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07.17.13 -- Shell To Pay Over $115M For Pollution Violations
2013-07-16 15:54:10| oilandgasonline News Articles
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Air pollution killing over two million annually, study says
2013-07-16 05:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: More than two million people are dying every year from the effects of outdoor air pollution, according to a new study. An estimated 2.1 million deaths are caused by anthropogenic increases of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) while a further 470,000 are killed annually as a result of human-caused increases in ozone pollution. Jason West, co-author of the study published in the journal of Environmental Research Letters said: "Outdoor air pollution is an important problem and among the most important...
Air pollution 'an invisible killer'
2013-07-15 18:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Outdoor air pollution is estimated to contribute to more than two-and-a-half million deaths each year, a study has suggested. It calculated that, each year, 470,000 people died as a result of ozone and 2.1 million deaths were linked to fine particulate matter. Air pollution increased respiratory and heart disease risks, with the young, elderly and infirm most vulnerable. The findings appear in the Environmental Research Letters journal. "Epidemiological studies have shown that ozone and...
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Telit Technology To Help Bring Environmental Noise Pollution Under Control
2013-07-15 04:10:17| pollutiononline News Articles
Telit Wireless Solutions, a global provider of high-quality machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions, products and services, recently announced collaboration with Poland-based Svantek Sp. z o.o. on development of cellular-connected SV200 noise monitoring station
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Bangladesh Pollution, Told in Colors and Smells
2013-07-15 03:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: On the worst days, the toxic stench wafting through the Genda Government Primary School is almost suffocating. Teachers struggle to concentrate, as if they were choking on air. Students often become lightheaded and dizzy. A few boys fainted in late April. Another retched in class. The odor rises off the polluted canal behind the schoolhouse where nearby factories dump their wastewater. Most of the factories are garment operations, textile mills and dyeing plants in the supply chain that exports...
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