Sentences with phrase «of air pollution levels»

No community should continue to bear the burden of air pollution levels that harm public health.

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On high - smog days in Kraków, Poland, the city's air pollution can reach six times that of safe levels.

Responding to public outrage, the government has recently introduced a series of measures like making public the level of air pollution in Beijing and also plans to impose emission restrictions on the steel, coal and petrochemicals industries, among others.

Check in with the EPA, which runs an air quality site that reports on daily and hourly pollution levels in many parts of the country.

Special Report 20, Burden of Disease Attributable to Coal - Burning and Other Major Sources of Air Pollution in China, provides the first comprehensive assessment of the current and predicted burdens of disease attributable to coal - burning and other major sources of particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) in China at the national and provincial leveAir Pollution in China, provides the first comprehensive assessment of the current and predicted burdens of disease attributable to coal - burning and other major sources of particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) in China at the national and provincial leveair pollution (PM2.5) in China at the national and provincial levels.

China has been known for having low - quality air in their major cities, but the levels of pollution are reaching numbers that are more alarming than ever.

The better the grade of oat the better the taste, and since Provena grow their oats in the middle of the Finnish countryside (known for having one of the lowest levels of air pollution in Europe); they give their oats the best shot of becoming wonderful!

«Garden equipment engines emit high levels of carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides, producing up to 5 % of the nation's air pollution and a good deal more in many metropolitan areas like Los Angeles.

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

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?

The level of air pollution is the most shocking discovery, as dangerous chemicals simply evaporate into the atmosphere, creating harmful levels of pollution that affect the health of the residents.

However the Campaign for Better Transport's sustainable transport campaigner Bridget Fox commented: «It's clear that the Government's rhetoric on tackling lethal and illegal levels of air pollution is still not matched by action.

Road safety remains a major concern and levels of air pollution are extremely high.

Environmental law firm Client Earth has taken the Government to court this week over its failure to sufficiently tackle illegal levels of air pollution

More than two of every five Americans reside in counties with unhealthy levels of smog and air pollution, thanks largely to the effect of global warming, health researchers report.

According to the Campaign for Clean Air London had already registered 35 days of dangerous pollution levels by mid-April, exceeding its calendar - year limit.

Children should be «bussed in» from the countryside to breathe in London's air Boris Johnson claimed this week, as new figures revealed toxic levels of pollution in the capital.

«To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has requested a derogation from EU air quality legislation in relation to limits on the levels of pollution from (a) nitrogen dioxide, (b) ozone and (c) other nitrogen oxides.

More work is needed, he added, to understand how «hard driving» is having an affect on air quality and further evidence is required as to the impact the country's existing fleet of vehicles is having on pollution levels.

A survey recently released by the Department of Health lists the Bronx, along with the Upper East Side of Manhattan, as having the highest levels of air pollution in New York City.

In addition to the tolls, the supervisor and others have complained that vehicles stuck in traffic jams at the tolls are causing air pollution, with elevated levels of benzene that is harmful for Grand Island and Tonawanda residents.

A source told the Guardian that Hilary Benn, the environment secretary, had achieved concessions on air and noise pollution levels towards the end of last week, but Miliband's concerns were unresolved until overnight on Tuesday.

«The data from monitoring sites across western Europe shows PM2.5 levels are going down,» says Gavin Shaddick of the University of Bath, UK, who develops air pollution models for the WHO.

Scot Martin, a researcher whose work in Amazonia addresses problems of air and water pollution and their relationship to climate change, will discuss scientific partnerships at the working level.

With cooperative weather, the air can be cleaner, as proven by an experiment last year in which 1.3 million cars in the city were banned from driving and pollution levels dropped by 6,400 tons (5,800 metric tons), according to the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Environmental Protection.

The study, which was led by Dr Rose Meleady, of UEA's School of Psychology, Prof Dominic Abrams and Dr Tim Hopthrow at the University of Kent, and Dr Julie Van de Vyver at the University of Lincoln, comes amid continued concern about air pollution levels in cities across the UK and worldwide.

But one of the things that I have been very impressed by here is a lot of the stories of hope; many folks have traveled a long way to share what they are doing on a very local level to help combat climate change, and that's everything from, kind of, rural electrification in Africa and India, you know, bringing light to people who are still using dung or coal for cooking and heating and dying from indoor air pollution to, you know, major renewable energy projects, say, here in Denmark where they now get 20 percent of their electricity from wind power.

Air traffic, therefore, contributes relatively little to Switzerland's pollution levels, and visible smoke trails in the sky from jet engines are a thing of the past.

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.

Co-author Dr Rachel McInnes, Senior Climate Impacts Scientist at the Met Office, added: «This finding that the effects of different types of vegetation — green space and gardens, and tree cover — differ at both very high and very low air pollution levels is particularly relevant for public health and urban planning policies.

Also, because of Quelccaya's high elevation (about 3.5 miles above sea level), only significant air pollution can reach the ice cap.

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.

Those exposed to the highest levels of air pollution had the greatest risk of developing the disease.

The researchers found that cities with higher levels of air pollution also tended to have higher levels of crime.

In areas with higher levels of sulfate particles in the air, a measure of pollution, mortality rates were higher.

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.

One study published this year in Neurobiology of Aging, from researchers at the University of Southern California, examined brain changes in mice exposed to particulate air pollution at levels commonly found near freeways.

The risk of developing asthma was associated with increases in the levels of nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide found in traffic - related air pollution.

In a typical urban area with a high level of background air pollution — for example, around 15 micrograms of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) per cubic metre, or a nitrogen dioxide concentration around 33 micrograms per cubic metre — an extra 300 trees per square kilometre was associated with around 50 fewer emergency asthma cases per 100,000 residents over the 15 year study period.

A congestion charge in Stockholm not only cut levels of air pollution, it halved the number of children admitted to hospital with asthma attacks

Exposure to high levels of air pollution increased stress hormone levels and negative metabolic changes in otherwise healthy, young adults in a recent study conducted in China.

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Now, direct evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air), a 10 - year epidemiological study of more than 6,000 people from six U.S. states, shows that air pollution — even at levels below regulatory standards — accelerates the progression of atherosclerosAir Pollution (MESA Air), a 10 - year epidemiological study of more than 6,000 people from six U.S. states, shows that air pollution — even at levels below regulatory standards — accelerates the progression of atherosclerosAir), a 10 - year epidemiological study of more than 6,000 people from six U.S. states, shows that air pollution — even at levels below regulatory standards — accelerates the progression of atherosclerosair pollution — even at levels below regulatory standards — accelerates the progression of atherosclerosis.

A surge in major wildfire events in the U.S. West as a consequence of climate change will expose tens of millions of Americans to high levels of air pollution in the coming decades, according to a new Yale - led study conducted with collaborators from Harvard.

Up to one - third of Europeans who live in urban areas are exposed to air pollution levels above European Union (EU) standards.

Emilia Simeonova of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and her colleagues tracked air pollution levels in Stockholm, Sweden from 2004 to 2010.

The authors conclude that ambient air pollution is a key modifiable risk for millions of people across the globe, including millions of Americans who are exposed to harmful particulate pollution levels.

«Using exposure to nitrogen dioxide as a surrogate for exposure to traffic - related air pollution, we were able to demonstrate for the first time that higher levels of exposure were associated with greater right ventricular mass and larger right ventricular end - diastolic volume.

We also need to increase pressure on policy makers to reduce levels of air pollution.»

Policy makers urgently need to reduce levels of air pollution and this should be backed up by legislation.»