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Study Suggests Air Pollution May Cause Premature Births
2016-03-30 13:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A new study suggests that air pollution may be a cause for premature births every year. And not only is it a health hazard for both the mother and the child, but air pollution also showed a huge negative economic impact, not just on the search for environmental solutions, but also on its impact on huge medical costs. While the study is still not fully clear on its definite connection, there is evidence linking expecting mothers and preterm birth, or delivery three weeks ahead of term. According...
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Air Pollution Linked to 5.5 Million Premature Deaths
2016-02-20 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Air pollution caused more than 5.5 million people to die prematurely in 2013, according to research presented on Friday, with more than half of those deaths in India and China and illnesses in those countries almost certain to rise. According to scientists from the U.S., Canada, China and India, who presented their findings at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington DC, conditions caused by air pollution killed 1.6 million people in China...
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Study finds household and outdoor air pollution contributes to more than 5.5 million premature deaths worldwide per year
2016-02-12 23:56:40| Green Car Congress
Verizon CFO Says It Is "Premature" to Talk About a Possible Yahoo...
2015-12-07 19:10:38| IT Services - Topix.net
Telecom giant Verizon's CFO Fran Shammo was asked on Monday at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York about the possible sale of Yahoo's core Internet business. Asked if Verizon could look at acquiring the business after buying AOL this year, Shammo said: "We look at everything across the spectrum."
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Volkswagen's emissions cheat to cause 60 premature deaths in US
2015-10-30 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Volkswagen's use of software to evade emissions standards in more than 482,000 diesel vehicles sold in the U.S. will directly contribute to 60 premature deaths across the country, a new MIT-led study finds. In September, the Environmental Protection Agency discovered that the German automaker had developed and installed "defeat devices" (actually software) in light-duty diesel vehicles sold between 2008 and 2015. This software was designed to sense when a car was undergoing an emissions test, and...
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