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  Planting Trees May Not Reverse Climate Change, but It Will Help Locally

  February 1, 2013 — Afforestation, planting trees in an area where there have previously been no trees, can reduce the effect of climate change by cooling temperate regions, a new study ... > full story
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  New Device Traps Particulates, Kills Airborne Pathogens

  January 31, 2013 — A new device called a soft X-ray electrostatic precipitator protected immunocompromised mice from airborne pathogenic bacteria, viruses, ultrafine particles, and allergens, according to a new ... > full story

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  Indoor Air Puts Chinese Women Nonsmokers at Risk

  January 29, 2013 — The hazards of breathing outdoor air in some Chinese cities have been well-documented. Now a study confirms that breathing indoor air also carries significant cancer risks, especially for Chinese ... > full story
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  Measuring the Consequence of Forest Fires on Public Health

  January 27, 2013 — Pollution from forest fires is impacting the health of people with asthma and other chronic obstructive lung diseases, finds a new study. This study uses data from pharmacies and dispensaries to ... > full story
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  NASA Ozone Study May Benefit Air Standards, Climate

  January 22, 2013 — A new NASA-led study finds that when it comes to combating global warming caused by emissions of ozone-forming chemicals, location ... > full story
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  Air Pollution and Unhappiness Correlated, Study of Europeans Shows

  January 18, 2013 — Researchers in Canada have found a correlation between air pollution and people's happiness. Their deep analysis suggests that air pollution may lead to unhappiness while the converse is also true, ... > full story
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  Where There's Smoke or Smog, There's Climate Change

  January 15, 2013 — In addition to causing smoggy skies and chronic coughs, soot -- or black carbon -- turns out to be the number two contributor to global warming. It's second only to carbon dioxide, according to a ... > full story
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  Reduction in Air Pollution from Wood Stoves Associated With Significantly Reduced Risk of Death

  January 8, 2013 — Male deaths from all-causes, but particularly cardiovascular and respiratory disease, could be significantly reduced with a decrease in biomass smoke (smoke produced by domestic cooking and heating ... > full story
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  Groundbreaking Air-Cleaner Saves Polluting Industrials

  December 28, 2012 — Industries across Europe are threatened with shutdown as European Union emission rules for Volatile Organic Compounds are tightened. Now an air cleaning invention has proven its ability to remove ... > full story
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  Season Triggers Sneezing Due to Nut, Mold, Winter Allergies: Tips to Avoid Allergy Flare Ups

  December 21, 2012 — Getting out the boxes of holiday decorations from years gone by is a time-honored tradition. But in addition to stirring up memories, it also stirs up ... > full story

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