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MeitY launches new tech system to monitor air quality
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Kolkata, in collaboration with TeXMIN, ISM, Dhanbad, under the national programme on electronics and ICT applications in Agriculture and Environment (AgriEnIcs) has developed an outdoor air quality monitoring station to monitor enviro
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Forests can help manage water amid development, climate change: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In areas near Raleigh projected to see heavier future development, keeping buffers of trees or other greenery around waterways could help slow rushing streams during wet conditions, and keep them flowing during dry ones. However, North Carolina State University researchers behind a recent st
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Scientists discover inexpensive air purifiers that can be effective to fil
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers from the Silent Spring Institute, Brown University's School of Public Health, and Brown University's School of Engineering discovered that inexpensive air filtration systems known as Corsi-Rosenthal boxes are successful at lowering indoor air pollutants.
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Biodegradable medical gowns generate hazardous pollutants: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to new research published in the Journal of Cleaner Production, biodegradable medical gowns, which are supposed to be greener than conventional versions, instead, produce hazardous greenhouse gases.
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CAQM Sub-Committee for invoking actions under GRAP holds emergency meeting
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"While comprehensively reviewing the overall air quality parameters, the Sub-Committee noted that the sudden spike in the overall AQI of Delhi is due to a dip in temperature, calm winds, poor mixing heights and unfavourable ventilation coefficient for dispersion of pollutants and the air qua
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Pollutants more harmful due to microplastics: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Studies suggest that on their own, microplastics, which are small plastic pieces less than five millimeters in length, are potentially harmful, and it's unclear what effect they could have on pollutants that latch onto them.
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Commission for Air Quality Management calls for collective action after De
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The capital witnessed a drop to the severe category for the first time this season due to poor dispersion of pollutants owing to weak winds, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
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Researchers reveal how traffic pollution is linked to risk of dementia
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The study revealed several factors that affect a person's risk of dementia and specific kind of air pollution linked to traffic.
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Researchers reveal how thirdhand smoke can cause inflammatory skin disease
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Riverside (California)[US], October 15 (ANI): The residual pollutants from tobacco smoke that remain on surfaces and in dust after the tobacco has been smoked are referred to as thirdhand smoke (THS). It can linger for an indefinite period of time on indoor surfaces, exposing both smokers an
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Study: Thirdhand smoke can cause inflammatory skin diseases
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Riverside (California)[US], October 12 (ANI): Thirdhand smoke (THS) refers to the residual pollutants from tobacco smoke that remain on surfaces and in dust after the tobacco has been smoked. It can linger on indoor surfaces indefinitely, exposing both smokers and nonsmokers to potentially h
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Gujarat Ion Exchange and Chemicals Limited supplied and commissioned the H
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI/SRV): GIECL, a leader in mineral water plant and turnkey water projects supplier for 26 years in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, delivered a working model of the unique combination "Fully Automatic Turnkey Mineral Water Bottling Project" with technical innovations an
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Research reveals air pollution is linked to heart attacks in non-smokers
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 27 (ANI): According to research, regular smokers, who already inhale smoke, were unaffected by unclean air, indicating a causal relationship between air pollution and heart attacks. Study author Dr Insa de Buhr-Stockburger of Berlin Brandenburg Myocardial Infarction R
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