The fine particles it measures, mostly
residues of coal burning and vehicle emissions, are linked to respiratory and heart disease.
Not exact matches
Now the
residue from all the oil and
coal burned to power modern civilization may provide the best marker for the start
of a new geologic epoch that highlights Homo sapiens's world - changing impact, known as the Anthropocene, or «new age
of humans.»
The Obama administration continues to struggle to decide whether the
residue of coal -
burning constitutes an environmental and human health danger
Charcoal is a byproduct from a type
of bioenergy production which can also be used to make second - generation agrofuels from wood, straw, and other plant fibers; and even
burning toxic plastics and
coal plant
residues.
Burning solid fuel (wood, dung, agricultural
residues, and
coal) in traditional stoves for cooking and heating negatively affects the health and welfare
of nearly 3 billion people, mostly in low and middle - income countries.