Sentences with phrase «additional air pollution»

Well, the researchers estimate that if the U.S. has 10 % more gasoline cars in 2020, 870 more people will die each year from the additional air pollution.

This also leads to additional air pollution and can create problems for the next people who pull up to that pump.

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Given the distressingly high levels of air, water and soil pollution in that country, this development raises additional serious food safety concerns.

Commercial diaper services pose similar concerns, plus additional fuel use and air pollution created by delivery trucks.

Additional power sources would have to be brought online, and they produce air pollution, unlike nuclear energy.

It is estimated that at least 3,000 New Yorkers die prematurely from air pollution and that $ 30 billion in additional health care and economic costs are incurred.

But children exposed to the most air pollution, compared with those least exposed, had a 14 percent larger BMI increase, which meant an additional 0.4 kg / m2 increase in BMI by age 10.

He found that the added air pollution caused by each degree Celsius increase in temperature caused by CO2 leads to about 1,000 additional deaths in the U.S. and many more cases of respiratory illness and asthma.

«It may be, though, that long - term exposure to air pollution makes people more susceptible to ALRI on a routine basis, although additional studies will be required to test this hypothesis.»

(WHO estimates indoor air pollution accounts for an additional 3.5 million.)

«It is possible that the effect of maternal obesity, another known risk factor of childhood asthma onset, may be so strong that it was difficult to determine additional effects of air pollution among children born to obese mothers in this setting.».

The more people are exposed to air pollution and pollen, the worse their symptoms are, and the more likely they are to develop additional allergies.

Meeting this demand without causing extensive air pollution or additional carbon emissions will require expanded use of nuclear power.

The study results showed that for every additional unit of pollution per cubic meter of air that people inhaled in 1971, the risk of death between 2002 and 2009 increased by 2 percent.

A second study, appearing this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, provides additional evidence that air pollution may increase cardiovascular risk.

With ever increasing consumption of fast foods, alcohol and involuntary toxins like water and air pollution, our body often needs additional aid in detoxifying itself.

Level Two: Can you find two additional facts about air pollution, from other sources on our What Is the Most Serious Problem Earth Faces page?

Why there might be air pollution in this area, based on observations from the investigation and any additional information students are gathering.

Major transit investments contribute to the livability of communities by reducing air pollution, offering additional travel capacity during periods of congestion (including peak commuting hours), and promoting compact urban land use patterns that reduce energy use.

«We assessed the additional benefits from physical activity and additional risks due to incremental inhalation of air pollution and increased exposure of new cyclists to road traffic incidents compared with previous exposures as car users,» according to the study research document at BMJ.

The efforts to reduce air pollution in China range from the seemingly minor — asking residents to refrain from using coal stoves and furnaces in their homes — to the massive — scaling back steel production capacity by an additional 50 million tons.

Given the well - demonstrated health consequences of nitrogen - related air pollution, along with the additional risks posed by a changing climate, now is not the time to relax emission controls.

Better information on surface emissions and simultaneous observations of additional gases would clearly help resolve the limitations of current air pollution modeling revealed in this study.

Dust — Pollen Viruses and Bacteria Air pollution sources and effects Source type refers to natural and anthropogenic sources as well as to additional sub classifications within / sunlight available to green, water plants.

Reducing fossil fuel use has many additional benefits including reducing air pollution (and greenhouse gases) and decreasing the environmental impacts associated with fossil fuel production and use.

The text of AB 32 requires the state's Air Resources Board, the agency responsible for implementing the law, to maximize «additional environmental and economic co-benefits for California» and consider «localized impacts in communities that are already adversely impacted by air pollution» in its plan for cutting carbon dioxide emissioAir Resources Board, the agency responsible for implementing the law, to maximize «additional environmental and economic co-benefits for California» and consider «localized impacts in communities that are already adversely impacted by air pollution» in its plan for cutting carbon dioxide emissioair pollution» in its plan for cutting carbon dioxide emissions.

Climate change and air pollution are closely interlinked because emissions of air pollutants and climate - altering greenhouse gases and other pollutants arise largely from humanity's use of fossil fuels and biomass fuels, with additional contributions from agriculture and land - use change.

• Provide a clear, evidence - based explanation of the role played by different parts of the energy sector in causing air pollution • Present detailed projections of the energy sector and related air quality pathways in different countries and sectors, based on known energy, climate and air quality policies, and the key implications for policymakers • Identify additional policy measures that can materially improve the outlook for energy - related air pollution, examining both the co-benefits and trade - offs with other energy and climate objectives • Based on analysis of different policy options, distil the key findings of the report into a clear set of implications and recommendations for policymakers

I have already made it clear elsewhere that the additional resistor effect of human CO2 would be insignificant in relation to that from the rest of the air and the oceans together with the varying solar and oceanic heating and cooling effects but we still need to know for sure whether it is significant at all over periods of less than several hundred years because that may be the time we need to solve our energy, pollution, resource and population problems.

This increases cooling loads in summer, requiring larger HVAC equipment and consuming additional electricity, which in turn exacerbates air pollution and contributes to the formation of smog.

Environmental benefits In addition to greenhouse gas mitigation or sequestration, many projects provide a range of additional ecosystem services that enhance biodiversity, preserve natural habitats, control erosion, reduce localized air and water pollution, and more.

A 2010 report from the Clean Air Task Force, The Toll From Coal found that, in the United States, particle pollution from existing coal power plants is expected to cause some 13,200 premature deaths in 2010, as well as 9,700 additional hospitalizations and 20,000 heart attacks.

On top of the illnesses and deaths routinely caused in the Latrobe Valley, the Hazelwood coal mine fire that burned for 45 days in early 2014 has been blamed for an additional eleven deaths from air pollution.

It is only over the longer time scales (decades) that the additional predictability that comes from external drivers of climate change (for instance, carbon dioxide, air pollution and ozone depletion) can start to be useful — but that's another post.

Though the health - related effects of air pollution disproportionately figured into the economic losses, Hall and Brajer also found that emergency room visits, work and school absences and several additional factors contributed to the high costs.

New research shows that through additional policies, federal and state governments and businesses can encourage investment in cost - effective technologies that rein in methane leakage, helping the natural gas industry save money while reducing harmful air pollution.

Long - term exposure to air pollution in the four San Francisco Bay Area counties may cause an additional 208 cases of cancer for every million residents, mostly attributable to benzene and butadiene, byproducts of petroleum fuel combustion.

Long - term exposure to air pollution in four San Francisco Bay Area counties may cause an additional 208 cases of cancer for every million residents, mostly attributable to benzene and butadiene, byproducts of petroleum fuel combustion.

In order for the plant to cut its allowable emissions by the necessary 94 % to meet safe air standards it would likely need to install additional pollution safeguards.

Additional measures to achieve the interim targets of the thematic strategy on air pollution would cost less than $ 3 per person in 2020, or less than one eurocent per day.

Additional co-benefits are country - specific but often include air pollution abatement, balance of trade improvement, provision of modern energy services to rural areas and employment (high agreement, much evidence).

Additional co-benefits are country - specific but often include air pollution abatement, balance of trade improvement, provision of modern energy services to rural areas and employment

They provide additional oxygen and contribute to the reduction of the «UHI» or Urban Heat Island effect, reduce solar radiation and help to decrease air pollution.