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Taxonomy Archive: air pollution
20 Apr 2018 |
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Lecornu: Climate change effects health
Southard is absolutely right. The impacts of climate change are completely devastating. In addition to the extreme weather that climate change exacerbates, like flooding, droughts and powerful hurricanes, it also causes damage to our health. Higher temperatures and poorer air quality can lead to increased asthma attacks, other lung ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Your Take: Climate Change Is a Civil Rights Issue
As we honor the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and pay homage to the gifts of air, water, land, flora, fauna and the rich diversity of the animal kingdom, we must acknowledge that not all of the earth’s inhabitants have equal access to basic essential elements of life and well-being. Continued and progressive deprivation is […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Renewable energy is healthy energy
A future powered by healthy energy will require reducing dependence on dirty sources of energy, using energy more efficiently, and increasing investment in clean, renewable energy choices
20 Apr 2018 |
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Guest opinion: Climate change may be making you sneeze
If you’ve noticed prolonged and more pronounced allergy symptoms in recent years, it may not be your imagination, and you may be surprised to learn of the significant role that climate change is playing.Along with a whole host of other impacts to our state’s natural environment and economy, climate change is impacting those with ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Obama’s Clean Power Plan: a breath of fresh air
“An unacceptably high and potentially catastrophic risk to human health” was how a 2015 Commission published by The Lancet described the risks posed by climate change. With this in mind, the Clean Power Plan, unveiled by President Barack Obama and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Aug 3, should be welcomed with open ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Let’s limit carbon emissions
On June 23, the U.S. Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, told health leaders gathered at the White House Summit on Climate Change and Health that climate change poses a “serious, immediate and global threat to human health,” urging that it is “well past time” to take action. Recent evidence makes it clear that […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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An Overview of Occupational Risks From Climate Change
Changes in atmosphere and temperature are affecting multiple environmental indicators from extreme heat events to global air quality. Workers will be uniquely affected by climate change, and the occupational impacts of major shifts in atmospheric and weather conditions need greater attention. Climate change-related exposures most ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health and climate benefits of different energy-efficiency and renewable energy choices
Energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy (RE) can benefit public health and the climate by displacing emissions from fossil-fuelled electrical generating units (EGUs). Benefits can vary substantially by EE/RE installation type and location, due to differing electricity generation or savings by location, characteristics of the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Air pollution and early deaths in the United States. Part I: Quantifying the impact of major sectors in 2005
Highlights •Ozone and PM impacts of the major combustion sectors in the U.S. are modeled. •Early deaths attributable to each sector are estimated. •∼200,000 early deaths occur in the U.S. each year due to U.S. combustion emissions. •The leading causes are road transportation and power generation. Abstract: Combustion ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Association of Improved Air Quality with Lung Development in Children
Air-pollution levels have been trending downward progressively over the past several decades in southern California, as a result of the implementation of air quality–control policies. We assessed whether long-term reductions in pollution were associated with improvements in respiratory health among children.