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Eliminating Cancer-Causing Air Pollution Motivates People to Cut Energy Use

What would inspire you to cut your electricity use: Finding out how much money you could save, or knowing how much cancer-causing air pollution you could eliminate?

14 Jan 2015

Global Market for Activated Carbon Forecast to Grow at 12% CAGR until 2019

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Activated Carbon Market Forecast and Opportunities, 2019" report to their offering.

31 Dec 2014

Certain Man-Made Emissions Can Transform Naturally Occurring Emissions from Trees into Organic Aerosols

The southeastern United States is a natural laboratory for scientists studying how chemicals emitted by human activities and trees interact with each other and affect air quality and climate.

26 Dec 2014

EPA/Argonne Develop Innovative System to Capture Mercury from Gold Mining Shops

In any given year, workers in artisanal and small-scale gold mining shops in remote locales like Brazil and Peru release an estimated 700 tons of airborne mercury from their rooftops.

24 Dec 2014

High Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Increased Risk of Congenital Malformations

The health effects of air pollution are a major concern for urban populations all over the world. Children, the elderly, and people with impaired respiratory systems (such as asthmatics) tend to be especially sensitive to the impact of exposure to ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, and particulate matter.

23 Dec 2014

Exposure to Airborne Environmental Contaminants during Pregnancy Increases Risk of Autism in Children

Women exposed to high levels of fine particulate matter specifically during pregnancy--particularly during the third trimester--may face up to twice the risk of having a child with autism than mothers living in areas with low particulate matter, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH).

19 Dec 2014

Microplastics Have Sunk to the Ocean Floor

The deep sea is becoming a collecting ground for plastic waste, according to research led by scientists from Plymouth University and Natural History Museum.

17 Dec 2014

Duke Scientists Develop New Forensic Tracers to Identify Coal Ash Contamination in Water

Duke University scientists have developed new forensic tracers to identify coal ash contamination in water and distinguish it from contamination coming from other sources.

17 Dec 2014

Vehicles Powered by Electricity from Renewable Energy Could Reduce Deaths Due to Air Pollution

Driving vehicles that use electricity from renewable energy instead of gasoline could reduce the resulting deaths due to air pollution by 70 percent. This finding comes from a new life cycle analysis of conventional and alternative vehicles and their air pollution-related public health impacts, published Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

16 Dec 2014

California Air Pollution Regulations Lead to Reduction in Air Pollution

Ever wonder what’s in the black cloud that emits from some semi trucks that you pass on the freeway? Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) scientist Thomas Kirchstetter knows very precisely what’s in there, having conducted detailed measurements of thousands of heavy-duty trucks over months at a time at two San Francisco Bay Area locations.

12 Dec 2014