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State Department, EPA Launch Effort to Monitor Air Pollution Globally
2015-02-19 13:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The Obama administration announced on Wednesday the expansion of pollution monitoring at diplomatic posts across the world. The State Department and the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled the joint endeavor on Wednesday in a signing ceremony, which highlighted the administration's climate change agenda. Secretary of State John Kerry identified air pollution as a "serious and growing health threat worldwide" and said he hopes the new program will encourage international cooperation to...
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Smartphones and sensors as personal, real-time pollution monitors
2015-02-18 19:55:34| Green Car Congress
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Children in cities have increased risk of neurological damage due to air pollution
2015-02-17 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Pollution in many cities threatens the brain development in children. Findings by University of Montana Professor Dr. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueas, MA, MD, Ph.D., and her team of researchers reveal that children living in megacities are at increased risk for brain inflammation and neurodegenerative changes, including Alzheimers or Parkinsons disease. Calderón-Garcidueas findings are detailed in a paper titled Air pollution and children: Neural and tight junction antibodies and combustion...
Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest air pollution
2015-02-16 09:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Iranian lawmakers wore medical face masks in parliament on Sunday in a show of solidarity with residents of their areas battling pollution from strong sandstorms. Sixteen MPs from the western provinces of Khuzestan, Ilam and Kermanshah donned the masks to draw awareness to the plight of their constituents, said official news agency IRNA. Media reports said many Khuzestan residents have been hospitalised suffering respiratory problems, while schools have been closed for the past week. Iran...
Local topography lends itself to pollution in creeks
2015-02-15 16:00:13| Waste Management - Topix.net
Water flows through the Watson Woods Riparian Preserve Thursday February 12, 2015 in Prescott. A report by the ADEQ showed high levels of E. coli in the water in the Watson Woods Riparian Preserve area.
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