Sentences with phrase «types of air pollutants»

Wildfires are a source of an especially problematic type of air pollutant known as PM2.5 («particulate matter» less than 2.5 microns in diameter), which can become lodged in lungs and cause or exacerbate a wide array of health problems such as asthma and heart disease.

Not exact matches

There are many different types of changes in an ambient environment — some very fast like electromagnetic waves, some very slow like the accumulation of pollutants in the air, and some with rapid onsets and offsets but long durations like rainfall.

After seeing the regional effects in this new study, she agrees that the toxic element likely comes from outside the U.S. «We see for other types of pollutants that [the Rocky Mountain region] tends to be more influenced by nonlocal sources because of its higher elevation — it has access to the free tropospheric air,» she says.

An automated gas chromatography apparatus then extracts a puff of air from each bottle and quantifies the type and concentration of pollutants released.

Surprisingly we come into contact with heavy metals in everyday life — through the air we breathe (think vehicle emissions and other environmental pollutants), in the food we eat (non-organic foods that have been treated with pesticides and herbicides), if you have dental fillings made from mercury - containing amalgam, and certain types of large fish (such as king mackerel, swordfish, orange roughy, marlin, tuna steaks, and canned «white» albacore).

Many animals are affected by the myriad of air pollutants around us, and a general cleanse or detox can help with those types of allergies as well.

This type of product has some excellent benefits, but it should be used in an environment where the toxic and hazardous air pollutants it gives off can be collected and treated appropriately.