Sentences with phrase «ones on air pollution»

Irene Ornovitz, who teaches biology and botany at Jonathan Dayton High School, in Springfield, New Jersey, has used a number of CIESE units, including ones on air pollution and population growth, as well as a collaborative project on human genetics.

Not exact matches

With its slower pace of living, warm, welcoming climate, healthy, fresh foods and reputation as one of the «greenest and cleanest» countries in the world with little pollution, lots of clean water and fresh air... it's no wonder Costa Ricans are considered the «happiest people on the planet».

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.

An international team of researchers analyzed economic and environmental data from 2000 to 2009 and found that production of goods for export in 2006 alone accounted for between one - fifth and one - third of China's air pollution, depending on the pollutant.

On average, traffic is the biggest source of air pollution, responsible for one quarter of particulate matter in the air.

She is currently involved in two new studies — one probing the effects of air pollution and the other examining the synergistic effects of smog and diet on respiratory well - being.

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.

Plus, workers at the site received conflicting messages — on the one hand, air pollution levels were announced to be safe while, on the other, the EPA urged workers to wear respirators.

When it's not horrific mining accidents like the one in Soma, Turkey, on May 13 that killed more than 300 miners, it's the 13,000 Americans who die early each year because of air pollution from burning the dirtiest fossil fuel.

Focusing on the year 2007, the researchers found that of the 3.45 million premature deaths caused by fine - particulate - matter air pollution, about 12 percent were related to pollutants emitted in a different region of the world, and 22 percent were associated with goods produced in one region for consumption in another.

Off the record, one of the government's own advisers on air pollution will tell you he has estimated that the deaths of 3000 people a year in England and Wales can be laid at the door of emissions from diesel lorries, cars and buses.

For example, one of the fellows in Keating's «class» worked on a Senate staff and had been a physical chemist before coming to D.C. Out of the blue, she was assigned to investigate an air pollution issue that she knew very little about.

Choking smog all but shut down one of northeastern China's largest cities on Monday, forcing schools to suspended classes, snarling traffic and closing the airport, in the country's first major air pollution crisis of the winter.

Presenting a report on the state of the nation's forests, Kiechle said that air pollution continues to be one of the main reasons for the forest's failing health.

Instead, in a chart on page 26 of the report on «expected fatalities per year, worldwide, from a variety of causes,» asteroids are compared with shark attacks (three to seven deaths), firearms accidents (2,500), earthquakes (36,000), malaria (one million), traffic accidents (1.2 million), air pollution (two million), HIV / AIDS (2.1 million) and tobacco (five million).

But in Europe, the focus is on the change in life expectancy: most of the victims of air pollution - related deaths are in their 70s and 80s, so the number of life years lost is thought to be only one or two.

«Based on this, we think that 8 - iso is a marker related to one of the underlying biological mechanisms by which outdoor air pollution increases the risk of experiencing asthma symptoms, asthma attacks or the need for use of asthma medications.»

The underlying motivation varies from buyer to buyer and usually involves one or more of these objectives: diminishing the demand for foreign oil, potentially releasing less pollution and carbon, saving money on cost per mile, driving solo in carpool lanes and / or irritating friends and strangers with an air of superiority.

The left - wing focus on the fantasy of runaway global warming takes all their attention off the real pollution — air, water and land pollution in China, India and other parts of Asia, for one important example.

The folks over at the Porter School for Environmental Studies are organizing a one - day event at the Watec conference tomorrow in Tel Aviv, but with a focus on air pollution and the global «ZeroCarbonCity» campaign.

In a way, it makes sense that GOP politicians would be so cavalier about dismantling those Clean Air Act rules that would require better pollution controls on coal plants — after all, as a group largely comprised of affluent white men, they've probably never had to live next door to one.

The harmfull effects of air pollution on the human body are well documented, from causing brain damage to increasing the risk of heart attacks, but it turns out that it can put people under the weather in more ways than one.

The same timetable is likely to hold true for actions to curtail global warming, said Mr. Boehlert, one of a small but growing minority of Republican officials seeking limits on carbon dioxide along with other air kinds of air pollution.

The harmful effects of air pollution on the human body are well documented, from causing brain damage to increasing the risk of heart attacks, but it turns out that it can put people under the weather in more ways than one.

This one is really a red flag: «this paper provides evidence of a composite effect» (combined air and water pollution) on infant health» (page 6).

In the most recent WHO report on air pollution, the U.S. was listed as one of the countries with the cleanest air in the world, significantly cleaner than the air in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, Austria and France, not to mention major polluters such as India, China, Egypt and a number of former Soviet republics.

PACific Dust EXperiment «The long range transport of dust and anthropogenic aerosols (e.g, black carbon, organics and sulfates, and air pollution from Eurasia, across the Pacific Ocean, into North America is one of the most wide spread and major pollution events on the planet.

And the public wants regulation: In February, one bipartisan poll found that 69 percent of voters support stricter limits on air pollution.

Beijing only had 13 days considered «good» on the US index last year, with 70 days of moderate air pollution, 64 at unhealthy for sensitive groups, 148 unhealthy days, 45 very unhealthy, 14 deemed hazardous and one day that registered at «beyond index», ie off the scale.

«Every year, indoor air pollution is responsible for the death of 1.6 million people — that's one death every 20 seconds... In sub-Saharan Africa, the reliance on biomass fuels appears to be growing as a result of population growth and the unavailability of, or increases in the price of, alternatives such as kerosene and liquid petroleum gas.»

With this in mind, we are excited to be working on a citizen science project, the «Earth Challenge 2020,» which will engage one million global citizens to collect one billion data points to measure air quality, water quality, pollution and human health.»

Air pollution caused by fumes from the hundreds of thousands of vehicles on our roads is one of the big killers of the modern age, especially in cities, and is, along with climate change, a serious threat to the future of the planet.

That's going to have one of the most important ramifications will be improvements in human health and we shouldn't overlook the very damaging effects of air pollution from coal and motor use is having on agricultural production in south Asia as well.

One potential way to combat ongoing climate change, eliminate air pollution mortality, create jobs and stabilize energy prices involves converting the world's entire energy infrastructure to run on clean, renewable energy.

In one, the growth of solar stalls and society remains deeply dependent on fossil fuels, resulting in drastic impacts from climate change and air pollution.

Washington, D.C. — As a growing group of environmental leaders call on Walmart to stop greenwashing and commit to real sustainability, a new study finds that Walmart is one of the nation's largest users of coal - fired electricity, and that its heavy reliance on dirty power pumps nearly 8 million metric tons of carbon pollution into the air each year.

By three to one (75 %) the public believes that the EPA, not Congress, should determine whether stricter limits are needed on air pollution from electric power plants.

This one takes on a topic we recently wrote about: reducing deforestation and indoor air pollution with more efficient cookstoves.

The report, titled Walmart's Dirty Energy Secret: How the Company's Slick Greenwashing Hides Its Massive Coal Consumption, found that the company is «one of the nation's largest users of coal - fired electricity,» and that Walmart's dependence on dirty power «pumps nearly 8 million metric tons of carbon pollution into the air each year.»

The Environmental Protection Agency will move ahead Friday with a rule requiring cleaner gasoline and lower - pollution vehicles nationwide, amounting to one of President Obama's most significant air pollution initiatives, according to people briefed on the decision.

Additional measures to achieve the interim targets of the thematic strategy on air pollution would cost less than $ 3 per person in 2020, or less than one eurocent per day.

However, the quality of indoor air is, on average, two to five times worse than that of outdoor air, and in fact, the EPA rates indoor air pollution as one of the five greatest public health risks.