Air quality in Europe: 2020 report
Better air quality has led to a significant reduction of premature deaths over the past decade in Europe. However, the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) latest official data show that almost all Europeans
Benzene
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Benzene formation in electronic cigarettes
<p>The heating of the fluids used in electronic cigarettes (“e-cigarettes”) used to create “vaping” aerosols is capable of causing a wide range of degradation reaction products.
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Contractor says different method ordered to be used in final round of Toyosu groundwater survey
The contractor hired to carry out the final round of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s groundwater survey at the new Toyosu wholesale food market said Saturday it was told to use a method that deviated
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Delhi: Highly toxic pollutant at 9x level
According to scientists, benzene concentrations are higher in colder areas and if the temperature drops in the coming days — which is expected — the levels are bound to rise. Delhi, where air is already
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Delhi’s air pollution increases four-fold
While the thick blanket of fog engulfed Delhi on Sunday, air quality remained “severe” with four-fold increase of pollutant values. The National Air Quality Index (NAQI) has forecast poor air quality for
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India to issue report on pollution in US, Europe
Terming the latest WHO report on air pollution "misleading", environment minister Prakash Javadekar said India would soon come out with air pollution data of major cities across the US and Europe so that
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No relief from toxic mix of pollutants until Sunday
Delhiites can’t seem to catch a break when it comes to air quality. The city, which has been seeing “severe” pollution warnings since late last week, may get some relief only on Sunday when strong winds
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Endocrine-disrupting chemicals and oil and natural gas operations: Potential environmental contamination and recommendations to assess complex environmental mixtures
Hydraulic fracturing technologies, developed over the last 65 years, have only recently been combined with horizontal drilling to unlock oil and gas reserves previously deemed inaccessible. While these
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Coal the biggest contributor to toxic air pollution: study
Australia's coal industry is driving increases in air pollution according to a new analysis which names coal mining as the dominant source of air particle pollution. Environment and health groups are
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Air quality testing by GOJ inadequate, says JET
LOCAL environment watchdog Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) has called into question the accuracy and integrity of the air quality report released by the Ministry of Health (MOH) last week, in which it