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unusual facts about air pollution



Allen C. Skorepa

He conducted environmental impact studies for the Tennessee Valley Authority and was involved in studying the impact of air pollution on lichens.

Balea perversa

It is locally threatened by too thorough and too frequent restorations of old buildings, acid rains, air pollution and cutting of old trees.

Environmental impact of shipping

Exhaust emissions from ships are considered to be a significant source of air pollution, with 18 to 30 percent of all nitrogen oxide and 9 percent of sulphur oxide pollution.

Essential fatty acid interactions

Next, in response to many inflammatory stimuli, such as air pollution, smoking, second-hand smoke, vegetables oils and other exogenous toxins; phospholipase is generated and cleaves this phospholipid, releasing AA as a free fatty acid.

Let's Pollute

The resulting out-of-control pollution of the air, water and land is displayed in scenes of dismal destruction overlaid with happy music and cheerful calls by the narrator to pollute more for a better tomorrow.

London stock brick

Air pollution in London during the 19th century and early 20th century commonly caused the bricks to receive a sooty deposition over time, turning the bricks greyish or even black, but the removal of contaminants from the air following the passing of the Clean Air Act in 1956, has enabled older buildings to be cleaned and new buildings to retain their natural colour.

News 12 Networks

News 12 The Bronx was the first television news organization in the country to use environmentally friendly Hybrid electric vehicles in an effort to reduce air pollution.

Pool Frog

The reasons for declining populations are decreased pond habitat from human encroachment and also air pollution leading to over-nitrification of pond waters.

Tatra National Park, Poland

Current environmental threats include: the proximity of the fast-developing town of Zakopane; and air pollution from the industrial zones in Kraków, Ostrava, and Orava.


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Air Pollution Control Act

California was the first state to act against air pollution when the metropolis of Los Angeles began to notice deteriorating air quality.

Air Pollution Index

China's State Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is responsible for measuring the level of air pollution in China.

Berenice Abbott

She was told she should move from New York City due to air pollution and she bought a rundown home in Blanchard, Maine along the banks of the Piscataquis River for US$1,000.

Biological functions of nitric oxide

Reduced levels of exhaled NO have been associated with exposure to traffic related air pollution.

Deborah Batts

2006 - civil suit against former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Christine Todd Whitman alleging that she misled people near World Trade Center site about risks of toxic air pollution after September 11, 2001 attacks.

Disease burden

:This presents the yearly burden, expressed in deaths and DALYs, attributable to: indoor air pollution from solid fuel use; outdoor air pollution; and unsafe water, sanitation, and hygiene.

Eijsden

In 1870, a zinc white factory brought industrial activity to the municipality, along with jobs and air pollution.

George Waldbott

He was president of the Michigan Branch of the American College of Chest Physicians, Chairman of the Air pollution Committee and of the American Academy of Allergy.

Incineration

Incinerators make an appearance in SimCity 3000 in two varieties: a large, traditional combustion device that spews out a significant amount of air pollution, and a more modern device that converts the waste into energy to power the city with a bigger capacity to load the garbage, though still producing a lot of pollution.

Ontario's Drive Clean

In late 2004, Norm Sterling, who served as the Environment Minister in Progressive Conservative premier Mike Harris's cabinet, stated that Drive Clean had already had its greatest impact on air pollution and had served its purpose.

Regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act

New Source Review” (NSR) is a permitting program established by the CAA, which requires the owners or operators of “major” stationary sources of air pollution to obtain permits prior to the construction or modification of those sources.

Vibratory fluidized bed

Baghouse is an air pollution control device to filtrate out particles form air or gas by using engineered fabric filter tubes.

Vivian Thomson

Appointed by Governor Mark Warner in 2002, Thomson served as Vice Chair and member of the State Air Pollution Control Board, a seven-member regulatory body that makes air pollution policy and approves regulations for Virginia.

VOG

Vog, air pollution resulting from sulfur dioxide emitted by volcanoes

Washingtonia robusta

Most of these trees are not being replaced with other Mexican Washingtonia Palms but with other full-spread trees like Oak Trees and Sycamores which trap more air pollution and provide more shade.

William R. Hopkins

He pushed for the development of parks, improved welfare institutions, wider boulevards, more playgrounds, air pollution control, and the construction of both the Van Sweringen brothers' Terminal Tower and Cleveland Stadium.