• This paper answers this question and in fact, we conclude that Mexicans do care about air pollution (measured by Particulate Matter) and they agree to pay to reduce it. (springer.com)
  • Rice and colleagues found that children exposed to higher levels of air pollution, including fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and soot (black carbon), had worse lung function than those living in less polluted areas. (eurekalert.org)
  • The group's 21st annual State of the Air report warns that climate change is undercutting decades of regulatory progress that has reduced pollution from factories, cars, power plants and other major air pollution sources, because more frequent and intense heat waves and wildfires are leading to more days with dangerously high levels of ozone and particulate matter. (npr.org)
  • For example, Los Angeles and its surrounding communities have reduced air pollution in recent decades by enforcing comparatively strict local and state regulations, but it has not been enough to meet federal standards for ozone or particulate matter. (npr.org)
  • 2010): AHA Scientific Statement: Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease. (wma.net)
  • Fine particulate matter associated with pollution from burning solid fuels, known as PM2.5, recorded levels reaching almost 400 in Ringsend, and more than 300 in Rathmines last week. (rte.ie)
  • Meanwhile, all relevant government agencies have also been negligent, delaying the implementation of the Action the Plan for Driving National Agenda on "Solving the Problem of Particulate Matter", posing more serious health risks to people including a shorter life expectancy. (greenpeace.org)
  • By comparison, black populations are exposed to around 56% more fine particulate matter pollution than is caused by their consumption. (dallasnews.com)
  • Ambient fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) is the world's leading environmental health risk factor. (nature.com)
  • Long-term exposure to ambient (outdoor) fine particulate matter less than 2.5 μm in diameter (PM 2.5 ) is the largest environmental risk factor for human health, with an estimated 4.1 million attributable deaths worldwide (7.3% of the total number of global deaths) in 2019 1 . (nature.com)
  • The 6 pollutants that account for the large majority of air pollution worldwide and for which standards are usually specified include carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O3), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), lead (Pb) and suspended particulate matter (SPM). (who.int)
  • Ambient air pollution exposures were assessed based on maternal residential addresses using monthly averages of particulate matter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM 2.5 ), PM ≤ 10 μm (PM 10 ), nitrogen dioxide, and ozone from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) monitoring stations. (medscape.com)
  • Power plants are the largest source of U.S. climate altering pollution, responsible for nearly 40 percent of our emissions. (citizen.org)
  • In 2008, coal plant emissions were the most harmful sources of PM 2.5 air pollution, but by 2017, the sum of emissions from gas, biomass, and wood burned in industrial boilers and buildings surpassed the impact from coal plants. (rmi.org)
  • This statistic is conservative, as it only includes health impacts from one outdoor pollutant and does not account for emissions generated by fuel extraction or the potentially significant health impacts from indoor air pollution generated by burning fuels. (rmi.org)
  • Methane emissions account for only about 10 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions - the type of air pollution that causes climate change - with other emissions like carbon dioxide making up the bulk of greenhouse gases. (rcinet.ca)
  • Although most of the industrial factories and fossil fuel power plants claim that their emissions do not exceed the standard regulated by the Pollution Control Department, every elevated concentration, in medical terms, will lead to an increased risk of various diseases. (greenpeace.org)
  • This new generation of models provides air pollution prediction at finer spatial and temporal scales by leveraging multiple sources of data such as satellite data, computer weather models, chemistry models, land use data, emissions source information, and/or pollution monitoring data. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This presentation will review the concerns related to air and climate pollutant emissions and exposures from transportation sources, previous research on the positive and negative air quality impacts caused by roadside vegetation, and design characteristics and opportunities to provide air pollution and climate mitigation benefits. (icoet.net)
  • Due to its myriad of sources and complex formation chemistry, both the total mass and chemical constituents of PM 2.5 depend on local environmental conditions, dominant sources, and the magnitude of those source-specific emissions. (nature.com)
  • The left image shows the change in carbon monoxide concentrations over the North China Plain as observed by the Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere ( MOPITT ) sensor on NASA's Terra satellite in August 2008. (nasa.gov)
  • 5 6 Studies have also shown that reductions in air pollution concentrations are associated with reduced mortality. (hensparty.org)
  • The era of big data has enabled sophisticated models to predict air pollution concentrations over space and time. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These monitors tend to be sited around large urban centers or around significant sources of pollution, and as a result, large swaths of the country are typically not monitored and knowledge of air pollution concentrations in those areas has historically been minimal. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Predicting air pollution concentrations for epidemiologic applications is challenging and must balance the shortcomings of each input data source. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Ninety percent of the recycling sites had soil lead concentrations exceeding the US Environmental Protection Agency's standards. (cdc.gov)
  • As of March 26, 2020, power plants, factories and other facilities will be able to self-determine if they are able to meet legal requirements on reporting air and water pollution, according to one New York Times article . (eponline.com)
  • There was about a 4.5% drop in fine particle pollution during the last two weeks of March 2020, compared to the same period in previous years, Aung said. (healthday.com)
  • The findings provide another powerful reason for pursuing clean energy technologies, said Dr. Joel Kaufman, chair of the American Heart Association's 2020 policy statement on air pollution. (healthday.com)
  • In the months after President Trump took office, the EPA prosecuted fewer alleged violations of air and water pollution regulations, and the amount of particulate pollution in the U.S. has risen slightly in recent years. (npr.org)
  • President Donald Trump is planning to sign directives aimed at dismantling Obama-era policies governing carbon dioxide and water pollution soon after a new leader is installed at the Environmental Protection Agency, according to two people familiar with the strategy. (chicagotribune.com)
  • More Americans are breathing unhealthy air, even though overall air pollution has decreased in recent decades. (npr.org)
  • The number of people breathing unhealthy air in the United States is increasing despite decades of declines in the overall amount of air pollution being released, and climate change is a major cause. (npr.org)
  • As a long-time student of environmental health and given the extensive reports of unhealthy air, I wondered why we have not heard about adverse air pollution impacts from these events, especially here in the crowded cities of the Northeast. (acsh.org)
  • Periods of unhealthy air pollution in Jacksonville and Duval County put nearly half a million sensitive individuals at risk for acute health effects. (iqair.com)
  • These important findings are from a novel study combining modern modeling of exposures to air pollution with robust measurements of lung function, conducted in a community with pollutant levels now under EPA standards," wrote Cora S. Sack, MD, and Joel D. Kaufman, MD, MPH, of the University of Washington in an accompanying editorial in The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care. (eurekalert.org)
  • The EPA's Air Quality Manager, Patrick Kenny, said air pollution also impacts the quality of life. (rte.ie)
  • Epidemiological studies have reported statistically significant relationships between long-term air pollution and mortality over the past 50 years, frequently without controlling for smoking. (acsh.org)
  • But now, the emerging 'fracking' industry threatens to undo much of that progress by wantonly spewing toxic chemicals into the air.By wantonly spewing toxic chemicals into the air, the emerging 'fracking' industry threatens to undo much of the progress Los Angeles has made to curb smog pollution over the past 50 years. (truthdig.com)
  • This paper addresses the environmental justice implications of children's health by exploring racial/ethnic disparities in potential exposure to air pollution, based on both school and home locations of children and three different types of pollution sources, in Orange County, Florida, USA. (bmj.com)
  • Long term ambient air pollution has been acknowledged as a potentially modifiable risk factor for dementia on the basis of long standing evidence that supports an association between exposure to air pollution and cardiovascular disease, 2 3 stroke, 4 and somewhat more recently, cognitive impairment. (hensparty.org)
  • New research suggests that long-term exposure to air pollution during and after pregnancy increases the risk of postpartum depression (PPD), adding to prior research linking air pollution to mental health issues. (medscape.com)
  • Wildfires caused high levels of air pollution in San Francisco in November 2018. (npr.org)
  • Aung noted that Los Angeles' average pollution level in 2018 was 12.7 micrograms per cubic meter. (healthday.com)
  • Población: Pacientes menores de 2 años que consultaron por IRA a un efector del GCBA y que residían en una comuna con monitoreo ambiental continuo, durante el 2018. (bvsalud.org)
  • Population: Patients under 2 years old who consulted for severe infection repiratory in effectors of Buenos Aires City Government and lived commune with continuous environmental monitoring during 2018. (bvsalud.org)
  • The researchers found that children living the closest to major highways, and those with higher exposure to PM2.5 or black carbon had lower lung function than those who were less heavily exposed to pollution. (eurekalert.org)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a dose-response function for PM2.5 that lumps outdoor ambient air quality, second-hand (passive) smoking, and indoor household air pollution. (acsh.org)
  • The National Environment Board announces or amends a new ambient air standard of PM2.5 based on the public hearing and proposal made by the Pollution Control Department in accordance with WHO interim target 3. (greenpeace.org)
  • The National Environment Board and the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment jointly announce or amend the PM2.5 emission standard for industrial smoke stacks and other related point sources, as specified in Section 55 of the Enhancement and Conservation of Environmental Quality Act B.E. 2535, in accordance with international standards. (greenpeace.org)
  • Additionally, the Ministry of Public Health's Announcement regarding "Kinds or significant symptoms of environmental diseases B.E. 2563," which was published in the Government Gazette on February 1, 2021 and defined health disorders caused by PM2.5 as environmental diseases, should serve as a reminder to responsible government agencies to pursue a more stringent PM2.5 standard. (greenpeace.org)
  • Meanwhile, after 10 years of surveillance operations aimed at preventing and controlling the consequences of environmental disease, Thailand has maintained the existing PM2.5 ambient air standard with a "harmful" PM2.5 concentration threshold of 91 micrograms per cubic meter or greater. (greenpeace.org)
  • Those reductions in air pollution appear to be linked to a decrease in heart attacks during the shutdowns, according to research slated for presentation Saturday at the American Heart Association's online annual meeting. (healthday.com)
  • The EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program has been collecting and distributing information about pollution prevention (P2) activities implemented at industrial facilities since the early 1990s. (greenbiz.com)
  • Additionally, EPA has made it easy to view P2 trends and specific activities performed by facilities by providing the TRI Pollution Prevention Search Tool. (greenbiz.com)
  • TRI data is unique in that it brings together information on air, water, land and pollution prevention activities in one place. (greenbiz.com)
  • How many and what type of pollution prevention activities facilities have implemented: For example, the transportation equipment industry reported 108 new process modification activities and 37 spill and leak prevention activities in 2014. (greenbiz.com)
  • How facilities implemented these activities: Facilities report whether they identified the pollution prevention opportunity through vendor assistance, materials balance audits, trade associations or other means. (greenbiz.com)
  • Facilities also can report details about specific pollution prevention activities. (greenbiz.com)
  • What barriers facilities face when implementing pollution prevention: The most commonly reported barrier for TRI facilities is that there is no known substitute chemical or alternative technology that would not require use of the particular toxic chemical. (greenbiz.com)
  • Has the amount of waste decreased since the facility implemented a specific pollution prevention activity? (greenbiz.com)
  • Companies can use TRI data many ways to make decisions about pollution prevention. (greenbiz.com)
  • By using the TRI P2 Search Tool to limit the data to just facilities that use TCE in the fabricated metal sector, the company quickly could identify about 262 entries from facilities that already have implemented pollution prevention activities since 2001. (greenbiz.com)
  • The UN's Working Party on Pollution Prevention and Energy in Geneva has just proposed a technical standard for regulation in their member states, which will be applicable worldwide. (wma.net)
  • Perhaps most important is the emphasis on primary prevention and the need for coordination between pediatric health-care providers and public agencies. (cdc.gov)
  • Finally, CDC also has a grant program in childhood lead poisoning prevention, through which state and local health agencies receive Federal money to screen children for lead poisoning, ensure environmental and medical followup for poisoned children, and provide education about lead poisoning. (cdc.gov)
  • annual National Pollution Prevention Conference. (epa.gov)
  • According to WHO estimates, in 2012, urban outdoor air pollution was responsible for 3.7 million annual deaths, representing 6.7% of the total deaths (WHO, 2014). (wma.net)
  • Over the past decade, coal pollution dropped dramatically, but the public health burden of outdoor air pollution from other sources has not been well understood. (rmi.org)
  • In just a decade, the leading estimated cause of death from stationary source outdoor air pollution changed dramatically. (rmi.org)
  • Outdoor air pollution, infectious agents, and bioaerosols can also contribute to indoor exposures. (msdmanuals.com)
  • By both annual and daily measures for criteria pollutants monitored by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Jacksonville air quality is relatively clean. (iqair.com)
  • Ozone pollution, commonly referred to as smog, can have detrimental health effects. (ehn.org)
  • Grace van Deelen reported for EHN that even "fairly low exposure" to ozone pollution could raise risk of mental health issues . (ehn.org)
  • The EPA's focus during the outbreak would be "on situations that may create an acute risk or imminent threat to public health or the environment" and said it would exercise "discretion" in enforcing other environmental rules. (eponline.com)
  • FILE - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan speaks at the University of Maryland, May 11, 2023, in College Park, Md. The EPA is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for ground-level ozone - better known as smog - despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air pollution limits to protect public health. (wkrn.com)
  • WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for ground-level ozone - better known as smog - despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air pollution limits to protect public health. (wkrn.com)
  • Paul Billings, senior vice president of the American Lung Association, called the EPA's decision "profoundly disappointing" and a missed opportunity to protect public health and promote environmental justice. (wkrn.com)
  • The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for smog despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air pollution limits to protect public health, reports Matthew Daly for the Associated Press . (ehn.org)
  • This delay, the second in 12 years under a Democratic administration, avoids potential political battles but has been criticized by environmental and public health advocates who emphasize the disproportionate impact of ground-level ozone on minority communities. (ehn.org)
  • These levels of pollution affect residents with health problems and their negative externalities have an impact in the economy too. (springer.com)
  • Wild fires produce significant air pollution, posing health risks to first responders, residents in nearby areas, and downwind communities. (sbir.gov)
  • With the growing concern - especially in the Northeast - about the air pollution now coming from the Canadian forest fires, we thought it would be worthwhile to address the potential health effects, especially the difference between acute and chronic. (acsh.org)
  • Most of the daily air pollution studies on health have focused on statistical significance to establish the existence of the phenomenon, which has already been shown by the Great London Fog of 1952, during which black smoke levels increased about 10-fold, and thousands died over several days. (acsh.org)
  • Pinning down the health effects of air pollution exposure is one such problem. (acsh.org)
  • Subsequent media discussions about the benefits of cleaner air often cite the World Health Organization's global estimate of 7 million air pollution-related deaths annually (about 12% of the total), primarily based on studies of long-term mortality differences among US cities during previous decades. (acsh.org)
  • BAT Standards: Emission standards for passenger cars, heavy-duty vehicles and off-road machinery, based on count of ultrafine particles rather than mass and aimed at the protection of human health from the most hazardous soot particles, the lung and even cell membrane penetrating ultra-fines. (wma.net)
  • MedlinePlus links to health information from the National Institutes of Health and other federal government agencies. (medlineplus.gov)
  • We hope that this would provide a greater impetus for increased public health efforts aimed at reducing air pollution. (healthday.com)
  • If these results hold up, it reinforces the benefits of air pollution reduction as a cost-effective way to improve health,' said Kaufman, a professor of environmental and occupational health sciences, epidemiology and medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. (healthday.com)
  • However, no level of air pollution has been shown to be free of health risk. (iqair.com)
  • This study addresses the growing need to consider both daytime and nighttime activity patterns in the assessment of children's exposure to environmental hazards and related health risks. (bmj.com)
  • In preparing this document, ATSDR has collected relevant health data, environmental data, and community health concerns from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), state and local health and environmental agencies, the community, and potentially responsible parties, where appropriate. (cdc.gov)
  • Air pollution levels in Rathmines and Ringsend, both in Dublin, were up to 15 times higher than EU and World Health Organisation guidelines on Saturday night last. (rte.ie)
  • The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, today released the public comment version of its public health consultation on air sampling for PCBs around the Solutia Inc. property in Anniston, Ala. (cdc.gov)
  • Community members seeking information on the procedures or the content of the public health consultation should contact Environmental Health Scientist Lynn Wilder or Community Involvement Specialist PerStephanie Thompson, toll free, at 1-888-42-ATSDR (1-888-422-8737). (cdc.gov)
  • The exposure assessment section begins with an overview of exposure assessment considerations, including issues related to exposure assessments in the epidemiological studies that are frequently used to estimate health benefits of air pollution reductions. (nationalacademies.org)
  • It is terrible pollution that affects public health. (greenpeace.org)
  • We introduce frequency band model performance, which quantifies health estimation capacity of air quality prediction models for time series studies of air pollution and health. (biomedcentral.com)
  • With air pollution being one of the leading causes of death and illness worldwide according to the World Health Organization, and transportation being the leading emitter of greenhouse gases, mitigating these impacts is critically important to community and global health. (icoet.net)
  • A dramatic example of such air pollution is an oil field run by Allenco Energy Co. in the University Park area of South Los Angeles - just half a mile from the University of Southern California campus - where fracking released so many toxic chemicals into the air that hundreds of nearby residents complained of health problems such as nosebleeds and nausea. (truthdig.com)
  • The impacts of these pollutants, when present in excessive quantities, on human health, vegetation and property have been described by the United States Environmental Protection Agency [1] and in many textbooks. (who.int)
  • The Ministry of Health (MOH) is looking forward to working together with all its partners, relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and all stakeholders including Non-governmental Organizations in the implementation of this document towards a common goal. (who.int)
  • This environmental justice (EJ) workshop was held as part of a July 2015 health education event in South Gate, California, a small city in Southeast Los Angeles County. (cdc.gov)
  • The event was planned, organized and hosted by the South Gate Community Environmental Health Action Team (CEHAT), established in March 2015. (cdc.gov)
  • The Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health (PACE EH) seeks to involve the public in improving environmental health. (cdc.gov)
  • The California Department of Public Health recruited members of this team as part of a community involvement process recommended by the Protocol for Assessing Community Environmental Excellence in Environmental Health (see box). (cdc.gov)
  • CDPH health educator Nancy Palate, who facilitated the initiation of the CEHAT, believes that the event struck a crucial balance between learning about the community's environmental health concerns and increasing their awareness of environmental health issues. (cdc.gov)
  • Attendees included over 75 community residents, students, city council members, and others enthusiastic about environmental health. (cdc.gov)
  • These findings suggest that long-term antepartum and postpartum air pollution exposure is a potentially modifiable environmental risk factor for PPD and an important public health issue to address for improved maternal mental health," the authors write. (medscape.com)
  • This study was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. (medscape.com)
  • Respiratory health effects of passive smoking : lung cancer and other disorders, the report of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (who.int)
  • 1. Air--Pollution--Health aspects--United States--Statistics. (cdc.gov)
  • hence, how well these public attitudes can help guide ways with satisfaction of particular laws achieve health protection appropriate policy in areas experiences (e.g. socialising in goals of reducing SHS exposure which are controversial among restaurants and bars). (who.int)
  • In the U.S., the Environmental Protection Agency will begin drafting regulations immediately. (rcinet.ca)
  • President Donald Trump's appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency are rolling back key regulations that could intensify climate impacts. (dallasnews.com)
  • Does exposure to ambient air pollution after diagnosis of lung cancer affect survival? (bmj.com)
  • One modifiable determinant of emerging interest is ambient air pollution, 7 which was recently classified as carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). (bmj.com)
  • Ambient air pollution. (hensparty.org)
  • The number of studies evaluating the association between ambient air pollution and dementia has increased over the past decade, but studies have used different approaches to identify dementia cases, estimate long term exposures to ambient environmental exposures, and quantify the associations. (hensparty.org)
  • Environmental Protection Agency staffers rally in Chicago against the nomination of Scott Pruitt as agency head on Nov. 6, 2017. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Feb. 16, 2017. (chicagotribune.com)
  • On their website, you can find information, reports and statistics on subjects relating to pollution and biodiversity. (lu.se)
  • Regardless of race, however, a larger proportion of children are potentially exposed to air pollution at home than at school. (bmj.com)
  • Where the EPA has determined that an Appropriate Assessment is required, submissions or observations on Appropriate Assessment concerning an appeal can be made in writing to the Agency. (epa.ie)
  • Additionally, none have evaluated bias by use of the new Risk of Bias In Non-randomised Studies of Exposures (ROBINS-E) tool, 11 which addresses bias issues in environmental studies in much greater detail than other assessment approaches. (hensparty.org)
  • We also thank the UN Agencies and other Development Partners for providing inputs to the needs assessment and for their cooperation and assistance. (who.int)
  • The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Trump administration made a sweeping change to environmental rules last week in response to the coronavirus pandemic. (eponline.com)
  • Trump is the only Republican who repeatedly promised to rein in EPA," said Steve Milloy, an attorney with the Energy and Environmental Legal Institute, who served on the Trump transition team focused on the agency. (chicagotribune.com)
  • We evaluated associations between the number of days in the past year with Air Quality Index ≥101 and responses to survey questions about awareness of air quality alerts, perception of air quality, and changes in behavior to reduce air pollution exposure using logistic regression. (cdc.gov)
  • Some compounds like nitrogen oxygen and volatile organic compounds cause air pollution problems in stagnant air, as the reaction between these elements form ozone and other oxidants. (springer.com)
  • Conclusions These epidemiological findings support the hypothesis that air pollution exposures after lung cancer diagnosis shorten survival. (bmj.com)
  • National and global models of influenza disease burden do not account for environmental and meteorological parameters, which may be important confounding variables ( 1 - 3 , 6 - 8 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Research Sources: Environmental Protection Agency, National Meteorological. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) is an agency under the Ministry of the Environment with expertise in meteorology, hydrology, oceanography and climatology. (lu.se)
  • Americans emit about 70% less air pollution today than they did in 1970, when the Clean Air Act was passed. (npr.org)
  • And that's despite University of Minnesota research showing that white Americans, on average, consume more pollution-heavy goods and services than black Americans do, and yet tend to live in areas with less air pollution. (dallasnews.com)
  • White Americans experience about 17% less air pollution than their consumption causes. (dallasnews.com)
  • FRL-9936-83- Region 9] Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, Placer County Air Pollution Control District Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (justia.com)
  • AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve a revision to the Placer County Air Pollution Control District (PCAPCD) portion of the California SIP. (justia.com)
  • 1 California Environmental Protection Agency, Berkeley 94704. (nih.gov)
  • Cities in the western U.S. - and in California in particular - disproportionately struggle with air pollution. (npr.org)
  • This is the first study to link individual-level estimates of air pollution exposures after lung cancer diagnosis to survival, and the study population was the population-based sample of 352 053 patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer during 1988-2009 in California, as ascertained by the California Cancer Registry. (bmj.com)
  • The main message from our research is that efforts to reduce ambient pollution can prevent the most severe form of heart attacks,' said lead researcher Sidney Aung, a fourth-year medical student at the University of California-San Francisco. (healthday.com)
  • While much of the public backlash against fracking has rightly focused on groundwater pollution in rural areas of the northeastern United States, California now appears to be a new epicenter of the fracking industry. (truthdig.com)
  • This is the first time the PACE EH has been used in California to identify a city's environmental issues and develop an action plan to tackle them. (cdc.gov)
  • Local environmental justice activists are there to explain how the effects of pollution are disproportionately higher in your area than in other parts of the county. (cdc.gov)
  • The United States Environmental Protection Agency September 11 attacks pollution controversy was the result of a report released by the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in August 2003 which said the White House pressured the EPA to delete cautionary information about the air quality in New York City around Ground Zero following the September 11 attacks. (wikipedia.org)
  • She also defended her own record and said her agency had not lied about air quality surrounding Ground Zero: The last thing in the world that I would ever do would be to put people at risk. (wikipedia.org)
  • The review, which will last at least two years, will "ensure that air quality standards reflect the latest science in order to best protect people from pollution," Regan said. (wkrn.com)
  • Regarding pollution, politicians have established some programs trying to improve air quality in Mexico. (springer.com)
  • For example, in the case of a home purchase, the idea is that the consumer buys environmental quality through the house. (springer.com)
  • In addition, children who experienced greater improvements in air quality after the first year of life, either due to a move or changes in local pollution, had better lung function compared to those whose air quality did not improve as much. (eurekalert.org)
  • The New York Times reported that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will reconsider reducing the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) from its current 12 μg/m3 as an annual average. (acsh.org)
  • CHEBOYGAN, Mich. (AP) - People living near a northern Michigan paper mill that caught fire, filling the air with thick grey smoke, emerged from their homes Thursday after sheltering in place for more than a day, as environmental officials found the local air quality had improved to safe levels. (ap.org)
  • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The dry season and and motorized vehicles are the main causes of the air pollution in Jakarta, Indonesian authorities said Friday, after a Swiss air quality technology company named the city as the most polluted in the world. (ap.org)
  • A highway sign alerts drivers on Interstate 35E northbound to air pollution conditions on June 25, 2012 in Dallas, as the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued a level orange air pollution watch for the Dallas-Fort Worth area. (dallasnews.com)
  • Our country has a moral obligation to maintain environmental quality for everyone - no matter their zip codes. (dallasnews.com)
  • Another would effectively nullify guidance from Obama's Council on Environmental Quality that climate change should be factored into government agencies' formal environmental reviews. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Given the potential of green infrastructure to either positively or negatively affect air quality and climate mitigation, recommendations have been developed to support roadside vegetation planting that effectively mitigates air and climate pollution and does not adversely impact local air quality. (icoet.net)
  • Since many communities located near large transportation facilities are already overburdened by environmental impacts, improved roadside vegetation designs for air quality and climate benefits will support more equitable, sustainable, and safer transportation systems and promote social justice. (icoet.net)
  • ABSTRACT While enforceable National Environmental Quality Standards for pollutants exist in Pakistan, ambient air quality guidelines have never been established. (who.int)
  • Based on these, and available data on the existing air pollution situation in Pakistan, national air quality guidelines are proposed for 6 major pollutants. (who.int)
  • The protection of ambient air quality in Pakistan is provided through the enforcement of the National Environmental Quality Standards, introduced in July 1996. (who.int)
  • In addition to ventilation-related problems, temperature and humidity are important factors in indoor environmental quality. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Information about local air quality is reported across the United States using air quality alerts such as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Quality Index. (cdc.gov)
  • However, the role of actual air quality, as indicated by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Air Quality Index, in the observed differences in awareness of air quality alerts and changes in behavior to reduce air pollution exposures remains unknown. (cdc.gov)
  • In WISS you can find classifications and maps of all major Swedish lakes, rivers, groundwater and coastal waters, as well as information about their status classification, environmental quality standards, environmental monitoring, protected areas and water-related measures. (lu.se)
  • The National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (Report ) present biomonitoring data on the exposure of the U.S. population to environmental chemicals. (cdc.gov)
  • Advances in analytical methods allow us to measure lower and lower levels of environmental chemicals in people. (cdc.gov)
  • For more information about environmental chemicals, web links are provided below. (cdc.gov)
  • Children are absolutely one of the most vulnerable groups to this air pollution," said Siegel, "and the American Lung Association has said that the evidence is irrefutable that these fracking chemicals cause problems. (truthdig.com)
  • Instead, it simply requires companies to begin reporting the chemicals they pump into the ground and does not even address air pollution. (truthdig.com)
  • Overview of Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease Environmental and occupational lung diseases result from inhalation of dusts, chemicals, gases, fumes, and other airborne exposures. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Agencies that provide data for the official statistics include: Statistics Sweden (Statistiska Centralbyrån, SCB), the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (Havs- och Vattenmyndigheten), the Swedish Board of Agriculture (Jordbruksverket), the Swedish Chemicals Agency (Kemikalieinspektionen), the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket), the Swedish Forest Agency (Skogsstyrelsen), and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). (lu.se)
  • At any given distance from each type of pollution source, the cumulative proportion of Hispanic or black children significantly exceeds the corresponding proportion of white children, for both school and home locations. (bmj.com)
  • Usually, companies and businesses are required to report when their factories discharge certain levels of pollution into the air or water. (eponline.com)
  • For example, if researches want to know how much a citizen is willing to pay to reduce air pollution, they may use a hedonic approach. (springer.com)
  • Daily fluctuations can trigger pollution events leading to respiratory irritation, asthma attacks, and hospitalizations. (iqair.com)
  • To read more, see New satellite data reveal the impact of Olympic pollution controls on the NASA web page. (nasa.gov)
  • New satellite data reveal the impact of Olympic pollution controls. (nasa.gov)
  • Data from the Environmental Protection Agency bears that out. (npr.org)
  • Manufacturers can reduce pollution by using public data to learn from others in their industry. (greenbiz.com)
  • Companies also can use TRI data to compare environmental performance across their own facilities. (greenbiz.com)
  • Jacksonville recent pollution gains are in contrast to aggregate data for Florida, which shows most cities exhibiting improvements. (iqair.com)
  • Professor of Physical and Environmental Chemistry at University College Cork John Wenger said when they followed up from data recorded by the Environmental Protection Agency last week they found that air pollution had spiked in many towns outside of the capital too, including Ennis, Tralee, Macroom and Letterkenny to name but a few. (rte.ie)
  • As part of ongoing environmental data evaluation, ATSDR evaluated air-sampling data collected by Solutia and by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (cdc.gov)
  • The Environmental Protection Agency monitors and provide data on the state of the environment in Sweden. (lu.se)
  • Although there is abundant clinical evidence of asthmatic responses to indoor aeroallergens, the symptomatic impacts of other common indoor air pollutants from gas stoves, fireplaces, and environmental tobacco smoke have been less well characterized. (nih.gov)
  • Rationale Exposure to ambient air pollutants has been associated with increased lung cancer incidence and mortality, but due to the high case fatality rate, little is known about the impacts of air pollution exposures on survival after diagnosis. (bmj.com)
  • Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Studies that included adults (≥18 years), a longitudinal follow-up, considered US Environmental Protection Agency criteria air pollutants and proxies of traffic pollution, averaged exposure over a year or more, and reported associations between ambient pollutants and clinical dementia. (hensparty.org)
  • However, although many schools are located next to busy roads and although traffic-related air pollution levels peak during school hours, it is not known whether exposure of school-age children to traffic-related air pollutants impairs their cognitive development and thus their ability to learn. (plos.org)
  • The measurement of an environmental chemical in a person's blood or urine does not mean, by itself, that the chemical causes disease or adverse effects. (cdc.gov)
  • Any adverse environmental effect as may be specified in the regulation. (who.int)
  • We used negative binomial regression models to estimate the incidence of influenza-associated respiratory and circulatory (RC) hospitalizations and to assess the effect of adjusting for environmental exposures on RC hospitalization estimates. (cdc.gov)
  • The environmental parameters were statistically associated with RC hospitalizations but did not appreciably affect the event rate estimates. (cdc.gov)
  • Modeled influenza-associated RC hospitalization rates were similar to published estimates, and inclusion of environmental covariates in the model did not have a clinically important effect on severe influenza estimates. (cdc.gov)
  • That's why it's critical that the U.S. government is proposing to put an end to an era of dumping unlimited carbon pollution into our air. (citizen.org)
  • WASHINGTON - Today, Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) led eleven Senators in calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen its proposed Clean Power Plan to achieve even greater reductions of carbon pollution. (senate.gov)
  • The Senators emphasized that current technology and market conditions make it possible to deploy renewable energy more aggressively to cut carbon pollution even further from the first draft of the Clean Power Plan . (senate.gov)
  • We report here results of an analysis of associations between indoor pollution and several outcomes of respiratory morbidity in a population of adult asthmatics residing in the Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. (nih.gov)
  • A panel of 164 asthmatics recorded in a daily diary the occurrence of several respiratory symptoms, nocturnal asthma, medication use, and restrictions in activity, as well as the use of gas stoves, wood stoves, or fireplaces, and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. (nih.gov)
  • It's also linked to respiratory and heart disease, according to the Environmental Protection Agency . (wmfe.org)
  • Work done under an agreement with the Bureau of Air Pollution Sciences of the Environmental Protection Agency. (cdc.gov)
  • Indoor pollution can make you sick. (wmfe.org)
  • Residents of Badin are confronting the fallout from decades of racism, mismanagement, and pollution. (popsci.com)
  • The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created in 1970. (businessinsider.com)
  • The disaster prompted a public outcry that in part led to the formation of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970. (businessinsider.com)
  • The peer-reviewed study, published in Environmental Research Letters , is the first to examine the effects of burning different fuels and quantify those impacts in terms of both early deaths and monetary cost in the United States. (rmi.org)
  • Prior research had found a reduction in fine particle pollution while people stayed home during lockdowns, Aung said. (healthday.com)
  • Please see research by Greenpeace on Koch Industries Pollution for more context. (kochdocs.org)
  • Environmental Research Lab. (epa.gov)
  • Air Pollution Act licences are single media licences for certain industrial processes not included in the First Schedule of the EPA Act 1992 as amended, and are granted by local authorities under the Air Pollution Act 1987 as amended. (epa.ie)
  • Participating in the event were state and local agencies who set up information booths to inform residents about the resources and opportunities they offer to develop a community free of environmental stressors. (cdc.gov)
  • So that includes still weather conditions, a low temperature inversion because its winter which means that the pollution has nowhere to go which builds up and falls away during the night," Prof Wenger said. (rte.ie)