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Taxonomy Archive: air pollution
20 Apr 2018 |
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Scientific Evidence of Health Effects from Coal Use in Energy Generation
Access to electricity has a positive effect on the health and well-being of people worldwide. However, the use of coal to generate energy has negative health consequences. There is evidence of coal’s impact on human health during every stage of its use for electricity generation—from mining to postcombustion disposal. In ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Human Health Effects of Rail Transport of Coal Through Multnomah County, Oregon A Health Analysis and Recommendations for Further Action
Balancing the potential benefits and harms of using coal as an energy source is an ongoing challenge for local communities and the global economy. Coal is a natural resource that has long been used to power a wide variety of activities. It is a non-renewable resource; the bulk of the coal mined today is about […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Breathing Life into Paris Agreement: Health Can Drive Action
“The world will not end poverty or hunger, or meet the health targets, without addressing climate change. And it will not solve the climate problem without addressing energy, and air pollution,” said UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary Richard Kinley at the Second Global Conference on Health and Climate. The Conference was held ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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To Protect Climate, Public Health, Americans Call for End to Federal Coal Program: Ending Public Coal Leasing, Mining Would Keep 212 Million Tons of Carbon in Ground, Save $7 Trillion
WASHINGTON— A coalition of groups today called on President Obama to permanently end the federal coal program, highlighting the fact that ending leasing and mining of public coal in the United States would keep up to 212 billion metric tons of carbon pollution in the ground — the equivalent of taking nearly 50 billion cars […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Unhealthy air, unhealthy lungs, unhealthy communities
Op-ed about clean air and climate change in a newsweekly newspaper geared towards Indian-Americans. Also found on page 23 at this link: https://issuu.com/indiapost/docs/indiapost_05-20-2016_e-paper
20 Apr 2018 |
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A systematic review of the physical health impacts from non-occupational exposure to wildfire smoke
BACKGROUND: Climate change is likely to increase the threat of wildfires, and little is known about how wildfires affect health in exposed communities. A better understanding of the impacts of the resulting air pollution has important public health implications for the present day and the future.METHOD: We performed a systematic ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Letter: Stay engaged on climate change
My family and I recently traveled to Washington, D.C., for the Moms Clean Air Force “Play-In” for Climate Action.In the shadows of the U.S. Capitol, we listened to music, played with other children and heard from inspirational speakers calling for action on climate change.The trip was particularly special because we were joined ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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New Ways Climate Change Will Affect Public Health
Climate change is a disaster for so many reasons, but now there are more coming to light that directly affect public health. John Iadarola, host of ThinkTank, delivers his Final Judgment on the health impacts of global warming.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Allergy & Asthma Network
Allergy & Asthma Network is a multidisciplinary, patient-centered network dedicated to ending needless death and suffering due to asthma, allergies and related conditions through outreach, education, advocacy and research. Since 1985 we have helped millions of families by providing medically accurate, patient-friendly ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health impact assessment of active transportation: A systematic review
Walking and cycling for transportation (i.e. active transportation, AT), provide substantial health benefits from increased physical activity (PA). However, risks of injury from exposure to motorized traffic and their emissions (i.e. air pollution) exist. The objective was to systematically review studies conducting health impact ...