Sentences with phrase «levels of the air pollutant»

Called the Flame Refluxer, the technology, developed by fire protection engineering researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) with funding from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), could make it possible to burn off spilled oil quickly while producing relatively low levels of air pollutants.

High indoor temperatures appear to worsen symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, particularly in homes that also have high levels of air pollutants, according to new research published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

In these judicial review proceedings, ClientEarth challenged the UK's draft air quality plans for reduction of levels of the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide.

Not exact matches

That came in the form of an online air quality management platform, which employs both historical and real - time data to make future projections for different pollutant levels and show air quality trends.

More than 170 countries agreed early Saturday morning to limit emissions of key climate change - causing pollutants found in air conditioners, a significant step in the international effort to keep global warming from reaching catastrophic levels.

While U.S. power plants have limits on other air - born pollutants — like nitrogen and sulfur oxides that cause acid rain — there haven't been limits, until now, on the levels of carbon dioxide emissions that power plants can emit.

Al Carlacci, the regional air pollutant control engineer for the state Department of Environmental Conservation, said he doesn't need a meter or an air quality monitor to tell him that there's some dirty air in the West Side near the Peace Bridge, where studies have shown high levels of asthma.

The region's levels of ozone and particulate matter, two pollutants caused by both automobiles and industry, exceed national air quality standards.

The device can be used to directly test for toxicity and toxic mechanisms, screen for drugs that reduce irritation, and assess the level of risks associated with a particular air pollutant.

Brixton Road, Lambeth has claimed the «dubious honour» of being the first air quality monitoring site to see levels of pollutant nitrogen dioxide exceed the annual hourly limits less than a week into the new year.

A study published in January in Environmental Health Perspectives reported that daily deaths over a decade in metropolitan Boston peaked on days when concentrations of three common air pollutants were at their highest, even though those levels would currently satisfy the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

In addition to air pollution data from state and local air agencies, these MESA Air monitors collected and measured variable levels of PM2.5, oxides of nitrogen, and black carbon, among other pollutants over two - week periods between 2005 - 20air pollution data from state and local air agencies, these MESA Air monitors collected and measured variable levels of PM2.5, oxides of nitrogen, and black carbon, among other pollutants over two - week periods between 2005 - 20air agencies, these MESA Air monitors collected and measured variable levels of PM2.5, oxides of nitrogen, and black carbon, among other pollutants over two - week periods between 2005 - 20Air monitors collected and measured variable levels of PM2.5, oxides of nitrogen, and black carbon, among other pollutants over two - week periods between 2005 - 2009.

Atmospheric scientist Maria Zatko was close to completing her thesis on ground - level ozone in 2014 when she learned of a perfect opportunity to fill a gap in her research on this air pollutant.

Other tests show that the level of air and water pollutants in the area is no higher than it was last year.

Kaplan's team also found that in Montreal and Edmonton, emergency room visits for abdominal pain without a known cause were slightly higher among 15 - to 24 - year olds on days when levels of certain air pollutants were elevated.

Senator Tom Carper (DE), top Democrat on the panel, cited an interview in which Hartnett White suggested that low - level ozone, an air pollutant, wasn't harmful unless «you put your mouth over the tailpipe of a car for 8 hours every day.»

Singapore can then impose fines of up to S$ 100,000 ($ 80,000) per day of smoke, up to a maximum of S$ 2 million, on companies or individuals that are found to cause Singapore's air pollutant standards index to rise to the «unhealthy» level.

The data were collected by air pollution monitoring campaigns, and included levels of nitrogen dioxide (a prominent air pollutant caused by traffic and cigarette smoking), coarse particles, and fine particles.

• Lung function, as measured by spirometry, was unaffected by increasing temperatures or higher levels of indoor air pollutants.

The air pollutants measured in the homes are «at a level that would be of concern.

Indoor air quality is a concern especially in low - income and minority communities as studies show levels of indoor pollutants are often higher in these groups compared with more affluent homes.

NILU's measurements show high levels of pollutants in the air.

The Monsoon also acts like an enormous elevator, pumping vast amounts of air and pollutants from the surface up to levels above 16 kilometers altitude.

The study, which controlled for levels of pollutants and allergens in the air (which are affected by weather), found that a 10 - degree increase in temperature and a 10 % change in humidity were associated with a slight uptick in asthma - related emergency room visits.

«At levels that the EPA considers to be generally safe, we found an important effect of ambient air particles, which is one of many pollutants in the air, but an important one,» says study coauthor Gregory A. Wellenius, Sc.D., an assistant professor of community health at Brown University Medical School, in Providence, R.I. Wellenius collaborated with researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Harvard School of Public Health, both in Boston.

In the first study of its kind, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that pets absorb the pollutants in tap water, on lawns treated with pesticides, and in the air at higher levels than humans.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warns, «Indoor air levels of many pollutants may be 2 — 5 times, and on occasion more than 100 times, higher than outdoor levels.»

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), «studies of human exposure to air pollutants by EPA indicate that indoor levels of pollutants may be 2 to 5 times — and occasionally more than 100 times — higher than outdoor pollutant levels.»

The indoor module offers a feature to «sense on demand» in addition to every five minutes, so I was able to get a reading right away for temperature, humidity, CO2 levels (which can also indicate high levels of other pollutants), air pressure, and sound levels.

Similar negative effects occur with worsening air pollution — higher levels of ground - level ozone smog and other pollutants that increase with warmer temperatures have been directly linked with increased rates of respiratory and cardiovascular disease — food production and safety — warmer temperatures and varying rainfall patterns mess up staple crop yields and aid the migration and breeding of pests that can devastate crops — flooding — as rising sea levels make coastal areas and densely - populated river deltas more susceptible to storm surges and flooding that result from severe weather — and wildfires, which can be ancillary to increased heat waves and are also responsible for poor air quality (not to mention burning people's homes and crops).

CO2 is a pollutant which kills since it is a poison kills since it is an Asphyxiant (heavier than air, smothers life) * «Police: Carbon dioxide led to death in McDonald's bathroom September 14, 2011 1:38 p.m. EDT STORY HIGHLIGHTS The carbon dioxide built up to toxic levels in the bathroom An 80 - year - old woman died after the incident September 7 lethal dose of carbon dioxide, authorities said Wednesday....»

Beyond the climate benefits of reduced CO2 emissions, reduction in these pollutants is of additional importance at the local and regional level to address air quality and related health concerns.

However, before considering CO2 as a «criteria pollutant» subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act, the Supreme Court ruling requires the EPA to demonstrate by independent research that higher levels of CO2 are damaging to «human health and welfare.»

Sections 243.1 - 243.4 of Article 243 of the Code, specifically: rate of the tax due on emissions of certain pollutants into the atmospheric air, caused by stationary sources of pollution; rates of the tax due on stationary sources» emissions into the atmospheric air of pollutants (compounds), which are not listed in Section 243.1 of this Article and are falling within a certain substance hazard category (except for carbon dioxide), shall be applicable subject to determined approximately safe impact levels of such substances» (compounds») impact on the atmospheric air of urban settlements; and rates of tax due on emissions of carbon dioxide

But the incidental benefits of greenhouse - gas reductions can include a reduction in conventional pollutants, which do tend to enter the ground - level air close to industrial plants.

Moonbats: «Jacobson found that domes of increased carbon dioxide concentrations — discovered to form above cities more than a decade ago — cause local temperature increases that in turn increase the amounts of local air pollutants, raising concentrations of health - damaging ground - level ozone as well as particles in urban air.»

Elevated cancer levels and high incidences of chemical pollutants in the air ultimately left Baltimore officials with little choice.

California environmental goals include reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40 % from 1990 levels by 2030 and by 80 % by 2050, as well as reducing nitrogen oxides (NOx) and other health - harming pollutants in areas of the state with the highest levels of air pollution by 2032.

Destiny's neighborhood has consistently had the highest levels of toxic air pollution in Maryland, and in 2007 and 2008, Curtis Bay was officially the area with the highest level of toxic air pollutants in the US.

In order to reach such radiative forcing levels, greenhouse gas emissions (and indirectly emissions of air pollutants) are reduced substantially, over time (Van Vuuren et al. 2007a).

The overall correlation is a result of the fact that climate policy induces systemic changes in the energy system, away from technologies with high greenhouse gas emission levels, which also have high emissions of air pollutants (e.g. coal use without CCS has high emission levels of CO2, but also of SO2).

During extreme heat events, nighttime temperatures in the region's big cities are generally several degrees higher28 than surrounding regions, leading to increased heat - related death among those less able to recover from the heat of the day.36 Since the hottest days in the Northeast are often associated with high concentrations of ground - level ozone and other pollutants, 37 the combination of heat stress and poor air quality can pose a major health risk to vulnerable groups: young children, the elderly, and those with pre-existing health conditions including asthma.29 Vulnerability is further increased as key infrastructure, including electricity for potentially life - saving air conditioning, is more likely to fail precisely when it is most needed — when demand exceeds available supply.

Since a sustainable future based on the continued extraction of coal, oil and gas in the «business - as - usual mode» will not be possible because of both resource depletion and environmental damages (as caused, e.g., by dangerous sea level rise) we urge our societies to -LSB-...] Reduce the concentrations of warming air pollutants (dark soot, methane, lower atmosphere ozone, and hydrofluorocarbons) by as much as 50 % [and] cut the climate forcers that have short atmospheric lifetimes.

The CO2 level is used as a simple proxy for indoor air pollutants, and indicates the rate of indoor / outdoor air exchange.

A large scale roll - out of electric cars on European roads would result in significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions and lower levels of certain air pollutants, according to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment.

The total CO2 equivalent (CO2 - eq) concentration of all long - lived GHGs is currently estimated to be about 455 ppm CO2 - eq, although the effect of aerosols, other air pollutants and land - use change reduces the net effect to levels ranging from 311 to 435 ppm CO2 - eq (high agreement, much evidence).

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In mixed climates, building envelopes are constructed in an airtight manner to control air leakage openings, to expedite air pressure control (depressurization of the building envelope above grade during the heating season, pressurization below grade to control ingress of soil gas and other pollutants, and pressurization of the building envelope during the cooling season) and to facilitate the dehumidification of indoor air during the cooling season, thereby limiting interior moisture levels.

Ozone is one of the criteria air pollutants and is a form of oxygen, the molecule contains three oxygen atoms and has the same chemical structure whether it is found high in the atmosphere or at ground - level.

Another study has found that idling vehicles do create serious pollution: «The concentration of air pollutants near schools may significantly exceed community background levels, particularly in the presence of idling school buses.»