Sentences with phrase «increased air pollution»

Other health hazards include respiratory illnesses due to increased air pollution and heart problems associated with stress are on the rise as well.

Many communities burn their trash, leading to increased air pollution as toxic chemicals are released into the air.

Rising temperatures will likely lead to increased air pollution, a longer and more intense allergy season, the spread of insect - borne diseases, more frequent and dangerous heat waves, and heavier rainstorms and flooding.

Increased air pollution is the major cause of thousands of premature deaths every year as well as related health problems for tens of thousands of others.

Stronger and longer heat waves, more frequent extreme weather events such as flooding and tropical cyclones, rises in sea level, and increased air pollution will become more the rule than the exception.

Climate change is already contributing to increased air pollution, more wildfires, droughts and sea - level rise.

Increased air pollution in turn is linked to premature death by heart disease, stroke and lung cancer.

Results: Increased air pollution changes clouds in ways that both worsen drought and increase storm intensity, according to new research published in the journal Nature Geoscience.

Officials say plan will boost jobs, but green groups warn scheme will lead to increased air pollution

«The increased air pollution that typically accompanies heat waves can especially harm children, who have a higher risk of developing asthma, have lungs that are still developing and growing, and have higher exposure because they breathe at a higher rate than adults and spend more time outdoors engaging in vigorous physical activity.»

«Increased air pollution cuts victims» lifespan by a decade, costing billions: But different calculations mean estimated cost is 3 times lower in EU than with US methodology.»

He then simulated the effect of long - term exposure to increased air pollution (of 10 micrograms of small particles per cubic meter) on mortality.

«Moving from a polluted neighbourhood to a clean area and vice versa would allow us to explore the persistence of the effect related to perinatal exposure and to evaluate the impact of exposure to increased air pollution concentration later in life,» says Heinrich.

The authors speculate about the possible explanations for the figures, including increased job stress, but this would not affect older people, and increased air pollution, which is known to go up when economies are thriving, but which doesn't explain the gender differences in the figures.

«Keeping cool in the summer leads to increased air pollution.»

Still missing from consideration are the cost differences between electric vehicles and those with internal combustion engines, as well as other possible environmental effects of biofuel technology such as increased air pollution and water use.

Everyone, the researchers say, is already starting to feel the effects of a warming planet, via heat waves, increased air pollution, drought, or more intense storms.

Many of the same warnings Mario Cuomo heard in the 1980s about Shoreham are the same ones his son hears today from supporters of Indian Point: Closing a nuclear plant will result in blackouts, a less reliable electric grid and increased air pollution as fossil fuels are burned to replace the lost emissions - free nuclear power; customers could face higher bills; more than 1,000 jobs will be lost, and tax revenue for schools and towns will dissipate.

However, at least two of the state's nuclear reactors are in danger of closing within the next few years and would significantly increase air pollution because they would be replaced by fossil - fuel burning power plants in the near future.

That makes them especially vulnerable to increasing air pollution.

Fueling the automobile fleet primarily with ethanol rather than gasoline might increase air pollution, a new study finds

Increasing air pollution will see ICE cars decline and Alfa should at the very least have made a hybrid.

«The world is facing serious challenges such as climate change, traffic congestion, road fatalities and increasing air pollution.

Further, the coal train traffic generated by this proposal will increase air pollution, which will impact the lung health of adults and children in Montana and globally.

And there is the reality that — in the name of protecting the environment — closing nuclear plants in every case, from Germany and Vermont to California and Japan, directly and instantly harms the environment by drastically increasing air pollution and promoting the expansion of mining and development for energy production.

Given the intermittency of solar and wind, and South Korea's land scarcity, replacing the nation's nuclear plants would require a significant increase in coal and / or natural gas, which would increase air pollution in Seoul and prevent South Korea from meeting its Paris climate commitments.

The Guardian (2014/07/30) has reported that China has ordered coal power plants to close down in response to increasing air pollution problems.

Not exact matches

Plants absorb indoor air pollution and increase the oxygen flow of your office.

But this research found that 18 percent of the recent increase in urban life expectancy was due to decreased air pollution.

Those views are largely predicated on three factors: higher borrowing costs; increasing curbs on home buying to cool soaring prices; and government - mandated shutdowns of some steel mills and factories in coming months to reduce winter air pollution.

Although favourable in many parts of North America, electric vehicles in China, where 77 % of the total electricity production is coal - derived and many plants do not have advanced air pollution controls, raise concerns regarding increased air...

Marshalling convincing scientific data, they tell us that the environmental degradation caused by massive pollution of air water and land, threatens the very life of earth — fast depletion of non renewal resources, indeed of species themselves, the thinning of the ozone layer that exposes all living creatures to the danger of radiation, the build up of gases creating the greenhouse effect, increasing erosion by the sea — all these are brought out through their research.

Depending upon where you live and how dark your skin is, going outside regularly may be all that is required for you or your baby to generate adequate amounts of vitamin D. However, one of the problems with getting your vitamin D with sun exposure is simply that it's hard to determine how much time outside is needed since it depends on so many factors (skin tone, latitude, time of year, how much skin is exposed, amount of air pollution, etc.) Keep in mind that there is also a concern of sunburn and increased risk of skin cancer with too much sun exposure.

But did you know that exposure to tobacco smoke or even high levels of air pollution can increase the risk of ear infection in small children?

We'd likely have an increase in the 40,000 premature deaths already caused by air pollution in the UK.

Though the party «remain [s] opposed... because of local issues of air and noise pollution», the pledge is very carefully worded: «We will ensure no net increase in runways across the UK».

As far as reducing UK emissions is concerned, it would make more sense to cut rail fares to encourage people to use trains more — instead of pushing people back into cars on already jam - packed roads, and increasing congestion, emissions and air pollution.

The project is supposed to ease traffic and cut air pollution but that may be increasing right now because a pilot project to ease pollution by pre-clearing truck traffic in Fort Erie has ended and trucks are now clearing on the Buffalo end.

New analysis shows the number of diesel cars on London's roads has increased by over 170,000 since 2012, despite serious public health warnings about the risks of cancer and air pollution.

Dr. Sandra Steingraber, from Ithaca College, says the compilation of results and on going research created by the group shows numerous potential dangers, including everything from worsening air pollution and water contamination to potential earthquakes and increased crime due to the boom in the gas extraction business.

«Here in Erie County, we found a correlation, particularly in the summer months, with increases in the air pollution at the county level and emergency department visits for asthma,» said Castner, who lived on Grand Island while previously working at the University at Buffalo.

None of the money for the environmental protection funding increase will come from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the nine - state coalition that charges industry for air pollution, according to administration officials.

There is longstanding evidence that exposure to high concentrations of air pollution increases the risk for several diseases including heart attacks and European Union (EU) statutory pollution limits are based on absolute upper values.

In combination with the data on when the specimen was collected, the results tell the tale of coal use in the United States; rising from the late 1800s and falling during the Great Recession; then increasing again through the middle of the century until legislation in the»50s,»60s, and»70s set limits on air pollution, The Washington Post reports.

Since the pollution concentration decreases from west to east, as the distance from Los Angeles increases, the forests offered a rare opportunity to compare emissions from wildland fuels subjected to different levels of chronic air pollution.

The scientists expect further warming in the Arctic as levels of greenhouse gases will continue to increase and aerosol particle emissions will likely decrease to combat air pollution in different parts of the world.

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.

Babies born to mothers exposed to air pollution from traffic during pregnancy have an increased risk of developing asthma before the age of six, according to new UBC research.

Some researchers have pinned the blame on indoor air pollution and a study last year showed that when outdoor ozone levels rose, the number of people inside suffering from so - called «sick building syndrome» also increased.

Bellettiere says the team will follow up on its marijuana findings to find out whether the elevated air pollution that results from smoking marijuana translates into increased exposure to combustion byproducts and cannabinoids in nonsmokers living in the house.