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Air pollution raises risk of death 'for decades after exposure'
2016-02-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Air pollution raises the risk of death for many decades after exposure, according to the longest-running study to date. The analysis of 368,000 British people over 38 years also showed that those living in the most polluted places have a 14% higher risk of dying than those in the least polluted areas. Those exposed to particulate air pollution were more likely to die from respiratory problems, like pneumonia, emphysema and bronchitis, and also from cardiovascular problems, like heart attacks....
Exposure to air pollution 30 years ago associated with increased risk of death
2016-02-09 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Exposure to air pollution more than 30 years ago may still affect an individual's mortality risk today, according to new research. The new report comes from one of the world's longest running air pollution studies, which included 368,000 people in England and Wales followed over a 38 year period. The team, from the MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, estimated air pollution levels in the areas where the individuals lived in 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001, using measurements from Britain's extensive...
Exposure To High Levels Of Small Particle Air Pollution Associated With Higher Risk Of Preterm Birth
2016-02-01 01:25:50| pollutiononline Home Page
Exposure to high levels of small particle air pollution is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth – before 37 weeks of pregnancy, according to a new study published online in the journal Environmental Health
Congress to probe Juniper 'back door' exposure, possible U.S. involvement
2016-01-29 09:47:20| Telecom - Topix.net
A U.S. congressional probe into the impact of a hack of Juniper Networks Inc software will examine the possibility that it was initially altered at the behest of the National Security Agency, a lawmaker said in an interview on Thursday. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform this month sent letters asking some two dozen agencies to provide documents showing whether they used Juniper devices running ScreenOS software.
Gas Company Understated Benzene Exposure From California Leak
2016-01-15 20:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The company that owns the leaking natural gas well in Los Angeles understated the number of air samples showing higher-than-usual levels of benzene, The Associated Press reports. Adding to concerns over the disaster, efforts to stop the leak appear to have destabilized the well, the Los Angeles Times reports, raising the risk of a blowout. The leak at Porter Ranch, which recently prompted California to declare a state of emergency, has been spewing enormous quantities of the greenhouse gas...
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