Sentences with phrase «concerns about air quality»

There are some concerns about air quality, but history shows that even as we have use more energy, our air quality has improved.

They also all but eliminate other emissions that historically have caused concerns about air quality.

[Simple example: Haile Gebrsalassie, the world's premier distance runner, has chosen not to run the marathon in the upcoming Beijing Olympics because of concerns about air quality.

While Sunrun sells itself to customers as a hassle - free way to save on their electricity bills rather than just a do - gooder environmental option, Jurich's interest in solar stems from a deep concern about air quality that crystallized while she was working in smoggy China.

But it is a symptom of a problem, not the root cause, which is a total lack of concern about the air quality in our houses, whether it be from radon, phthalates, fire retardants or formaldehyde.

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Those concerned about keeping staff healthy and productive, however, should perform regular assessments of air quality and check for mould around windows, says Monika Gibson, the Ontario representative at the Allergy / Asthma Information Association.

The acceptance of women at West Point, Annapolis and the Air Force Academy has been hailed as a victory by many feminists, as well as by people who are concerned about the quality and quantity of career military personnel.

Town of Ulster resident Robert Barton said he was concerned about the proposed bottling plant being built on a floodplain, as well as what the facility's production efforts might do to the air quality in the area.

Its members must address legitimate community concerns about traffic congestion and air quality in the neighborhoods closest to it.

«I see the development as a good thing, but I want to make sure it does not affect the residential character of lower Manhattan,» Xie said, mentioning concerns about traffic, air quality and infrastructure.

Residents rattled off lists of concerns about odor, rats, air quality, pedestrian safety and the overall effect on quality of life when living between heaps of trash, in a video made by Cleanup North Brooklyn, an organization that advocates for trash reform.

It is doing so because it is concerned about its environment: the air quality in its cities, the water it is dependent on from the melting glaciers of the Himalayas.

Also we don't know about the air quality issue, and we're concerned about our kids,» said Enrique Curchitser, an oceanographer visiting NCAR with wife and children this summer from Rutgers University.

These discoveries are an outgrowth of research on PAHs that was done by Simonich at the Beijing Summer Olympic Games in 2008, when extensive studies of urban air quality were conducted, in part, based on concerns about impacts on athletes and visitors to the games.

The authors dwell on current building concerns such as «sick building syndrome» (buildings associated with higher than normal absenteeism and sickness rates, complaints about air quality, headaches, eye problems, dry mouth and blocked nose), legionnaires» disease and radon.

We're not just talking about your posture, but also light, air quality and other concerns.

This survey demonstrates for the first time that children are aware and concerned about poor air quality.

Between fostering cats from the Humane Society, my son's allergies, and constantly trying to treat my lab's ear infections, I was very concerned about eliminating the irritants in my house and improving the air quality.

The last thing you want to be concerned about is the quality of the air you are breathing.

Despite concerns about poor air quality, the Italian government has ordered the reopening of all the region's schools.

Indoor air quality, for instance, is something that you should be concerned about.

New York subway commuters may worry more about rats and rising fares than dust floating through the system, but for the workers who spend their whole shift below ground, air quality has long been a concern.

I was reminded of this the other day when a young woman I met expressed concern about how carbon dioxide was harming air quality and people's health.

It looks as if the Coast Guard has been given direct orders to protect BP's PR interests above safety concerns, over air and water quality, above the outcries of local governments in need of aid, and (worst of all) above the need for the American public to be informed about what is really going on in the Gulf.

But it remains concerned about the rising numbers of private hire vehicles in London — noting that the number has increased from 59,000 in 2009/10 to more than 95,000 now, and adding: «This has contributed to wider challenges for London such as growing traffic congestion, illegal parking and areas of poor air quality.»

She will offer information about air quality, a huge concern for Chinese residents, and, of course, can understand both spoken and written Mandarin.