Sentences with phrase «research of air pollutants»

The state - of - the - art measuring methods used in this study and the results obtained are, according to the researchers, another important step in the research of air pollutants and their impact on health.

Not exact matches

Existing research has often highlighted the adverse effects of air pollutants on lung function in school - age children and adolescents, but the effects of a mother's exposure to pollution on the lung function of her unborn child and shortly after birth are less well known.

Atmospheric scientist Maria Zatko was close to completing her thesis on ground - level ozone in 2014 when she learned of a perfect opportunity to fill a gap in her research on this air pollutant.

The report is based on the JRC's Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), which is not only unique in its space and time coverage, but also in its completeness and consistency of the emissions compilations for multiple pollutants: the greenhouse gases (GHG), air pollutants and aerosols.

Unless emissions of specific pollutants that are associated with the formation of ozone are sharply cut, almost all of the continental United States will experience at least a few days with unhealthy air during the summers, the research shows.

High concern,» said Woodruff, who specializes in research of hazardous air pollutants.

High indoor temperatures appear to worsen symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, particularly in homes that also have high levels of air pollutants, according to new research published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

The new study, published last week in the journal Environmental Research Letters, showed that emissions of sulfur dioxide, a common air pollutant released during coal and fossil fuel combustion, increased from 2000 to 2006, after which they started to decline.

This research looked at long - term demographic changes, the long - range transport of air pollutants and the influence of climate change on air quality.

Prior research found that common fragranced products — even those labeled «green» or «organic» — emit a range of hazardous air pollutants, the researchers behind the new study said.

Research published in the journal Neurotoxicology shows that childhood diagnosis of asthma, allergies, Asperger's and Tourette's may be linked to exposure of some indoor air pollutants.

The paper is meant to invite further research into the mechanisms so that we can determine whether these impacts are driven by specific pollutants in the air or water, by light or sound pollution, or other changes that may have happened to these communities, some of which could be unrelated to gas development.

However, before considering CO2 as a «criteria pollutant» subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act, the Supreme Court ruling requires the EPA to demonstrate by independent research that higher levels of CO2 are damaging to «human health and welfare.»

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.

His research is concerned with various aspects of air pollution at scales ranging from regional to global, particularly effects of acidifying deposition, eutrophying nitrogen deposition and gaseous pollutant impacts on crops, forests and human health.

Also, we develop a research method that can be used to determine the harmfulness of air pollutants in conditions simulating real life exposures.

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