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North Texans breathed polluted air nearly 30% of 2018, report says
Air quality in Dallas-Fort Worth reached above-normal pollution levels on 106 days, according to the report. Air quality in Dallas-Fort Worth reached above-normal pollution levels on 106 days in 2018, according to a new report by the Environment Texas Research … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, USA, USA & Canada
Tagged Air Pollution, California, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Ozone O3, PM - Particulate Matter, San Diego, Texas, USA
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The dirty truth: Four out of every 10 Americans live with unhealthy levels of air pollution
The American Lung Association’s yearly State of the Air report ranked the cleanest and dirtiest metropolitan areas California’s cities were among the dirtiest in the country Fresno, Bakersfield and Visalia, California ranked as the worst for air pollution Prescott, Arizona, … Continue reading
Transportation Department wins awards for reducing air pollution
The CFISD transportation department earned two awards for its efforts to mitigate air pollution at the Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC) 2014 Clean Air Action “Best In Motion” Leadership Awards Program on Sept. 11 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Houston-Greenway … Continue reading
Almost half of Americans live with unhealthy levels of air pollution
Nearly half of all Americans live in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to an American Lung Association (ALA) report released Wednesday. Nearly 148 million people live in areas where smog and soot particles make it unhealthy to … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Pollution, American Lung Association (ALA), Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, USA, Washington
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Links between ozone levels and cardiac arrest analyzed
Researchers at Rice University in Houston have found a direct correlation between out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and levels of air pollution and ozone. Their work has prompted more CPR training in at-risk communities. At the same AAAS symposium, Rice environmental engineer … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Health Effects of Air Pollution, USA & Canada
Tagged American Lung Association, Carbon Monoxide CO, fine particles, Health Effects of Air Pollution, Houston, Nitrogen Dioxide NO2, Ozone O3, Research, Rice University, Sulfur Dioxide SO2, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USA
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Air Pollution Tracked By Planes Means Better Satellite Air-Quality Monitoring
Anyone who’s ever driven down Interstate 5 in central California’s Kern County knows about the smell. The one that penetrates cars despite closed vents and windows. Wafting from an adjacent cattle ranch, the largest on the West Coast, the well-known … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Pollution, Baltimore, California, Central Valley, Colorado, Houston, NASA, Ozone O3, USA
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