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Particulate Pollution Defined
Pollution made up of small liquid or solid particles suspended in the atmosphere or water supply.
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Basin residents sought for cancer study
Published September 6, 2008, 12:34 am, Hi-Desert Star
MORONGO BASIN — Local residents will be recruited for an American Cancer Society-sponsored research study into long-term cancer prevention at next year’s Relay For Life.
Chester weighs ban on heaters
Published September 4, 2008, 11:03 pm, Middletown Times Herald-Record
Chester — The growing sales of alternative home heating technologies to combat high fuel costs is prompting the village to consider a moratorium on the installation and construction of outdoor wood heaters.
The Olympics: Green or Brown?
Published September 4, 2008, 10:36 pm, Fast Company Magazine
AIR POLLUTION Green: Beijing authorities have claimed five straight years of air-quality improvement since 2002. Last year, Beijing's average daily Air Pollution Index was 100.69. Hoping to keep the reading below that Index for the duration of the games, Beijing has spent billions to close factories, stop construction and pull millions of cars off the roads each day in the last couple of ...
Proposal would reduce truck idling in Dane County
Published September 4, 2008, 7:20 pm, Wisconsin State Journal
Cleaner air through the reduction of diesel truck idling is the goal of a resolution introduced Thursday by Dane County Supervisor Brett Hulsey. The measure, which now moves to County Board committees for study and public hearings, would ban unnecessary truck idling for more than five minutes per hour in unincorporated areas where the county has jurisdiction. But Hulsey and other County Board ...
Residents question Cemex standards
Published September 4, 2008, 4:56 pm, Yellow Springs News
In a panel discussion held Thursday night, Aug. 27, and organized by Village Environmental Commission to clarify Cemex’s plans to test burn tires as a partial fuel for the cement plant down the road, the clearest thing that emerged from the panel discussion was the distrust for Cemex among residents of Yellow Springs.
EPA pays for fume-reducing changes on school buses
Published September 4, 2008, 3:44 pm, KY3 Springfield
The $138,500 project will benefit the students in the Logan-Rogersville and Springfield districts, as well as the environment.
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Published September 4, 2008, 3:04 pm, Moldova.org
EPA issues new gas-powered engine standardWASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued new standards for small gas-powered engines to reduce pollutants from machines including lawn mowers.The EPA said the new standards are designed to substantially reduce the amount of gas fumes, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and smog-forming pollutants emitted from a wide ...
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Published September 4, 2008, 2:47 pm, UPI
EPA issues new gas-powered engine standard … FDA approves hepatitis B viral DNA test … New air traffic control system developed … Aggressive cancer survival predictor ID'd ... Health/Science news from UPI.
Springfield School Buses Getting Healthier
Published September 4, 2008, 6:50 am, KSPR Springfield
EPA Region 7 and the Blue Skyways Collaborative will work with Community Partnership’s Ozarks Clean Air Alliance to reduce children's exposure to diesel exhaust.
Get Green for Back to School
Published September 4, 2008, 4:21 am, ABC News
Learn how to make this school year a more eco-friendly one.
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- Masks May Be Part of Wardrobes at Opening Ceremony - NYTimes.com: Athletes were faced with the decision Friday of whether to attend the opening ceremony in the thick smog and, if they do go, whether to wear a mask to combat the pollution.
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- Air Pollution Control Equipment | Pollution System Solutions: Pollution System Solutions is able to assess your current air control system in relation to emission control requirements and develop a custom solution for each unique operational problem.
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- Internet Archive: Details: Approval of Urban Bus Retrofit/ Rebuild Equipment: An Environmental Fact Sheet about EPA's approval of the engine retrofit/rebui ld program for urban buses that will reduce particulate matter by 80%. Approximately 40 urban areas are eligible for the program.
Sun Sep 23
- Particulate Matter definition and health effects: This website has information provided by the American Lung Asociation
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- Induction of proinflammator y cytokines and C-reactive protein in human macrophage cell line U937 exposed to air pollution particulates - Free Online Library: Exposure to particulate matter air pollution causes inflammatory responses and is associated with the progression of atherosclerosi s and increased cardiovascular mortality.
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- Third International Symposium on Air Quality Management: IUAPPA regional conference, Air pollution and environmental health. From science to action : The challenge of particulate matter
Wed Mar 21
- WHO Search results: particulate matter: Searching the WHO-site gives numerous pdfs with info on particulate matter.
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- Group says pilot program helped clean emissions from Mexico City buses - May 25, 2005 - NCTimes.com: Under the pilot project, a dozen 2001 model buses were fitted with particle traps and fueled with ultra-low sulfur diesel, or ULSD, which was imported for the test. Particle and carbon monoxide emissions were lowered by 90 percent, and emissions of nitro
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