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Pollutants
Other views: EPA change would allow more pollutants in water -- 09 Jul 2005While summer is pulling many North Dakotans and Minnesotans back to their cabins, fishing poles, and bathing suits, it's important for us to remember a big ... (In-Forum (subscription),)
Join the struggle to breathe -- 09 Jul 2005Urban dwellers breathe in a fug of hundreds of pollutants every day, including 'big name' pollutants in terms of respiratory health, like ozone, particulates ... (Health24.com,)
Area's air quality may not -- 09 Jul 2005Ozone is only one of six different pollutants the EPA looks at, along with particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, lead and carbon monoxide. ... (Daily News Journal (subscription),)
Political Coalitions for Mutual Advantage: The Case of the Tobacco ... -- 09 Jul 2005Ventilation can improve overall air quality by helping to remove pollutants, and source controls stop the production of recognized toxins, thus limiting the ... (RedNova.com,)
Pollution district issues warning on air quality -- 09 Jul 2005...range Monday. An air-quality alert is issued when levels of pollutants reach an index score of 101 or higher. Particulate matter ... (Louisville Courier-Journal,)
Suffolk considers fee for runoff program -- 09 Jul 2005..."You don't want the silt and other pollutants running into your reservoirs or rivers.". The Environmental Protection Agency has targeted ... (Daily Press,)
Vt., neighbors weigh new Calif. standards for car emissions -- 09 Jul 2005...the early northeastern states _ following closely on New York's and Massachusetts' heels in 1998 _ to adopt California standards for other pollutants, such as ... (Newsday,)
Salt Lake mayor orders new city buildings to be 'green' -- 09 Jul 2005...''If we are able to effectively cut greenhouse gases and other pollutants at the city level, the benefits and long-term energy savings will far outweigh the ... (Wyoming News,)
Creating a new urban environment -- 09 Jul 2005Research on the removal of airborne pollutants by vegetation shows that plants are effective at absorbing pollution from the air in several ways. ... (Bangkok Post,)
Pollutant May Threaten Plans for New Homes -- 09 Jul 2005Underground pollutants have stalled plans for 2,500 homes in the fast-growing Santa Clarita Valley and sparked a debate about whether the toxic plume poses a ... (Los Angeles Times,)
Less Than Zero, US Sets Back Progress on Global Warming at G8 ... -- 09 Jul 2005US Senate calling for mandatory limits on global warming emissions; more than 150 US mayors pledging to reduce their cities' heat-trapping pollutants to Kyoto ... (Kansas City infoZine,)
State won't pay for E-checks until '06 -- 09 Jul 2005E-check is a federally required program intended to improve air quality by spotting vehicles that emit more pollutants than permitted by law. ... (Cleveland Plain Dealer,)
Africa gets $50B lift from G8 -- 09 Jul 2005Leaders declined to embrace Blair's proposal for promises of sharp reductions of pollutants scientists say cause global warming. ... (Toronto Sun,)
Remove all the drums -- 09 Jul 2005...liner. Pollutants from the unlined landfill seeped into the groundwater, jeopardizing the health and lives of area residents. Campbell ... (Asbury Park Press,)
Regulators OK Wind Farm Near Bird Home -- 09 Jul 2005Chairman Dan Ebert noted that a coal-fired plant producing the same amount of energy would emit 700,000 tons of carbon dioxide, among other pollutants. ... (Washington Post,)
The Sensor Web -- 09 Jul 2005NASA is set to test a new project they call the "Sensor Web," combining data from multiple sources to build a more complete picture of atmospheric pollutants. ... (WorldChanging)
'Safe' ozone and asthma -- 09 Jul 2005Gent and her colleagues studied 271 children under the age of 12 with active asthma, measuring their response to two air pollutants, ozone and very small ... (Health24.com,)
Hot Topic -- 09 Jul 2005The impact of certain air pollutants, like tropospheric ozone (the “bad� ozone in the lower atmosphere), tends to be more severe at higher temperatures. ... (Health24.com,)
Diesel cleanup will benefit Colorado -- 09 Jul 2005...states. The more research that's been done on dirty diesel, the more scientists found how badly such pollutants harm human health. ... (Denver Post,)
Mark Patrick photo -- 09 Jul 2005...contribute to poor air quality, damage foreshore vegetation, disrupt aquatic-based animals and their nesting habitats and result in pollutants entering tidal ... (Richmond Review,)
Salinas water testing planned -- 09 Jul 2005Turbidity, the cloudiness of the water, can be an indicator of excess sediment, which can clog fish gills, carry pollutants and bury spawning grounds. ... (Monterey County Herald,)
Cheers Jeers -- 09 Jul 2005These wetlands are part of the Assawoman Bay, and help filter and protect those coastal bay waters from the pollutants that go along with property development. ... (Delmarva Daily Times,)
Local firm meets the new boss -- 09 Jul 2005...quality division. R&P's products detect particulate matter in the air, while Thermo specialized in detecting gas pollutants. "We ... (Albany Times Union,)
Developer revises plan for Atlantic Highlands tract -- 09 Jul 2005...affordable housing with the 10 town houses, the developer has plans to clean up the 7-acre tract, which has pools of water with fuel pollutants floating on the ... (Asbury Park Press,)
Bangladesh launches first wind generated power plant -- 09 Jul 2005Moreover wind energy is a clean energy source, cheaper to maintain, saves fuel and can give decentralized energy without generating pollutants, the report said ... (People's Daily Online,)
It's a joke! -- 09 Jul 2005One of the top water pollutants here is fecal coliform bacteria -- much of it from sewer spills. And clean-ups cost public money. ... (Charlotte Observer,)
WFU in national study of air quality -- 09 Jul 2005For 10 years, researchers will be measuring exposure to six major air pollutants: particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide ... (Winston-Salem Journal,)
Umpqua Navy sets sail to gather facts to challenge government TMDL ... -- 09 Jul 2005CH2M-HILL, the big engineering firm, designed the study so tidewater influence on both streams can be sorted out in movement of pollutants. ... (Capital Press (subscription),)
Our Hearts Go Out to the British People, Condoleezza Rice Says -- 09 Jul 2005The United States spends $5.8 billion a year on climate change: the science of climate change, technologies that can deal with the pollutants that lead to ... (All American Patriots (press release),)
Air monitoring identifies areas where pollutants need more study -- Jul 8, 2005The air monitoring equipment was set up to look for certain hydrocarbons, mercury and 1,3-butadiene. "We think we found three air pollutants (1,3-butadiene ... (2theadvocate.com,)
Proposal looks to keep tabs on water pollution -- Jul 8, 2005The bill also protects Falls Lake and Jordan Lake by establishing temporary caps on pollutants from major wastewater plants. The ... (Myrtle Beach Sun News,)
EPA to report on WR Grace -- Jul 7, 2005...study, Grace proposed a choice of clean-up options which ranged from doing nothing but monitor the spread and dissipation of groundwater pollutants to running ... (Acton-The Beacon,)
Trees help clean the air of pollutants -- Jul 5, 2005OUR LUNGS are one of the most vital parts of our body and yet unlike our faces we cannot give them a good wash. Thus we depend on ... (ic SouthLondon.co.uk,)
No releasing of pollutants into rain water: GPCB -- Jun 28, 2005AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat State Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has prepared a plan in order to supplement the state's disaster management authority's requirements ... (Times of India,)
Shenango Coke Works spews pollutants -- Jun 28, 2005The major pollutants spewing from the plant include hydrogen sulfide, benzene and particulates, said Suzie Brindle, program organizer for Clean Water Action, a ... (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,)
Pollutants face legal heat -- Jun 24, 2005Jamshedpur, June 24: The regional office of Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has decided to tighten the noose around sponge iron plants located ... (Calcutta Telegraph,)
Future athletics at U site being tested for pollutants -- Jun 28, 2005Workers began digging trenches and boring holes around the Huron Boulevard Parking Complex this week to begin the environmental assessment of the proposed on ... (Minnesota Daily,)
Air Over the Great Lakes Heavy With Pollutants -- Jun 9, 2005TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, June 9, 2005 (ENS) - Canadian facilities in the Great Lakes basin emitted more than one billion kilograms of pollutants to the air in ... (Environment News Service)
Air pollutants can harm child lung growth -- Jun 10, 2005..."It is not surprising to expect that breathing in environmental air pollutants, especially during that time, could be bad for lung development," Kim told ... (Washington Times,)
Sun vows clamp on air pollutants -- Jun 17, 2005..."The air pollutants addressed by today’s agreements can cause serious respiratory problems and exacerbate asthma in children," agency spokeswoman Stacie ... (The Delaware County Times,)
New Hopkins Center To Study Urban Pollutants -- Jun 9, 2005Metals and organic materials found in water, soil, sediment and air are among the pollutants that will be studied by the new Center for Contaminant Transport ... (WBAL Channel.com,)
Mirant Must Reduce Pollutants -- Jun 16, 2005This testimony by County Councilmember George Leventhal (D-At Large) at a June 13 Maryland Department of Environment Public Hearing regarding the Mirant power ... (Potomac Almanac,)
Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Modeling of the Fumigation Process ... -- Jul 8, 2005A Lagrangian particle dispersion model (LPDM) is used to study fumigation of pollutants in and above the entrainment zone into a growing convective boundary ... (RedNova.com,)
Storm sewer plan aimed at choking off pollutants -- Jun 13, 2005With five years to implement a new stormwater sewer plan to help cut down on the amount of pollutants that end up in the Platte River, city officials will look ... (Columbus Telegram,)
Center Will Study Urban Pollutants -- Jun 13, 2005One goal is to help regulators and property owners make better decisions regarding when pollutants need to be removed or neutralized — and how this can best ... (Johns Hopkins Gazette,)
Environment pollutants constitute major issue -- Jun 13, 2005On this occasion, international reports on pollutants and smoke and their impacts on the Amazon were presented. The widely spread ... (Yemen Times,)
Increase in dangerous diesel pollutants -- Jun 7, 2005Diesel pollutants that pose a risk to health are on the rise in many parts of Britain, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) has warned. ... (DeHavilland,)
Experts call for tougher rules on diesel pollutants - 7th June ... -- Jun 7, 2005Diesel pollutants which are extremely harmful to health are on the rise in many parts of the UK, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) has warned, with ... (Platinum today,)
Pollutants in the medical environment -- Jun 6, 2005Dr J Veight misses the real point about medical training – that it is for life. He gives an impression that once one is ‘trained’ one is set for life. ... (Malaysia Kini,)
Lack of Standards Sparks Inkjet Photo Fade Debate -- Jul 8, 2005They argue that WIR doesn't sufficiently factor in the importance of an image's resistance to heat, humidity, and ozone pollutants. ... (PC World)
On the waterfront -- Jul 2, 2005Unregulated discharges of pollutants from point sources -- pipes carrying industrial waste directly to the rivers -- have all but disappeared in the past four ... (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,)
EPA at fault for dioxins: lawmaker -- Jul 5, 2005...legislators said. Also, the source of pollutants must be found as soon as possible, environmental groups and lawmakers added yesterday. At ... (Taipei Times,)
Dear Diary … -- Jul 6, 2005OK, I’ll grant we have some stuff in the air that probably shouldn’t be there—pollutants and all. ... OK, maybe some of the pollutants, but not all. ... (Newsweek)
Environmentalist challenges Sempra's permit -- Jul 5, 2005The company also would monitor the level of existing air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, particulate matter and ozone -- pollutants linked ... (Twin Falls Times-News,)
Climate Models Spur Controversy -- Jul 6, 2005Water vapor makes up almost 80% of our atmosphere. Those two naturally rid the atmosphere of pollutants. Purdue University Professor ... (WISH,)
The Winchester Star -- Jul 6, 2005It could come from the Ohio Valley or somewhere farther north and bring harmful pollutants with it. The air’s origin is part of ... (Winchester Star,)
Poison in the air: Blame RTC stir -- Jul 5, 2005...block with their own vehicles. As a result, the commuters had to breathe more pollutants than on normal days. Even the light showers ... (Newindpress,)
Analysis Shows Widespread Pollution from 2004 Wildfires -- Jul 7, 2005...which affects human health in addition to damaging plants and influencing climate, is formed from reactions involving atmospheric pollutants, including carbon ... (PNN,)
EPA at fault for dioxins: lawmaker -- Jul 6, 2005...said. Also, the source of pollutants must be found as soon as possible, environmental groups and lawmakers added on Tuesday. At ... (Taiwan Headlines,)
Pension probe widens into other areas -- Jul 6, 2005The lawsuit alleged the city collected sewer fees that didn't vary based on the amount of organic pollutants in the waste. The lawsuit ... (San Diego Union Tribune,)
Terracotta troops come under attack from air and light -- Jul 8, 2005That would greatly diminish their cultural value. He said that temperature, humidity, pollutants and sunlight all threatened the figures. ... (Times Online,)
City still choking despite $1.2b spent to cut fumes -- Jul 6, 2005However, the former chief executive also announced that, by cutting these pollutants, air quality would improve and would be comparable to that in London or ... (The Standard,)
Our parks: overburned and out of control -- Jul 8, 2005..."Adjacent lands can be a source of pests; weeds and pollutants can reduce the water flowing into wetlands and occasionally be the source of fires escaping into ... (Sydney Morning Herald (subscription),)
Rice defends rejection of Kyoto protocol -- Jul 7, 2005The United States spends US $5.8 billion a year on the science of climate change, technologies that can deal with the pollutants that lead to greenhouse gases. ... (Hindu,)
Portsmouth sewage waiver is queried -- Jul 8, 2005...want the city to comply with the original requirements of the 1972 Clean Water Act, which requires a second level of treatment to remove more of the pollutants ... (Boston Globe,)
Researchers Discover Gene That Determines Asthma Susceptibility By ... -- Jul 5, 2005Gene Found To Defend Against Environmental Pollutants And Pulmonary Emphysema (November 11, 2004) -- Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ... (Science Daily (press release))
How the environment influences our genes -- Jul 8, 2005...how environmental, lifestyle and dietary factors can influence our genes without changing the underlying DNA sequence; for example, how pollutants in the air ... (myDNA.com,)
Energy Secretary Bodman Heads to West Virginia to Promote Energy ... -- Jul 8, 2005...technology that represents one of the best methods of utilizing coal for electricity production, with little-to-no emissions of hazardous air pollutants. ... (I-Newswire.com (press release))
Residents ponder regional commission for Sempra issues -- Jul 6, 2005The station would monitor some pollutants that have been linked to respiratory illness and environmental damage such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide ... (Twin Falls Times-News,)
Federal Consent Decree Filed in Suit Against City of Gloucester ... -- Jul 8, 2005The new stormwater drainage system will discharge 500 feet offshore of Pavilion Beach in order to mitigate impacts of stormwater pollutants at that location. ... (Yahoo News (press release))
Climate Change Arguments Caught up in Politics -- Jul 6, 2005Auto manufacturers are making more hybrid cars, which emit fewer pollutants. Indiana power companies like Cinergy and Indianapolis ... (WISH,)
$277,718 Grant Will Help Send Waste Tires For Reuse -- Jul 8, 2005...a 1997 study by the US Environmental Protection Agency, TDF used in a well-designed and maintained combustion device emits fewer pollutants than conventional ... (Greeneville Sun,)
Coming in tomorrow’s DNJ -- Jul 8, 2005Rutherford County’s compliance with ozone and other air pollutants is in line with recent years, but the air testing season has a ways to go, environmental ... (Daily News Journal (subscription),)
Is Enough Being Done to Clean Up the Bay? -- Jul 8, 2005...“We are pleased that the EPA agreed with us that there should be strict limit for pollutants in the discharge permits. That's good news. ... (WTOP,)
ITER: energy for the next generation -- Jul 7, 2005...cannot be relied upon to provide a solution for the energy problems that the world will face in the coming decades - local air pollutants, global warming and ... (Energy Business Review)
Town of Ulster won't expand stormwater monitoring -- Jul 7, 2005..."They are non-source point pollutants which are widely viewed as parking lots, large areas where we're getting lots of chlorides," he said. ... (Kingston Daily Freeman,)
G-8 unites against terrorism -- Jul 7, 2005...change. Blair had wanted a strong summit statement setting specific targets for reductions in carbon dioxide and other pollutants. ... (St. Cloud Times,)
GE making cleaner engine -- Jul 8, 2005...oxide emissions from jet engines have been rising in recent years as fuel efficiency has been improving and emissions of other pollutants have decreased. ... (Cincinnati Post,)
Foul air may delay toll roads -- Jul 7, 2005Motor vehicles are the main contributors to air pollution in the city, accounting for about 70 percent of pollutants, including carbon monoxide and sulfur ... (Jakarta Post,)
Scott's plate full at state EPA helm -- Jul 5, 2005He says it's improper for the government to sanction businesses for dumping pollutants that weren't understood to be harmful when they were dumped. ... (Rockford Register Star,)
Public comment period opens today -- Jul 6, 2005DEQ has conducted a total maximum daily load study that concludes the maximum amount to pollutants in treated wastewater that can be safely discharged into a ... (Daily Ardmoreite,)
Report ranks area 13th worst in US -- Jul 7, 2005Smog levels climb in the summer when sunlight, hot weather and humidity cause the pollutants to react together and form ground level ozone. ... (phillyburbs.com,)
Great Lakes cleanup plan in place, but funding is not -- Jul 8, 2005...each year. The Grand also is the leading source of chemical pollutants entering Lake Michigan, according to previous studies. Toxic ... (Muskegon Chronicle,)
RI bans gas additive linked to polluted water -- Jul 7, 2005The EPA says that reformulated gasoline has been successful in reducing smog-forming pollutants by at least 105,000 tons annually. ... (Providence Journal (subscription),)
A green way to wash cars -- Jul 8, 2005Jill said there are precautions home carwashers can take to reduce runoff of pollutants aside from using environmentally friendly soap. ... (Cranbury Press,)
Portsmouth Sewage Waiver Questioned -- Jul 8, 2005...want the city to comply with the original requirements of the 1972 Clean Water Act, which requires a second level of treatment to remove more pollutants. ... (WCSH-TV,)
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