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Air Pollution

Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or damages the natural environment, into the atmosphere.

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IMAGES (28)

  1. Black Soot and the Survival of Tibetan Glaciers
    Black Soot and the Survival of Tibetan Glaciers

    Tue, 15 Dec 2009

    scientists confirmed the likely culprit: rapid increases in black soot concentrations since the 1990s, mostly from air pollution sources over Asia, especially the Indian subcontinent. Soot-darkened snow and glaciers absorb sunlight, which

  2. Fires in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas
    Fires in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas

    Thu, 16 Apr 2009

    dried brown grass that previously covered the prairie. However, grassfires such as these do create a great deal of air pollution , especially if many fires are burning at once. This can have an impact on human health because it is detrimental

  3. Fires in Northwest India
    Fires in Northwest India

    Sat, 8 Nov 2008

    are found here, including Delhi, India, where soot from diesel cars is a major (and still increasing) source of air pollution . Other images of the haze can be found in a related Natural Hazards event, Haze Along the Himalaya.

  4. Dakar, Senegal
    Dakar, Senegal

    Wed, 30 Jul 2008

    people by 2008. The city suffered from problems typical to fast-growing cities, including improper sanitation and air pollution . Besides reporting growing urbanization, however, UNEP also reported Senegal’s progress in environmental

  5. Haze Over Eastern China
    Haze Over Eastern China

    Sat, 14 Jun 2008

    Taihang Shan Mountains. One day before MODIS acquired this image, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that worsening air pollution was causing at least 10,000 deaths per year in southern China.

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VIDEO (8)

  1. Romantic Candles Can Damage Your Lungs
    Romantic Candles Can Damage Your Lungs

    Fri, 4 Sep 2009

    Burning paraffin candles might contribute to indoor air pollution .

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    releases carcinogens that can build up enclosed rooms and contribute to indoor air pollution researchers say using candles every once in awhile shouldn't be a problem but suggest avoiding burning them frequently an enclosed places like

  2. Air Pollution: Can It Lower IQ?
    Air Pollution : Can It Lower IQ?

    Thu, 13 Aug 2009

    A new study finds living in a city thick with air pollution could actually affect your child's brain - before he or she is even born! NBC's Roseanne Colletti has the details of new research.

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    Air pollution lowers IQ even before a child is born this is a startling finding of a new study published in the August edition

    at the Columbia university's center for children's environmental. -- higher exposure to air pollution prenatal it -- a risk factor for reduced IQ scores at page five. Each of the women carry with them are capped

  3. Internet Tool Helps Track Unhealthy Environmental Exposures
    Internet Tool Helps Track Unhealthy Environmental Exposures

    Fri, 24 Jul 2009

    …environmental exposures might impact chronic health conditions. While it's that some environmental contaminants such as air pollution are linked to things like heart disease many pollution disease connections have not been proven because the data have …

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    chronic health conditions. While it's -- that some environmental contaminants such as air pollution are linked to things like heart disease many pollution disease connections have not been proven because the data have been stored in

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ARTICLES (3449)

  1. 9,000 NYC Buildings Burning Dirty Heating Oil Identified in New Report

    Thu, 17 Dec 2009

    …and No. 6-are a major cause of the city's high air pollution levels. New York burns two out of every three gallons ……in the United States. The DOH report shows the worst air pollution in the areas with the highest concentration of sludge …

  2. Air Pollution Linked To Asthma In Young Children
    Air Pollution Linked To Asthma In Young Children

    Thu, 17 Dec 2009

    …Critical Care Medicine that high air pollution levels have previously been linked ……there are multiple components of air pollution that we should be looking at in ……However, individual ingredients of air pollution may be responsible for asthma …

  3. Stellar Year For NASA
    Stellar Year For NASA

    Thu, 17 Dec 2009

    …s global warming impact has been underestimated, and the combined impact of emissions that cause both warming and air pollution have as much effect on warming as carbon dioxide does. This improved knowledge of the warming effect of these greenhouse …

REFERENCE LIBRARY

  1. Arctic Haze

    Mon, 6 Jul 2009

    Arctic haze is a phenomenon that occurs in the atmosphere at high latitudes in the Arctic due to air pollution . What distinguishes Arctic haze from haze found elsewhere, is the ability of its chemical ingredients to endure in the atmosphere …