The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in National Capital Region (NCR) and Adjoining Areas has issued a directive emphasizing stricter measures to control paddy stubble burning during the 2024
The European Commission adopts a comprehensive plan to combat air pollution <br>
Bangkok's residents will have some respite from air pollution. O20, the city's first oxygen bar, offers everyone an opportunity to breathe in fresh air for 20 minutes along with hearing recorded
a proposal entailing schools across southern California, to replace diesel buses with ones using cleaner fuels has been approved by the South Coast Air Quality Management District ( aqmd )
When a spring is compressed, it returns to its original shape. This property of materials is called positive stiffness. On the other hand a material with
Residents of Zamdela town in the Sasolburg province of South Africa are fighting against air pollution. Under the apar theid rule, many petrochemical plants and oil refineries located in Zamdela
The US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) recently filed a case in a federal court to dismiss an electric industry lawsuit, which would stop it from regulating mercury and other toxic air
In this paper the authors have estimated for 1990 and 1995 the inventory of greenhouse gases CO2, CH4 and N2O for India at a national and sub-regional district level. The district level estimates are important for improving the national inventories as well as for developing sound mitigation strategies at manageable smaller scales.
The most visible impact of air pollution is the haze, a brownish layer of pollutants and particles from biomass burning and industrial emissions, that pervades most regions in Asia. A recent international study, the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX), has revealed that this haze is transported far beyond the source region, particularly during the dry season.
<p>A study of structural chromosomal aberration frequencies in peripheral blood lymphocytes was performed in a group of 20 professional drivers exposed to airborne pollutants and 20 matching controls. The subjects in the latter group were of the same sex (males) and of similar age as the exposed ones, and also had similar habits of smoking and alcohol.
Butter could help monitor airborne pollution. Scientists at the University of Lancaster, UK, have used butter to track persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and other chemicals. When these pollutants
