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Residents, Businesses Encouraged to Reduce Air Pollution HARRISBURG, Pa., April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast an air quality action day for Friday, April 30, in the Liberty/Clairton region in Allegheny County. The Liberty/Clairton region includes Clairton, Glassport, Liberty, Lincoln and Port Vue boroughs. The air quality forecast predicts Friday will be code ORANGE for particulate matter....

Residents, Businesses Encouraged to Reduce Air Pollution HARRISBURG, Pa., March 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast an air quality action day for Thursday, March 18, in the Liberty/Clairton region of Allegheny County. The region includes Clairton, Glassport, Liberty, Lincoln and Port Vue boroughs. The air quality forecast predicts Thursday will be code ORANGE for particulate matter. The U.S....

DUQUESNE, Pa., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 98% of allergists recommend protective bedding as the number-one way to minimize indoor allergy symptoms, according to a recent Braun Research survey, conducted on behalf of Aller-Ease(1). In addition to protective bedding, allergists also recommend antihistamines (96%), air conditioning (88%), air purifiers (80%) and diet modifications (26%). To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click:...

JONESBORO, Ark., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Camfil Farr Air Pollution Control has introduced a new Gold Series® High Vacuum (GSHV) dust collector that controls emissions in applications up to 17 inches Hg vacuum or 8 psi positive pressure. It combines the proven features of the company's Gold Series collectors - rugged construction, high efficiency cartridge filtration and ease of service - into a heavily reinforced dust capture vessel designed for use as a central vacuum system, positive...

Residents, Businesses Encouraged to Reduce Air Pollution HARRISBURG, Pa., March 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast an air quality action day for Tuesday, March 9, and Wednesday, March 10, in the Liberty/Clairton region of Allegheny County. The Liberty/Clairton region includes Clairton, Glassport, Liberty, Lincoln and Port Vue boroughs. The air quality forecast predicts Tuesday and Wednesday will be...

ST. LOUIS, March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Demo Air Net" simply straps to the discharge end of the fan, and suddenly you have converted the fan into a reusable massive air filter, removing airborne pollutants. It turns an ordinary box fan or circular fan into a convenient, portable, inexpensive tool for reducing airborne dust associated with drywall, cement, sanding, routing, sawing, demolition, construction, insulation and allergens including pet hair and dander. The Demo Air Net is...

NASA scientists said they might have identified the first specks of interstellar dust in materials collected by the agency's Stardust spacecraft. The interstellar dust is comprised of tiny particles that take part in making stars and planets. The Stardust spacecraft's primary job was to catch dust streaming from Comet Wild 2 and return it to Earth for analysis. However, scientists also hoped to collect particles of interstellar dust. The material was collected in a 2.9 billion mile journey...

University of Miami Professor Joe Prospero shared findings at AAASResidents of the southern United States and the Caribbean have seen it many times during the summer months"”a whitish haze in the sky that seems to hang around for days. The resulting thin film of dust on their homes and cars actually is soil from the deserts of Africa, blown across the Atlantic Ocean.Now, there is new evidence that similar dust storms in the arctic, possibly caused by receding glaciers, may be making similar...

Where does it come from? Scientists in Arizona are reporting a surprising answer to that question, which has puzzled and perplexed generations of men and women confronted with layers of dust on furniture and floors. Most of indoor dust comes from outdoors. Their report appears in the ACS' Environmental Science & Technology, a semi-monthly journal.In the study, David Layton and Paloma Beamer point out that household dust consists of a potpourri that includes dead skin shed by people,...

Residents, Businesses Encouraged to Reduce Air Pollution HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast an air quality action day for Saturday, Jan. 16, in the Liberty/Clairton, Susquehanna Valley, and Lehigh Valley/Berks regions. The Liberty/Clairton region in southeastern Allegheny County includes Clairton, Glassport, Liberty, Lincoln and Port Vue boroughs. The Susquehanna Valley region...