Sentences with phrase «organic pollutant emission»
Persistent organic pollutant emission via dust deposition throughout Pakistan: Spatial patterns, regional cycling and their implication for human health risks
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By using products bearing the GREENGUARD Children & SchoolsSM or GREENGUARD Gold Certification mark, parents, teachers and school officials can rest easy knowing these products have been independently tested and verified to meet strict emission levels of pollutants, such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), formaldehyde and phthalates.
Both are pollutants, but the first is dominated by sulphate emissions from coal burning power plants, the second from ozone precursors such as NOx, volatile organic compounds, and carbon monoxide mainly emitted from vehicles.
It means they're scientifically tested to meet some of the world's most rigorous emissions standards for chemical exposure and pollutants, such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), formaldehyde and phthalates.
The standards we recommend in this report would also significantly reduce emissions of other air pollutants, specifically smog - forming volatile organic compounds and toxic pollutants like benzene that cause cancer and are associated with a host of other health problems.
Various Updates In a move that environmental campaigners had sought for years (as had I), the Environmental Protection Agency has issued final rules that could substantially cut emissions of heat - trapping methane, smog - forming volatile organic compounds and toxic air pollutants such as benzene from new, rebuilt or modified oil and gas wells and other infrastructure and operations.
Half of Ships» Emissions Not Covered Under Existing Regulations Here's why ships are such powerful polluters: In addition to organic pollutants and sooty, black carbon, which make up half of the emissions and are not covered under existing reEmissions Not Covered Under Existing Regulations Here's why ships are such powerful polluters: In addition to organic pollutants and sooty, black carbon, which make up half of the emissions and are not covered under existing reemissions and are not covered under existing regulation,
Unfortunately, the emission of CO2 is an inevitable byproduct of the combustion of fossil fuels (or most any organic matter)... It is not just a product of incomplete combustion (or contaminants in the fuel) like the pollutants like CO, SO2, and NOx.
WHO is continuing these studies in collaboration with the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), in the context of the «Stockholm Convention», an international agreement to reduce emissions of certain persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including dioxins.
In addition to methane emissions, natural gas sector operations and infrastructure represent a significant source of CO2; volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are chemicals that contribute to ground - level ozone and smog; and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs).