air pollution research Articles
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Air pollution and health: Do popular portrayals reflect the scientific evidence?
Environmentalists, regulators, health scientists, and journalists are the main purveyors of information on air pollution health risks. Unfortunately, these groups create the appearance that harm from air pollution is much greater and more certain than suggested by the underlying evidence. The incentives in air pollution health research encourage risk exaggeration, because information purveyors ...
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Chemical Air Pollution in the Clinical Research Environment
There has been a revolution in awareness of chemical air pollution in research laboratories. I could tell you several 'horror stories' of casual exposure to mercury vapour, benzene and chromic acid (the ultimate glassware cleaning agent) among innocent biomedical PhD students (including myself) in the 1970s. But researchers in hospitals, and other laboratories can never afford to be complacent ...
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Clean Air Matters!
New research presents facts about the consequenses of polluted air, and PM2.5 in particular. Air pollution is causing 5 millions of premature deaths per year according to scientists. This means that 5 in 100 persons will die due to air pollution. ...
By OPSIS AB
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Air pollution impacts brain development before birth
A study published today (Mar 25, 2015) in JAMA Psychology outlines the negative impacts of prenatal exposure to air pollutants on childhood brain development. Researchers at the Institute for the Developing Mind at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Columbia University’s Center for Children’s Environmental Health followed the development of 40 children from before birth through ...
By Ensia
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An investigation on correlation between traffic and climate variables with the amount of SO 2 and NO 2 pollutants and estimation of their emission using regression modelling analysis method (case study: Mazandaran – Iran)
Nowadays, one of the main reasons that contribute towards the worsening of air pollution is the growing expansion of transportation. The necessity of managing and controlling the air pollution by carrying out a scientific research and applying numerical methods to maintain a stable system is undeniable. In this research, the analysis and modelling of SO 2 and NO 2 pollutants were studied. ...
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A fine-resolution modelling study of pollution levels in Bulgaria. Part 2: high ozone levels
Ozone pollution may cause damage to plants, animals and human beings when certain critical levels are exceeded. Therefore, it is important to study actual ozone levels and their relationship with the related emissions. Several secondary indices, directly related to the damages, are studied in this paper, rather than the proper ozone concentrations. Two versions (rough and fine grid ones) of the ...
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A fine-resolution modelling study of pollution levels in Bulgaria. Part 1: SOx and NOx pollution
Two versions of the Danish Eulerian Model (DEM) with resolutions of 50 and 10 km on the Europe domain have been used to study: (i) where the highest SOx and NOx Bulgarian pollution levels are located; (ii) how great is the influence of European emission sources on the pollution levels in Bulgaria; and (iii) whether it is possible to evaluate the changes of the pollution levels in Bulgaria when ...
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Research Note: Air pollution challenges and solutions for China's urban transportation development
China has experienced dramatic urbanisation and motorisation in the past 20 years. The phenomenal rise in the vehicle population in major cities has resulted in increased air pollution, traffic congestion and other 'wicked problems'. The Chinese government at all levels has made significant effort to control motor vehicle emissions, but vehicle population growth far outpaces their efforts, ...
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Chemical loss of volatile organic compounds and its impact on the source analysis through a two-year continuous measurement
Chemical loss of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is more important than the observed VOCs, which is the real actor of the chemical process in the atmosphere. The chemical loss of VOCs might impact on the identification of VOCs sources in ambient. For this reason, VOCs with 56 species were continuously measured in the urban area of Shanghai from 2009 to 2010, and based on the measurement the ...
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Developpement of on-line and field dual TD GC – MS for automatic VOC monitoring on petrochemical sites
Significance of the Research: Ambient air is polluted by many VOCs coming from Petrochemical Industry. PAMS, Oxygenated or Halogenated VOCs can be found in many ranges of concentration between background and site fence line. These compounds are precursors of ozone and Industrial bodies need to identify them to be in compliance with the authorized limits and to improve their process. Objectives: ...
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Researchers - Case Study
Controlling Air pollution is not easy. It requires a lot of research, development and implementation from various governmental and non governmental agencies. It is also an expensive proposition, with investments in specialized technologies to control, curb and manage pollution. For this there needs to be continuous monitoring of air and noise pollutants. The Prkruti device can be installed ...
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Air quality and health research in a province producing oil and gas
The Canadian province of Alberta is a major world producer of oil and gas. It is therefore vested in issues of air quality and health, which are in turn driven by fossil fuel combustion. The scientific community within the province provides the capacity to address these issues and in order to remain current needs to be actively engaged in research. Air quality is generally very good in Alberta. ...
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Accurate PBL Simulation Helps Model Urban Pollution
Atmospheric transport models benefit from real-time localized data inputs. Deteriorating air quality in urban areas is causing growing concern about public health and climate change. To gain a better understanding of air pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, some cities and states are attempting to establish a baseline and collect data over time to track changing conditions. By comparing ...
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Human health effects of particulate matter air pollution - comments on current state of the science
The science of particulate air pollution and health has a long, rich, and complex history. More detailed versions of various aspects of this history can be found elsewhere.1-5 A simple stylized version of this history may suggest that, until the early to mid-1900s, the health effects of air pollution were largely a matter of instinctive observations, suspicion, and superstition. In fact, one of ...
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Effects of industrial air pollution on the respiratory health of children
There is growing concern regarding to the possible effects of air pollution on respiratory health of children in Eleme industrial area of Port-Harcourt Nigeria. A total of 250 children were sampled from six primary schools with pre-nursery facilities for a period of 18 months. Subjects were divided into two zones (A and B), monitored and examined on weekly basis. The effects of four criteria ...
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PAR Sensor-Photosynthetic Active Radiation Sensor
PAR Sensor Photosynthetically active radiometer, also known as photon number, is mainly used to measure the photosynthetic active radiation of natural light in the wavelength range of 400-700nm. PAR Sensor is simple to use and can be directly connected to a digital voltmeter or data collector. Use under all-weather conditions.Photosynthetically active radiation sensors are designed to measure ...
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Air Pollution in Subway Systems May be Much Worse than we realized
As anyone who has ridden the subway knows, the air down there is unpleasant. New research done in Canada shows that air pollution levels in Toronto’s subway system are ten times greater than those above ground. It’s a troubling realization for subway-goers, but there are ways to keep these underground systems clean. A new study led by University of Toronto chemical engineer Greg ...
By Camfil Ltd
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How does air pollution affect outdoor sports?
HIGHLIGHTS Research has shown the effects of air quality on health and athletic performance. In 2018, World Athletics began a campaign to raise awareness on the importance of air quality, a project in which Kunak provides its monitoring solutions. Kunak’s equipment has been tested at numerous sport events such as the Mexico City or Valencia marathons. Citius, altius, ...
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Location for Air Quality Monitoring System Plays a Critical Role in Sensor Accuracy
Air quality is a complex, multi-faceted topic with many nuances. Air is dynamic. That means it moves continuously. And it carries its pollutants wherever it goes. So, it becomes quite difficult when it comes to monitoring the air quality of a particular ...
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Air Pollution Is Making Office Workers Less Productive
Businesses invest a great deal of time and money in interventions that claim to increase workers’ productivity through on-the-job training, new protocols, advice from consultants, and so on. Recent research suggests that there’s a surprising input into productivity that no one ever thinks about: clean air. We all know that air pollution is bad for our health, and researchers continue ...
By Camfil Ltd
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