Air pollution cost Canadian families an estimated $ 36 billion in 2015 due to premature death and illness, a new research report says. CBC | Health News
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Air pollution warning: Exposure ‘can cause asthma to develop in unborn children’
PREGNANT mothers have been warned that exposure to high levels of air pollution can cause asthma to develop in their unborn child. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Noise pollution affects majority of US protected areas with 'real impact on animals' – study
A new study finds noise pollution is twice as loud as normal background sound levels in nearly two-thirds of protected areas in the US. Researchers found noise pollution has a huge impact on wildlife in the protected areas. Researchers from Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort Collins, along with the National Park Service, analyzed sound […]
Sandstorm leaves Beijing with yellow skies & ‘beyond index’ pollution (PHOTOS)
Published time: 4 May, 2017 17:41 A sandstorm blowing into China has shrouded Beijing in smog and pushed its pollution to even more dangerous levels than usual. Children and elderly people have been advised to stay indoors, and dozens of flights have been canceled. Sand and dust began blowing into Beijing from Mongolia and Inner […]
Air pollution in Toronto’s subways like ‘a typical day in Beijing,’ highest of Canada’s 3 major systems
Toronto’s subway stations and trains had the highest levels of air pollution of Canada’s three major rapid transit systems, following by Montreal’s Metro and Vancouver’s Skytrain systems, a newly released study has found. CBC | Health News
Air pollution damages 'good' cholesterol 'leading to heart attacks and strokes'
GETTY – STOCK IMAGE Research has found that air pollution causes heart attacks and strokes by damaging good cholesterol Breathing in fumes from traffic exhaust has long been known to raise the risk of cardiovascular disease, but the reason has remained unclear. But the new study involving more than 6,500 adults, found it was because […]
Air pollution damages ‘good’ cholesterol ‘leading to heart attacks and strokes’
AIR pollution causes heart attacks and strokes by damaging our ‘good cholesterol’- with women suffering even more than men, according to new research. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Global trade causes more than 20% of premature air pollution deaths
The production of goods around the world generates pollution that kills hundreds of thousands of people a year; according to a study published in the scientific journal Nature. More than 750,000 people die prematurely every year from the dirty air generated by making goods in one location and selling elsewhere. That is about a fifth […]
Air pollution makes surprisingly good art supplies
Plumes of diesel exhaust contain a mixture of things both nasty and harmless. A lot of it, however, is carbon. Carbon can be useful and (as you might recall from school) is often jet black in color. Start-up Graviky has created an exhaust filter that can pull 95% of the carbon soot from diesel exhausts, […]
Renault caught in ‘emissiongate’ scandal after report accuses it of pollution cheating
Published time: 16 Mar, 2017 02:31 Renault shares plunged 3.2 percent on Wednesday amid allegations that the French car manufacturer fitted its vehicles with software allowing them to skirt legal emission limits, despite the company’s assurances that it did not breach any European or national regulations. On Tuesday, the French daily Liberation claimed to have […]
