Sentences with phrase «emitted by household»

Environmental toxins, as well as those emitted by household furnishings accumulate in our body.

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And the bulk of these deaths would occur in Asian countries such as India and China, the researchers concluded, where households often use soot - emitting stoves and furnaces powered by wood.

But by 2006, households had become the largest emitting sector.

In fact, cats are ingesting high levels of brominated flame retardants (BFR), by way of dust emitted from common household items.

These equity concerns include: the regressive impact of potential energy price increases on low - income households; the potential for carbon pricing policies to allow some fossil fuel - fired power plants or refineries to continue to operate and emit air and water pollutants in neighborhoods already burdened by pollution; and the economic hardship to workers and communities dependent on fossil fuel industries for livelihoods or for their tax base as we transition away from these resources.

And you have to take into account that, for many households and office buildings, carbon emissions from transportation exceed those emitted by operation of the building.