Sentences with phrase «of airborne particulate»

India's Center for Science and Environment (CSE) reports coal is responsible for 80 % of India's mercury pollution, 60 % of airborne particulate matter, 45 % of sulphur dioxide emissions, and 30 % of nitrogen oxide levels.

According to a new study from University of Maryland researchers, higher levels of airborne particulates has been linked to more intense weather manifesting as flooding and drought.

A bigger concern might be the presence of airborne particulates from coal - fired power plants, which are the U.S.'s biggest emitters of carbon dioxide.

Not exact matches

The new study also found that snow takes up airborne particulate matter and alters the concentrations of different nanoparticles, the smallest particles found in air pollution.

Snow takes up airborne particulate matter and alters the concentrations of different nanoparticles, the smallest particles found in air pollution.

Stone and Shuvashish Kundu, a former post-doctoral researcher at the UI now at Hokkaido University in Japan and the paper's first author, looked at particulates with an airborne diameter of roughly 2.5 microns.

Even the briefest increase in airborne fine particulate matter PM2.5, pollution - causing particles that are about 3 percent of the diameter of human hair, is associated with the development of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) in young children, according to newly published research.

Even the briefest increase in airborne fine particulate matter PM2.5, pollution - causing particles that are about 3 % of the diameter of human hair, is associated with the development of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) in young children, according to newly published research.

A new study of 60 million Americans — about 97 % of people age 65 and older in the United States — shows that long - term exposure to airborne fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone increases the risk of premature death, even when that exposure is at levels below the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) currently established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The most severe potential adverse effect could be long - term contamination of the local area by airborne particulates, which would be expensive to clean up.

Particulate matter is an airborne mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets.

They also found that using HEPA (high efficiency particulate arresting) air filters significantly reduced the amount of airborne allergens in homes with pet dogs.

Filters showing airborne particulates left after 900 mL of melted snow from each sampling site was filtered.

According to a new study led by a team at Duke University, airborne particulate matter and dust are cutting solar photovoltaic energy output by more than 25 % in certain parts of the world, with roughly equal contributions from ambient PM and PM deposited on photovoltaic surfaces.

In 2012, Schnare filed a lawsuit challenging EPA - funded studies of human exposure to airborne particulates, claiming those studies were equivalent to the Nazi experiments on Jews during the Holocaust.

Exposure to high levels of ozone (O3) and airborne particulate matter (PM10) during the second and third trimester were found to contribute to babies a with low birth rate.

The M90 features «a cutting - edge triple filter technology» that is said to protect its wearers from a variety of factors in the air, ranging from industrial air pollution (such as particulate matter, or PM, ranging from 0.3 to 2.5 micrometers in size) to pollen, bacteria, and other airborne substances.

After all, «by some estimates, tens of thousands of Americans die each year from exposure to airborne particulates.»

The findings also show the effect of reduced airborne particulates from burning coal, which may decrease the cloud cover that cools the earth, probably has less of an impact on climate through indirect cooling than originally projected.