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"Reducing Health Care Costs Associated with Pollutants will Benefit Economy," Cohen Says WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health Care Without Harm strongly opposed the passage in the House today of one a bill intended to weaken the EPA's ability to protect the nation's air supply under the Clean Air Act. H.R. 2681, passed today by the House, would delay new EPA emissions restrictions on air pollutants from cement plants. The bill blocks regulations that would reduce...

[ Watch the Video ] The European Space Agency's Venus Express spacecraft has discovered an ozone layer in the atmosphere of Venus. The spacecraft made the discovery while watching stars from the edge of the planet seen through its atmosphere. SPICAV, an instrument aboard Venus Express, analyzed the starlight and found characteristic fingerprints of gases in the atmosphere as they absorbed light. ESA said the ozone was detectable because it absorbed some of the ultraviolet from the...

A team of international researchers, led by NASA scientists, has discovered an unprecedented loss of protective ozone in the atmosphere above the Arctic this year, according to various media reports published on Sunday. That phenomenon, according to an AFP article, has led to the formation of an ozone hole five times the size of the state of California. It marks the first time that ozone loss in the Arctic region has matched ozone loss above Antarctica, both they and Postmedia News are...

HAMPTON, Va., Oct. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A NASA-led study has documented an unprecedented depletion of Earth's protective ozone layer above the Arctic last winter and spring caused by an unusually prolonged period of extremely low temperatures in the stratosphere. (Logo: <font size="2" face="Arial">http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO</font> ) The study, published online Sunday in the journal Nature, finds the amount of ozone destroyed in the Arctic...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A NASA-led study has documented an unprecedented depletion of Earth's protective ozone layer above the Arctic last winter and spring caused by an unusually prolonged period of extremely low temperatures in the stratosphere. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The study, published online Sunday in the journal Nature, finds the amount of ozone destroyed in the Arctic in 2011 was comparable to that seen in some years...

A recent trial at a local San Antonio hotel using the Ecotex Laundry Oxidation System, has yielded results proving the company's claim that significant savings can be realized in water, natural gas, chemical use, and labor. San Antonio, Texas (PRWEB) September 27, 2011 A recent trial at a local San Antonio hotel using the Ecotex Laundry Oxidation System, has yielded results proving the company's claim that significant savings can be realized in water, natural gas, chemical use, and...

Scientists are warning that death rates linked to climate change will increase in several European countries over the next 60 years. A new study, which will be presented today (27 September 2011) at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Amsterdam, predicts that Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal will see the biggest climate-induced increase in ozone-related deaths over the next 60 yrs. The research is part of the Climate-TRAP project and its health impact assessment...

  NASA said on Friday that its Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) will most likely miss North America. Scientists have still not pinpointed exactly where the 13,000-pound satellite is going to end up. The space agency said the odds of a piece of debris striking a person are about 1-in-3,200.  Scientists predict 26 pieces of debris will survive Earth's atmosphere, weighing a total of 1,100 pounds. UARS will re-enter Earth's atmosphere sometime Friday afternoon, but NASA...

   ESA’s Envisat observation satellite yesterday completed its 50,000th circuit of Earth – travelling 2.25 billion km since its launch nearly a decade ago. Envisat orbits our planet every 100 minutes, speeding along at more than seven kilometers per second. During this milestone spin around the world on 22 September, the satellite passed from the Arctic to the Antarctic, catching glimpses of northern Greenland and New Zealand. Launched on 28 February 2002, the lorry-sized...

   According to a study published in the British Medical Journal, high levels of pollution could increase the risk of having a heart attack for up to six hours after exposure. U.K. researchers reviewed 79,288 heart attack cases from 2003 to 2006 and exposure to pollution levels by the hour. Krishnan Bhaskaran, an epidemiologist from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and colleagues used the U.K. National Air Quality Archive to investigate the levels of specific...