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Just Ten Minutes in a Car With a Smoker Boosts Harmful Pollutants by Up to Thirty Percent
November 21, 2012 — Just ten minutes spent in the back seat of a car with a smoker in the front, boosts a child's daily exposure to harmful pollutants by up to 30 percent, reveals new ... > full story -
Gold Nanoparticles Quickly Detect Hazardous Chemicals
November 20, 2012 — Scientists have developed a system to quickly detect trace amounts of chemicals like pollutants, explosives or illegal drugs. The new system can pick out a single target molecule from 10,000 trillion ... > full story -
Thousands of Natural Gas Leaks Discovered in Boston
November 20, 2012 — The City of Boston is riddled with more than 3,000 leaks from its aging natural-gas pipeline system, according to a new ... > full story -
Bad Air Means Bad News for Seniors' Brainpower
November 16, 2012 — Living in areas of high air pollution can lead to decreased cognitive function in older adults, according to new ... > full story -
Airborne Particles Smuggle Pollutants to Far Reaches of Globe
November 15, 2012 — Pollution from fossil fuel burning and forest fires reaches all the way to the Arctic, even though it should decay long before it travels that far. Now, lab research can explain how pollution makes ... > full story -
Earth on Acid: Present & Future of Global Acidification
November 6, 2012 — Climate change and extreme weather events grab the headlines, but there is another, lesser known, global change underway on land, in the seas, and in the air: ... > full story -
Air Exposure Between Blinks Affects Deposits on Contact Lenses
November 5, 2012 — Modern contact lens materials are prone to drying when exposed to air, which contributes to the buildup of deposits on contact lenses, according to a new ... > full story -
Air Pollution, Gone With the Wind: Proposed New Building Guidelines to Clean Up the Air We Breath
November 1, 2012 — As urban populations expand, downtown buildings are going nowhere but up. The huge energy needs of these skyscrapers mean that these towers are not only office buildings, they're polluters with ... > full story -
Elevated Formaldehyde Levels Found in Day Care Centers
October 26, 2012 — A study of 40 child-care facilities in California found that most had levels of formaldehyde and a few other contaminants that exceeded exposure guidelines. The study is the first to provide a ... > full story -
Speed Limits on Cargo Ships Could Reduce Their Pollutants by More Than Half
October 24, 2012 — Putting a speed limit on cargo ships as they sail near ports and coastlines could cut their emission of air pollutants by up to 70 percent, reducing the impact of marine shipping on Earth's climate ... > full story
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