Tag: Air Quality - Page 3
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Green Eyes On: 7 New Priorities for the EPA
Last week Lisa Jackson, Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, sent out a memo to
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The New Yorker on Designing a Stove to Save Millions
Image: Adrian TomineClean stoves have hit the big time, or at least attracted the attention of the EPA, World Health Organization, United Nations, and Oakridge National Laboratory, all of whom have taken an interest in cheap, hi-tech stoves and their
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Does My Cigarette Butt Look Big?: 'Walk Your Butt to the Can' Campaign Works
Seems cigarette litter gets the most attention during summer months when beach sand is filled with butts, yet it's the most commonly littered item in the world year round. It's small, smokers don't
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Elizabeth Grossman Chases Toxic Molecules Through Our Bodies and Around the Globe
If, in the United States, you happen to decided you'd like to earn your PhD in chemistry, you may notice that at no point are you required to take a course in toxicology. This is partly the reason we're now being assaulted by a growing mob of dangerous
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Want to Reduce Your Air Pollution Exposure? Cross the Street
A new study from researchers at the University of Leeds says that pedestrians can easily reduce their exposure to air pollution simply by crossing the street. Now, knowing just which side of the street is the correct one
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U.S. Government Hires Kansas to Track Environmental Hazards and Health Problems
While many scientists suspect or believe environment plays a key role in chronic health
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What One Man Does to Improve Air Quality
Though Mayor Bloomberg is signing bills to eliminate vehicle idling, New York City's traffic code, Section 4-08, Subsection P, already prohibits vehicles from idling for more than three minutes. So, a new ruling isn't
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What Can Trigger An Asthma Attack May Surprise You
What Causes Asthma? According to Dr. Todd Mahr, a Gundersen Lutheran pediatric allergist and asthma specialist, it is many things. It is allergens (pollen, mold, pets, rodents, food, bugs), pollution (cigarette smoke, smog,
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How to Go Green: Spring Cleaning
Throwing open the windows on the first warm day of the year is one of life's great pleasures--until, of course, all that sunlight and breeze makes you realize how dusty, dirty, and cluttered your house has
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TED 2009: How to Grow Your Own Fresh Air
In case you don’t know TED 2009 is going on in California: TreeHugger’s own Graham Hill is in attendance, but one thing which caught my eye
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Treehuggers: Tack 5 More Months Onto Your Lifespan
Photo credit: Pfala First, The Bad News Pollution through our air, water, and soil is currently one of the leading causes of death in both men and women throughout the world. It is the blame for some 40 percent of all deaths. Scientists have warned that
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Green Eyes On: Healing and Air Purifying Plants
Gerbera daisies and mini Gerbera daisies. Photo via flowerbud.com.A number of years ago, NASA began to look into the air purifying properties of plants (PDF). Specifically, they were trying to find out if plants could be used to clean the air in orbiting
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Twenty Percent Of Hong Kong Residents Consider Fleeing Bad Air Quality
Hong Kong Air Gone Wrong Image credit:Flickr, Paul Chan, Smog A recent survey of 1000 Hong Kong residents indicates 1 in 5 are considering moving away because of worsening air quality. There's good news: factories in the neighboring Guangdong
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Ecologist Josh Donlan on Bringing Sexy Animals Back via "Rewilding"
Josh Donlan wants conservation biology to have teeth. He's at the forefront of a hot new discipline called REWILDING. If he has his way, the bump in the night might be a lion or cheetah stalking you for dinner, and deer
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Winners of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise Named
The Rolex Awards for Enterprise are given to five Laureates who "embody the spirit of enterprise to benefit their communities and the wider world." The winners each get $100,000 to continue projects already under way and a Rolex Oyster, the world's
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Asthma Inhalers' Green Upgrade Deadline Fast Approaching
Good news: The ban on CFC-based asthma inhalers is rapidly approaching. Inhalers are going green and by December 31, all inhalers must be powered by hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) instead of the ozone-harming chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
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Are Laser Printers As Dangerous as Smoking or as Making Toast?
A laser printer isn't really that different from that new Xerox at Sterling Cooper; toner sticks to a charged medium (a selenium drum in the 914) is transferred to the paper and baked on.
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Existing Ozone Controls Aren't Protecting Human Health or the Environment, Report Says
Image from NASA updated: As many noted, I (idiotically) cited the Montreal Protocol's success here, which has nothing to do with reducing tropospheric ozone -- rather, it has to do with fixing the ozone layer. Thank you commenters, and my apologies for
