Sentences with phrase «with lead pollution»

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«Ride - sharing services have enormous potential for positive societal impact with respect to congestion, pollution and energy consumption,» Daniela Rus, the professor at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory who led the study, said in a press release.

Since then, her ongoing research and those of dozens of colleagues have led to conclusions that urban pollution, particularly the kind you live with in dense areas like New York City, New Delhi, London, and Mexico City, is a critical health concern.

Somehow, capitalism is now confused with democracy and so wierd complete laisez faire capitalism is held up as a goal, when that kind of pure capitalism leads to pollution, child labor sweatshops, etc..

There is a current and lively argument in our own Congress, with California's Senator Boxer leading the charge for a bill to cut our emissions sharply, even as she prepares to fly to Bali and contribute some atmospheric pollution as she flies.

For example, the growth of secondary industries and their use of fossil fuels has led to the imminent exhaustion of fossil fuels and the pollution of the atmosphere with excess carbon dioxide and other gases.

Preston (1991), who values the economic efficiency of the market, nevertheless acknowledges that left to itself the market leads to great inequalities of wealth and is unable to cope with environmental degradation such as is caused by industrial pollution.

It is possible that the creation of cement will not be as bad as the pollution from coal - mining; however, in regards to «With the elimination of fly - ash alternatives, cement creation will quickly be the leading cause of green house gases» — If it is a top creator now, and we increase the usage, would you not expect it to climb the list?

«When we got stonewalled, people then started to suspect that the question of lead or pollution or environmental concerns had nothing whatsoever to do with what was going on, «he said.

As the severity of the crisis came into clearer focus, the state health department still declined to take the lead in Hoosick Falls, preferring to leave it to village officials privately negotiating with St. Gobain, the owner of the factory the state later determined had been responsible for the pollution, emails show.

Low background atmospheric concentrations, together with well - known and often distinct isotopic characteristics (variants of lead with different atomic weights) of industrial sources make lead an ideal tracer of industrial pollution.

«Microplastic pollution has been in the news recently, with several governments planning a ban on microbeads used in cosmetics and detergents» says Alina Wieczorek from the National University of Ireland, Galway and lead author of the study.

«Twenty years ago, light pollution could be considered only a problem for astronomers,» says lead author Fabio Falchi, a high school physics teacher in Thiene, Italy, who became concerned about the growing threat of light pollution in the 1990s after it began interfering with his hobby of amateur astronomy.

A surge in major wildfire events in the U.S. West as a consequence of climate change will expose tens of millions of Americans to high levels of air pollution in the coming decades, according to a new Yale - led study conducted with collaborators from Harvard.

Lead pollution increased gradually during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age, coinciding with the development and expansion of metallurgy in southern Europe.

Also, make sure to get a chimney sweep in every few years to make sure your chimney isn't blocked up with creosote which could lead to increased indoor air pollution.

Lead pollution gradually increased during the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age, coinciding with the development and expansion of metallurgy in southern Europe.»

«When exposed to elevated levels of particulate pollution, older adults are more likely to get pneumonia, be hospitalized with severe pneumonia and also die from pneumonia in the hospital,» says the study's lead author Cheryl Pirozzi, M.D., a pulmonologist and assistant professor of Internal Medicine at University of Utah Health.

The researchers compared the lead isotopes in their sediment samples with those found in preserved Roman piping to create a historical record of lead pollution flowing from the Roman capital.

High temperatures make it harder for the body to cool off, and they exacerbate air pollution, leading to more hospital visits from people with vulnerable hearts and lungs, particularly the very young and the elderly.

«The 2018 EPI confirms that success with regard to sustainable development requires both economic progress that generates the resources to invest in environmental infrastructure and careful management of industrialization and urbanization that can lead to pollution that threatens both public health and ecosystems.»

Latino children who live in areas with higher levels of air pollution have a heightened risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a new USC - led study.

Funded by a multinational partnership led by UMass Amherst and including the Himalayan region's Intergovernmental Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, Germany, the investigation will follow a cohort of 32 traffic control officers in Kathmandu during two seasons: Cold, dry winter from this month into March, with a second study in the hot, rainy monsoon season from June to August, when air pollution levels are lower.

To simulate the interplay of global climate with regional pollution conditions, the scientists turned to two of the world's leading atmospheric models, both based at NCAR and developed through broad collaborations with the atmospheric science community.

, a leading climate skeptic who opposes restrictions on carbon pollution, argued that the administration could harm the U.S. economy by enacting new regulations particularly given the skyrocketing emissions of China and India, Kerry was quick with a challenge.

National and state air pollution controls that went into effect in the early 1990s coincide with decreasing death rates from emphysema, asthma and pneumonia among people in North Carolina, according to a study led by Duke University researchers.

With traditional farming practices, the use of synthetic chemical fertilisers and pesticides can often lead to serious groundwater pollution.

This type of cooking paired with poor ventilation leads to high levels of indoor air pollution which can contribute to lung cancer.

A fascinating and informative interview with William J. Rea, M.D., a pioneer and the leading researcher and clinician in the field of environmental medicine and chemical sensitivity, which is the treatment of illness caused by food and environmental factors as wide - ranging as such as pesticides, air and water pollution, solvents and formaldehyde, gas stoves, fragrances, and electromagnetic fields.

Sources of lead include toys made in China and coated with lead paint, and crawling around on the floor where shoes drag in lead pollution from outside.

Areas with excessive industrial pollution, such as China (where nearly 90 percent of the world's green tea is produced), may contain substantial amounts of lead.

Environmental Illness A fascinating and informative interview from the John R. Lee, M.D. Medical Letter with William J. Rea, M.D., a pioneer and the leading researcher and clinician in the field of environmental medicine and chemical sensitivity, which is the treatment of illness caused by food and environmental factors as wide - ranging as such as pesticides, air and water pollution, solvents and formaldehyde, gas stoves, fragrances, and electromagnetic fields.

Experts agree that habitat loss, pollution, collisions with buildings and cars, and other human - led activities account for far more bird deaths than cat predation.

Pet waste currently contributes trillions of plastic bags that ultimately leads to plastic pollution, and it is a category that has yet to be addressed with a sustainable solution.

Lead researcher Laura Fonken even found physical differences in the brains of mice exposed to pollution compared to those with clean air, particularly in the hippocampus region of the brain.

The wastes are loaded with germs, toxics and drugs SO THOSE WASTES ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF WORLD WIDE WATER POLLUTION AND MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEMS.

With particularly low scores for biodiversity / habitat and air pollution, the country came in 77th out of 163 nations on a list led by Iceland and ending with Sierra LeWith particularly low scores for biodiversity / habitat and air pollution, the country came in 77th out of 163 nations on a list led by Iceland and ending with Sierra Lewith Sierra Leone.

Here we can see that the primary concern with shipping is air - pollution («US academic research which showed that pollution from the world's 90,000 cargo ships leads to 60,000 deaths a year in the US alone and costs up to $ 330bn per year in health costs from lung and heart diseases»).

-- A report from John Fleck examines why the annual distribution of four tons of toxic lead on the streets of Albuquerque, N.M., is not news, and Keith Kloor discusses what this «slow drip» pollution problem has to do with global warming.

Get involved with the Surfrider Foundation Massachusetts Chapter to help lead the way on plastic pollution mitigation in Mass!

Climate Change: Study estimates that nuclear energy leads to substantially fewer pollution - related deaths and greenhouse gas emissions compared with fossil - fuel sources

We owe it to our children, and their children, to phase out lead paints and other sources of toxic pollution with greater resolve.

Yokohama is the second - largest city in Japan with a population of 3.7 million and like many other cities in the world, rapid urbanisation has increased energy use, caused traffic jams, and led to spikes in air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

While it leads with climate change, it includes biodiversity, loss of natural lands, pollution, and (brave for a politician) overpopulation.

Cloud Crash Artists Tours and Family Workshops - Saturday 22 October 2016, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm all day - Join HeHe on artist - led tours across the three pieces, and come and take part in family workshops at The Invention Station - your chance to come up with ways to mitigate pollution and climate change with artist Emma Harnett.

Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled «The future we want», 1 that the health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen - based compounds, from numerous marine and land - based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems, Noting the international action being taken to promote the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and waste in ways that lead to the prevention and minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, Recalling the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human health; 1.

The Beijing Economic - Technological Development Area will take the lead in giving up using high - pollution fuels by the end of this year with other areas following the capitals lead.

Bullfrog Power ® partners with Siemens Canada to provide 100 per cent clean, pollution - free electricity for two Ontario locations Toronto — Bullfrog Power, Canada's leading green energy provider, and Siemens Canada are announcing that Bullfrog Power will provide clean, renewable electricity for Siemens» Canadian headquarters in Oakville, Ontario, and the...

Together with Eco-Accord, Speranskaya is now leading a program which builds grassroots support for the ratification and implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where mercury pollution from decommissioned industrial plants pose serious health hazards.

Atmospheric warming will also lead to more health issues related to air pollution, which tends to increase with higher temperatures.

But pollution also covers hundreds of chemicals which are fine or even beneficial at low levels but which if released in large quantities or in problematic circumstances cause «harm» — like phosphorus (grows your veges but also leads to toxic cyanobacterial blooms which kill cattle), nitrogen (grows crops kills many native species of plants and promotes weed growth costing farmers), copper (used as an oxygen carrier by gastropods but in high concentrations kills the life in sediments which feed fish), hormones like oestrogen (essential for regulating bodies but in high concentrations confuse reproductive cycles especially with marine life) or maybe molasses from a sugar mill (good for rum but when dumped into east coast estuaries used to cause oxygen sag in estuaries leading to massive fish kills).