Sentences with phrase «of air toxics»

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While Chinese cities have recently hit more than 500 micrograms of PM 2.5 per cubic meter, Saudi Arabia, on a per - country average, has the most toxic air in the world.

There are pollutants in the air conditioning, toxic particles, dangerous bacteria and mold all flying around, especially in buildings that aren't well taken care of.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

Of those 2 billion kids, the report found that 300 million are breathing air that is six times more toxic than international guidelines recommend.

The United Nations Children's Fund released a report today with the findings that about 2 billion of the world's children are breathing toxic air regularly.

The effects of air pollution and of the discharge of small amounts of toxic chemicals into the environment are difficult to assess.

I think of HSPs as «canary people» — like the caged canaries that the minors used to take down into the mines with them because the birds were more sensitive to toxic air than humans.

Recently, FPA attended a public hearing on the EPA's proposed rules to reduce emissions of toxic air pollutants from existing and new industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters and solid waste incinerators

Organic agriculture protects the health of people and the planet by reducing overall exposure to toxic chemicals from synthetic pesticides that can end up in the ground, air, water and food supply, and that are associated with health consequences, from asthma to cancer.

Reduce The Toxic Load: Keep Chemicals Out of the Air, Water, Soil and our Bodies Buying organic food promotes a less toxic environment for all living thToxic Load: Keep Chemicals Out of the Air, Water, Soil and our Bodies Buying organic food promotes a less toxic environment for all living thtoxic environment for all living things.

the air is so toxic at ARSENAL that if you need to choose which player stays O will have to say NONE... I am Alexis biggest Fan but if he is going to play this Card of not showing to the Games and not giving a 100 % then better go and good riddance, no matter the grudge he holds against Le Frog he is still an ARSENAL player and owes respect to the Fans

Block off the part of your house that's got the mold problem as best as you can and be sure that you ventilate the area as much as possible to remove toxic mold spores from the air.

This is because conventional laundry detergents are full of toxic chemicals and these chemicals leave a residue on your clothing that may be absorbed by your skin or may evaporate into the air for you to breathe in.

Vinyl / PVC, the covering of most inexpensive waterproof crib mattresses, is the most toxic plastic available and contain chemicals that can leach out or off - gas into the surrounding air.

Get rid of chemical cleaners, air fresheners, and other products that are toxic to your baby.

Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club commented: «Mike Bloomberg's partnership with the Sierra Club and our more than 3 million members and supporters has put our country on a path to cleaner air and cleaner water, good - paying clean energy jobs, and healthier communities that are safe from toxic coal pollution».

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.

It's about the millions of Londoners whose lives we can improve by building more affordable homes, freezing fares, restoring community policing and cleaning up our toxic air.

«The issues that must be addressed include: grid reliability, electricity costs, toxic emissions and related air pollution, attracting major investors for new energy sources and helping the impacted communities,» said Jerry Kremer, the chairman of New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance.

Trump plans on slashing the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by a quarter — targeting enforcement, grants for toxic cleanup efforts, as well as air and water protection programs.

The chemical plants were largely self - regulated and manufacturers used air to dilute the emissions, to lower the opacity, but it didn't reduce the levels of toxic chemicals released.

Responding to the Mayor of London's action plan to battle toxic air, Labour's London Assembly Environment Spokesperson, Leonie Cooper AM, said:

Responding to the Mayor of London's action plan to battle toxic air, Labour's London Assembly Environment Spokesperson, Leonie Cooper AM, said: «Poor air quality has plagued some of London's most vulnerable...

During its heyday, the plant burned approximately 350 tons of waste each day, sending toxic materials into, and sometimes beyond the downtown Albany air.

Scientists calculate that toxic air pollutants contribute to the deaths of almost 30,000 people every year, more than twice those affected by passive smoke.

He said while some hyrofracking chemicals are toxic and carcinogenic, public exposure to such chemicals is manageable, and that there are no known cases of the chemicals — which are injected deep underground a mile or more to fracture gas - bearing rock layers — reaching the surface to contaminate water or air.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (a coward / in my opinion) has the obligation to the people of our state to investigate all off these allegation's in a public forum and remove this tyrant who is quick to call a deceased 9/11 responder who had died from breathing in the toxic air at ground zero «not a hero» should be removed from public office and sent packing to his corporate headquarters were he and his cronies could abuse more pregnant women.I have a friend who was a 9/11 responder and was just notified that something was growing in his lungs.

The entire lawn area is covered with a layer of impermeable fabric and up to 10 feet of soil, which county officials say will keep toxic chemicals from escaping into the air.

Janeway also objected to a policy rider that would restrict disclosure of toxic and hazardous air pollution, including ammonia or hydrogen sulfide, released by Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in rural communities.

By breaking up petroleum into smaller droplets that dissolved faster in the deep ocean, the dispersants decreased the amounts of volatile toxic compounds that rose to the surface and outgassed into the air.

As an associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Selin studies toxic air pollutants and how these emissions affect humans and the environment.

Toxic Combination Two common types of fungi that live in the air and soil, Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus, produce aflatoxin.

«Melting snow contains a toxic cocktail of pollutants: Air pollution from cars affected by freezing temperatures and snow.»

While tougher regulations have driven lead levels down globally since the 1990s, mercury levels in the North Pacific Ocean have increased 30 percent over the last 20 years, potentially putting humans at higher risk of exposure from seafood (See «Made in China: Our Toxic, Imported Air Pollution»).

Clark and other members of Richmond's growing environmental movement tackled a series of local issues during the 1990s, winning reductions of toxic air emissions and discharges to San Francisco Bay and setting up a warning system for residents during refinery accidents.

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.

Yates released 4.7 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the air, land and water in 2011, according to the EPA's Toxic Release Inventory datatoxic chemicals into the air, land and water in 2011, according to the EPA's Toxic Release Inventory dataToxic Release Inventory database.

The 2015 EPA Mercury and Air Toxics Standards regulation was estimated to cost the industry around of $ 9.6 billion annually in 2020.

Florida's coastline has frequent outbreaks of the toxic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis, whose toxins can escape into the air and cause severe respiratory distress.

Sionix, an Anaheim, Calif. — based corporation, which manufactures a treatment system that uses microscopic air bubbles to clean water, is testing whether its technology can also reduce levels of metal, namely iron and manganese (both toxic to the body in large amounts) in Santiago Creek near Villa Park Dam in Orange County, Calif..

Congressional leaders back in the politically turbulent 1970s managed to pass sweeping laws to ensure clean air and water, protect endangered species and keep toxic substances out of everyday household products.

In some cases, those new, natural processes proved more cost - effective for the company and became a new way of doing business, such as Portland's Prosoco, which completely reworked a formula to eliminate toxic phthalates from its air - tight liquid building wrap.

After seeing the regional effects in this new study, she agrees that the toxic element likely comes from outside the U.S. «We see for other types of pollutants that [the Rocky Mountain region] tends to be more influenced by nonlocal sources because of its higher elevation — it has access to the free tropospheric air,» she says.

Doctors believe he is one of a small but growing number of Vietnamese children who are third - generation victims of the toxic pesticides — in particular Agent Orange — that were sprayed over the country by the US Air Force at the height of the Vietnam War 30 years ago.

The biggest winner, in terms of absolute increases, is air toxics and quality, for which the administration is requesting a $ 17 million (16.3 %) increase.

Even at noon on this otherwise sunny day, the sky was blanketed in hazy toxic smog from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the entry points for more than half of the goods shipped into the United States and the largest source of air pollution in California.

The EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS) applies to 1,400 of the country's largest power plants and would come into force in 2015, or in some cases, 2016.

Emissions from China — and from the United States, and indeed from every industrial country — feed a network of air currents that, as equal - opportunity polluters, serve up toxic mercury around the world.

Each year, China's toxic air contributes to the premature deaths of some 1.6 million people.

According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), the production, processing and distribution of meat requires huge outlays of pesticides, fertilizer, fuel, feed and water while releasing greenhouse gases, manure and a range of toxic chemicals into our air and water.