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The EPA must protect our children and families from soot

Victoria Advocate 28 Mar 2023

Soot is a toxic, even lethal, air pollutant created by the exhaust fumes of cars, power plants, other industrial sources and wildfire smoke ... Fine particulate matter (PM2.5), widely known as soot, is a major kind of air pollution ... Soot pollution can lead to low birth weight, increased risk of preterm birth and higher rates of infant mortality.

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Road noise makes blood pressure rise, study finds

Yahoo Daily News 28 Mar 2023

He said the evidence suggested there was a potential causal relationship between road traffic noise and hypertension, independent of air pollution and other risk factors ... However, people who had high exposure to both traffic noise and air pollution had the highest hypertension risk, showing that air pollution plays a role as well.

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Can traffic noise raise stress levels? Docs explain new study and what it means for India

Indian Express 28 Mar 2023

However, strong evidence was lacking, and it was unclear whether noise or air pollution played a bigger role ... Sound pollution is associated with an increased risk of developing high blood pressure, insomnia, nausea, heart attack, exhaustion, dizziness, and headache and triggers hearing loss.

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The Bad Science Behind Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ Anti-Car Crusade

The Daily Sceptic 28 Mar 2023

COMEAP to try to produce an estimate of mortality risk associated with air pollution from all causes ... Whereas air pollution seems to be somewhat correlated with an increased mortality risk, many socioeconomic factors confound an objective interpretation of this link ... air pollution.

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More than half of sharks, rays in Mediterranean at risk of extinction: Study

Anadolu Agency 28 Mar 2023

More than half of the sharks and rays in the Mediterranean are at risk of extinction due to the growing threat of fishing pressure, the climate crisis and pollution, according to a study by the Cavanilles Institute of the University of Valencia.  ... The risk of extinction endangers the functioning of marine ecosystems, according to the report ... .

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Full text: The Report on Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2022 (2)

China.dot.org 28 Mar 2023

The American Broadcasting Company reported on June 21, 2022, that in Louisiana, a large amount of industrial waste has led to many "cancer alleys" along the Mississippi River, which has a 95-percent higher risk of cancer due to air pollution than the rest of the country.

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Full text: The Report on Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2022

People Daily 28 Mar 2023

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Black Americans Would Reap Biggest Health Boon From Cleaner Air

Emporia Gazette 27 Mar 2023

All aging Americans’ risk of premature death would decrease with stronger air pollution rules, the study found ... Ovary Removal When Young Could Raise Parkinson's Risk. Risk for Dementia Increased With Low Bone Mineral Density ... “However, structural racism seems to matter more than poverty when determining the health effects of air pollution.”.

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Una Mullally: Cars have to go. People can fight this all they want, but it has to happen

The Irish Times 27 Mar 2023

Noise pollution is linked to greater risks of heart attacks and heart disease ... Last week, Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon raised the issue of air pollution in Dublin 1 and Dublin 7 ... Air pollution kills. Google’s Project Air View study in Dublin found that air pollution in Phibsborough, for example, was outrageous.

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‘Genuine problem’ with sewage pollution, admits water industry chief

The Times/The Sunday Times 27 Mar 2023

Colville said while there had been improvements on the plastic content on wet wipes flushed down lavatories, which can create blockages in sewers and increase the risk of water pollution, he would still “welcome a ban on plastics” in wet wipes ... But he said the industry’s calls for a ban were not an attempt to shift blame for pollution to citizens.

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Dozens of workers rush to clean up 5,000-litre oil leak in harbour

Metro UK 27 Mar 2023

Harbour authorities said ‘early indications’ were that the ‘surface slick is already dispersing’ but work continues to minimise pollution ... They also make it easier for enough oil to build up that it risks sticking to the seabed, making cleaning much harder. Authorities said there are no initial signs of pollution in the water (Picture.

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Letter: We must do a better job protecting ocean regions

The Salem News 27 Mar 2023

To the editor. ... Unfortunately, many marine species are at risk from commercial fishing, pollution, and other harmful human activities ... Despite this abundance, Cashes Ledge lacks permanent protections from such threats as large-scale fishing and pollution ... Felix De Simone,. Dorchester . .

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Support grows for incentivization of EV use in PH

Manila Bulletin 27 Mar 2023

Different groups have been pushing for the shift to electric vehicles to help reduce carbon emissions in the country as transport is the main source of air pollution and other issues relating to global warming ... WHO stated that achieving the right air quality guideline value is vital to minimize the health risk from pollutant exposure.

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Fire hazard after recycling adds to the blight on vaping

Business Day 27 Mar 2023

... and poses a growing risk because the small batteries “can catch fire or pollute the other recycling”...

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‘Our children are inheriting dead rivers’: your stories of filthy British water

The Times/The Sunday Times 27 Mar 2023

Last month The Times launched its Clean It Up campaign to address the country’s polluted waterways ... The retired teacher, 69, now lives in Cornwall, after making the “very difficult” decision to sell her family’s cottage situated on the banks of the River Avon because of water pollution and the risk of flooding.