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Current air pollution standards tied to higher heart risks: Study
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Long-term exposure to air pollution is tied to an increased risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart disease -- with the greatest harms impacting under-resourced communities, new Kaiser Permanente research shows.
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Air pollution speeds bone loss from osteoporosis: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Elevated levels of air pollutants are associated with bone damage among postmenopausal women, according to new research led by scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The effects were most evident on the lumbar spine, with nitrous oxides twice as damaging to the ar
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Air Quality Monitoring for steel industries simplified with Oizom
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], February 22 (ANI/PRNewswire): Oizom, an Air Quality Monitoring company from Ahmedabad is providing an innovative solution for air quality monitoring in the steel industry. The steel industry generates large amounts of air pollution, including harmful gases like s
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Qualitative reduction in severe pollution days in Delhi, says Gopal Rai
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday said that Delhi has recorded a qualitative reduction in severe pollution days which came down to 6 in 2022 from 26 in 2016.
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Soil tainted by air pollution releases carbon: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to New UC Riverside research, nitrogen released by gas-powered machines causes dry soil to let go of carbon and release it back into the atmosphere, where it can contribute to climate change.
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Study links use of electric vehicles to better health
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In the first study to use real-world data to correlate electric cars, air pollution, and health, a team of researchers from USC's Keck School of Medicine has begun to chronicle the actual impact of electric vehicle adoption. Using publicly available records, the researchers examined a "natur
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Study links adoption of electric vehicles with improved health
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In the first study to use real-world data to correlate electric cars, air pollution, and health, a team of researchers from USC's Keck School of Medicine has begun to chronicle the actual impact of electric vehicle adoption. Using publicly available records, the researchers examined a "natur
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Study links use of electric vehicles with lower air pollution, better heal
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Electric vehicles are touted as a crucial tool for reducing emissions and combating climate change, but research on the dual advantages of lower air pollution and better health has been largely speculative.
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Research finds soil tainted by air pollution releases carbon
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
New UC Riverside research suggests nitrogen released by gas-powered machines causes dry soil to let go of carbon and release it back into the atmosphere, where it can contribute to climate change, suggests the findings of UC Riverside's new research.
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Turner and Monet paintings hold clues to air pollution
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Joseph Mallord William Turner and Claude Monet's paintings have been known to mirror the atmospheric conditions in which artists painted. Anna Lea Albright and Peter Huybers developed a statistical model to determine whether the paintings of British artist J. M. W. Turner and French artist C
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BJP slams Kejriwal over biomass burning by security guards contributing to
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhartiya Janta Party MP from Delhi Parvesh Verma slammed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for saying that biomass burning by security guards and drivers is one of the sources of pollution in the national capital.
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CM Kejriwal launches mechanism to collect real-time Delhi pollution data
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday launched a supersite with "state-of-the-art" air analysers and a mobile air quality monitoring system for a real-time "source apportionment study" to identify the sources of air pollution in Delhi.
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