids, smog |
