Sentences with phrase «pollutants in the air include»

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Air pollutants are the result of impurities in coal that, once burned, can become air - or water - borne hazards, including soot, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and mercury, all of which are regulated in the U.Air pollutants are the result of impurities in coal that, once burned, can become air - or water - borne hazards, including soot, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and mercury, all of which are regulated in the U.air - or water - borne hazards, including soot, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and mercury, all of which are regulated in the U.S..

«Understanding how these pollutants interact with the environment, including snow, is crucial if we are to reduce the hundreds of thousands of premature deaths caused by mild air pollution in North America.

Ecosystems provide the most basic provisioning services — food, firewood, and medicines — along with the so - called regulating services of a fully functional environment, which include cleaning the air, purifying water, controlling floods and erosion, storing carbon, and detoxifying pollutants in soils.

In Colorado, the ATSDR sampled air for pollutants at 14 sites for a 2008 report, including on Susan Wallace - Babb's property.

In response to these cases and others, state and county health officials conducted a series of monitoring projects that found that gas drilling was the area's largest source of several hazardous air pollutants, including benzene and ozone - forming emissions.

Many factors — including diesel truck traffic, oil production and geographical setting — contribute to the problem in a basin that deters air circulation and traps pollutants.

By including the two most important air pollutants in the analysis, the new study «gives policy makers and local air quality managers a much better picture of what is going on.»

The first clues appeared in 2007, when NOAA researchers noticed occasional plumes of pollutants including methane, butane and propane in air samples taken from a 300 - metre - high atmospheric monitoring tower north of Denver.

«But these single factors don't paint a comprehensive picture of what a person is exposed to in their environment — and may not be as helpful in predicting cancer risk, which is impacted by multiple factors including the air you breathe, the water you drink, the neighborhood you live in, and your exposure to myriad toxins, chemicals and pollutants.»

This breakdown process results in the creation of more air pollutants, including hydroxyl and nitrate radicals, which further increase the breakdown rate of plant odors.

Simultaneous exposure to toxic air pollutants can worsen allergic responses.24, 156,25,157 Extreme rainfall and rising temperatures can also foster indoor air quality problems, including the growth of indoor fungi and molds, with increases in respiratory and asthma - related conditions.27, 28,29,30 Asthma prevalence (the percentage of people who have ever been diagnosed with asthma and still have asthma) increased nationwide from 7.3 % in 2001 to 8.4 % in 2010.

In preparation for the Olympics, Beijing officials took strict measures in the city and surrounding regions to control air pollutants including particles with diameters less than 2.5 micronIn preparation for the Olympics, Beijing officials took strict measures in the city and surrounding regions to control air pollutants including particles with diameters less than 2.5 micronin the city and surrounding regions to control air pollutants including particles with diameters less than 2.5 microns.

The degree of air pollution in China exceeded that in most of the world, yet assessments of total health effects must also include other fossil fuel caused air and water pollutants, as discussed in the following section on ecology and the environment.

1) Industrial Pollutants: This includes the various pollutants we find in our air, food and water that negatively effect the immune system and thyroidPollutants: This includes the various pollutants we find in our air, food and water that negatively effect the immune system and thyroidpollutants we find in our air, food and water that negatively effect the immune system and thyroid function.

In fact, the American Lung Association points out that indoor air can be home to a long list of potentially dangerous toxins and pollutants, including bacteria and viruses, carpets, cleaning supplies, mold and dampness, pet dander, radon, smoke, dust mites, paint products and many other chemicals and impurities.

There are over 80,000 synthetic chemicals in commerce today, including hormone - disrupting phthalates and parabens, cancer - causing pesticides, heavy metals and air pollutants.

Other benefits of PABA include protection against secondhand smoke, ozone, and other air pollutants; reduced inflammation in arthritis; and enhanced flexibility.

Your skin will show clues of aging which include wrinkles, facial lines, and sagging skin because of the action of age; environmental pollutants; inappropriate foods and drinks; sun or sunlamp damage; harmful medications, creams, or oils; skin being stretched because of stretching, incorrect exercises and / or massage; free radicals in your food, the air you breath, liquids you swim in, drink; and from the natural environment.

New research, published this month in Environmental Health Perspectives, shows that persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including the insecticide DDT, travel in air and water currents around the world's -LSB-...]

If Peabody is responsible for 23 percent of U.S. coal and if each ton of Peabody coal causes the average damage from coal in the U.S., the burning of Peabody coal is causing $ 12 billion of damage from traditional health related air pollutants and almost $ 16 billion of damage including greenhouse gases every year.

Recent scientific studies, including an assessment by the United Nations Environment Program and the World Meteorological Organization indicate that it's possible to slow the pace of warming and melting in the Arctic in the near term by reducing emissions of two common air pollutants, soot and smog.

Key Issues for Discussion and Comment in the ANPR: Descriptions of key provisions and programs in the CAA, and advantages and disadvantages of regulating GHGs under those provisions; How a decision to regulate GHG emissions under one section of the CAA could or would lead to regulation of GHG emissions under other sections of the Act, including sections establishing permitting requirements for major stationary sources of air pollutants; Issues relevant for Congress to consider for possible future climate legislation and the potential for overlap between future legislation and regulation under the existing CAA; and, scientific information relevant to, and the issues raised by, an endangerment analysis.

The Court's analysis faithfully follows the argument advanced by petitioners, which focuses on the word «including» in the statutory definition of «air pollutant.»

UNEP is supporting countries and their partners to fast track action on this challenge through the PCFV and other programmes such as the Climate and Clean Air Coalition — which works to reduce short - lived climate pollutants such as black carbon in a number of key sectors, including transport, agriculture, waste, household cooking and heating, and brick production.

Simultaneous exposure to toxic air pollutants can worsen allergic responses.24, 156,25,157 Extreme rainfall and rising temperatures can also foster indoor air quality problems, including the growth of indoor fungi and molds, with increases in respiratory and asthma - related conditions.27, 28,29,30 Asthma prevalence (the percentage of people who have ever been diagnosed with asthma and still have asthma) increased nationwide from 7.3 % in 2001 to 8.4 % in 2010.

Included in Holland's report is a table of the «Estimated Global Emissions of Some Air Pollutants.»

Despite coal's obvious shortcomings that include high CO2 content and local air pollutants, Poland projects that in 2050 coal will still constitute 50 % of its energy mix.

But the incidental benefits of greenhouse - gas reductions can include a reduction in conventional pollutants, which do tend to enter the ground - level air close to industrial plants.

His research focuses on using data from Earth - orbiting satellites, in combination with detailed field and laboratory investigations, to study the impact of air pollutants and climate change on forest species across the Northern Hemisphere, including central Europe, Canada, and New England.

These include an increase in dangerous air pollutants and algae blooms that suffocate fish, coupled with a decrease in crop productivity due to drought.

(3) additional Federal measures, including legislation, that could, if implemented, maximize the potential for natural gas used in both stationary and mobile sources to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutants under the Clean Air Act.

Coal - fired power plants release nearly 400,000 tons of hazardous air pollutants every year, including more than 40 percent of all man - made mercury emissions in the U.S..

The industry had a willing booster in George W. Bush, who quickly broke his campaign promise to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant and appointed coal lobbyists to top positions in his administration, granting the industry a long and now familiar wish list of favors, including gutting the Clean Air Act and easing standards for mountaintop mining.

California environmental goals include reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40 % from 1990 levels by 2030 and by 80 % by 2050, as well as reducing nitrogen oxides (NOx) and other health - harming pollutants in areas of the state with the highest levels of air pollution by 2032.

The EPA also believes that section 108 (g) is the correct amendment because the Clean Air Act Amendments revised section 112 to include regulation of source categories in addition to regulation of listed hazardous air pollutants, and section 108 (g) thus conforms to other amendments of section 1Air Act Amendments revised section 112 to include regulation of source categories in addition to regulation of listed hazardous air pollutants, and section 108 (g) thus conforms to other amendments of section 1air pollutants, and section 108 (g) thus conforms to other amendments of section 112.

During extreme heat events, nighttime temperatures in the region's big cities are generally several degrees higher28 than surrounding regions, leading to increased heat - related death among those less able to recover from the heat of the day.36 Since the hottest days in the Northeast are often associated with high concentrations of ground - level ozone and other pollutants, 37 the combination of heat stress and poor air quality can pose a major health risk to vulnerable groups: young children, the elderly, and those with pre-existing health conditions including asthma.29 Vulnerability is further increased as key infrastructure, including electricity for potentially life - saving air conditioning, is more likely to fail precisely when it is most needed — when demand exceeds available supply.

It finds that linking separate systems can provide benefits, including more cost - effective reductions, but policymakers also must be aware of negative effects, including the prospect that some areas may see disproportionately little reduction in conventional air pollutants.

Title XVII: Incentives for Innovative Technologies -(Sec. 1702) Directs the Secretary of Energy to make guarantees for certain projects, including gasification and liquefaction projects, that: (1) avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases; and (2) employ new or significantly improved technologies as compared to commercial technologies in service in the United States at the time the guarantee is issued.

-- The definition of the term «air pollutant» in section 302 (g) does not include a greenhouse gas.

Examples of actions with co-benefits include (i) improved energy efficiency and cleaner energy sources, leading to reduced emissions of health - damaging climate - altering air pollutants; (ii) reduced energy and water consumption in urban areas through greening cities and recycling water; (iii) sustainable agriculture and forestry; and (iv) protection of ecosystems for carbon storage and other ecosystem services.»

Recent scientific studies reveal that, in addition to methane, the oil and gas industry is also responsible for emitting other hazardous air pollutants, including Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), which can form smog, and Benzene, which can cause cancer.

These equity concerns include: the regressive impact of potential energy price increases on low - income households; the potential for carbon pricing policies to allow some fossil fuel - fired power plants or refineries to continue to operate and emit air and water pollutants in neighborhoods already burdened by pollution; and the economic hardship to workers and communities dependent on fossil fuel industries for livelihoods or for their tax base as we transition away from these resources.

MARPOL Annex VI limits the main air pollutants contained in ships exhaust gas, including sulphur oxides and nitrous oxides, and prohibits deliberate emissions of ozone depleting substances.

Transitioning to 100 % renewable energy can reduce or eliminate the production of air and water pollutants at the generating source, which can affect the personal health of local residents, and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions can help in the long - term health of the planet and its climate, including its effects on extreme weather events.

He has successfully represented clients in matters involving hazardous substances, air and water quality, land use, toxic torts and other environmental matters, including state and federal Superfund liability, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting and compliance issues, California's Safe Drinking Water & Toxic Enforcement Act (Proposition 65) and hazardous waste regulatory issues.