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FG battles sooth emission in Rivers
The Federal Government has said measures are being taken to tackle the black sooth emission in Rivers State.The National Oil Spill Detection Response Agency, NOSDRA and the Federal Government Technical
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Air pollution can alter the effectiveness of antibiotics and increases the potential of disease, new study reveals
Interdisciplinary research at the University of Leicester has explored the impact of black carbon on bacteria in the respiratory tract Researchers from the University of Leicester have for the first
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Rivers govt, residents express concern about black carbon in Port Harcourt atmosphere
Governor Nyesom Wike has constituted a panel to investigate emergence of black carbon that recently took over the atmosphere across Port-Harcourt and its environs. Several people have recently taken to
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Black carbon level in city 5 times higher than WHO limits: study
High vehicular emission levels have created pollution hotspots in city The ambient black carbon (BC) concentration in the city has been found to be about five times higher than the limits set by the
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Exposure to air pollutants during commuting in London: Are there inequalities among different socio-economic groups?
People with low income often experience higher exposures to air pollutants.We compared the exposure to particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5 and PM10), Black Carbon (BC) and ultrafine particles (PNCs; 0.02–1
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Identification of atmospheric transport and dispersion of Asian dust storms
<p>Backward trajectories of individual Asian dust storm (ADS) events were calculated using the hybrid single particle Lagrangian integrated trajectory (HYSPLIT) at four representative stations in Korea.
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Estimating causal effects of local air pollution on daily deaths: Effect of low levels
<p>Although many time-series studies have established associations of daily pollution variations with daily deaths, there are fewer at low concentrations, or focused on locally generated pollution, which
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Black carbon measurement methods and emission factors from ships
The impact of black carbon emissions on human health and climate are of global interest. Despite this, black carbon emission factors for marine engines and fuels are uncertain because of the challenges
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Cooking emissions an overlooked contributor to air pollution
KOLKATA: The skyline on this part of the country turns grey by afternoon. By dusk, a thick layer of smog envelops the horizon. With winter setting in, millions living in rural and suburban India has many
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Cleaning up the global on-road diesel fleet: a global strategy to introduce low-sulfur fuels and cleaner diesel vehicles
Diesel engines power the dominant share of goods movement, construction equipment, and public transport vehicles in the global economy. This report presents a global strategy to reduce fine particulate