Chicago ranked second among major U.S. cities with the worst air pollution in 2023, its average annual concentration of dangerous fine particulate matter almost three times global guidelines, according to a recent report. Even as national standards have tightened, pollution levels in the city still surpassed old regulations. At one point last summer, Chicago had…
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‘Vaguely terrifying’: When heatwaves hit my city, the media downplayed the role of climate change
/ In early February of this year, when the Perth heat really got going, my partner was 28 weeks pregnant. On the day of the midwife appointment, we snuck to the car from the one air-conditioned room where we both worked, huddled in the cool. Windows up and A/C on full, we drove to the…
EPA tightens rules on some air pollution for the first time in over a decade
EPA tightens rules on some air pollution for the first time in over a decade When Cynthia Pinto-Cabrera developed asthma at 12, it didn’t seem that unusual to her. Lots of her classmates in California’s San Joaquin Valley carried inhalers to school. Her little brother needed a nebulizer every morning just to start his day…
Devastating Effects of Global Warming – Climate Change, on Mutation of the Micro-Organisms Impacting Human Health, on Inducing Environmental Disasters, on Affecting Agricultural Crops and Food Chain, and Suggested Methods to Control Such Calamities
Research Article Devastating Effects of Global Warming – Climate Change, on Mutation of the Micro-Organisms Impacting Human Health, on Inducing Environmental Disasters, on Affecting Agricultural Crops and Food Chain, and Suggested Methods to Control Such Calamities International Media and Cultures, Inc. (IMAC), American Dairy and Food Consulting Labs, Inc. (ADFAC Labs, Inc.) Denver, Colorado, USA…
Delhi air pollution spikes to 100 times WHO health limit | Delhi | The Guardian
Air quality in Delhi hit severe levels on Friday and a thick toxic smog cloaked the city, marking the beginning of a pollution season that has become an annual catastrophe for India’s capital. Schools were shut and non-essential construction was banned around Delhi as the air quality index in the city almost hit 500 –…
Noise pollution harms more than your hearing
From a blackbird’s song to the rumble of a passing train, sounds are produced by vibrations moving through the air, ground, or water in invisible waves. When those soundwaves enter your ear, they make tiny membranes, bones, and hair cells inside vibrate, which triggers electrical signals that your brain interprets as sound. But when that…
Climate change has brought the ‘tropical disease’ leishmaniasis to U.S. : Goats and Soda : NPR
Sand flies carry the protozoan parasites that spread leishmaniasis. It was thought to be a disease of tropical climates, but leishmaniasis-causing parasites have now been found living and circulating in the United States. Science Photo Library hide caption Sand flies carry the protozoan parasites that spread leishmaniasis. It was thought to be a disease of…
Ancient ‘zombie’ viruses frozen in permafrost for 50,000 years are thawing due to climate change – and could have ‘disastrous’ effects for humans | Daily Mail Online
Ancient microbes frozen for thousands of years in Siberia’s permafrost are thawing, researchers have warned – and could pose a ‘disastrous’ threat to the human race. Virologist Jean-Michel Claverie has warned that as global warming defrosts ice which has remained frozen since tens of thousands of years before the dawn of civilization, ancient viruses could…
Nearly 200,000 people admitted to hospitals as Bangkok chokes on pollution
In this file photo taken on March 7, 2023 the 69-meter tall giant Buddha statue of Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen temple is seen amid smoggy conditions due to air pollution in Bangkok. AFP BANGKOK — Nearly 200,000 people in Thailand have been admitted to hospital because of air pollution this week, officials have said, with…
Nationwide ban on gas-burning stoves under consideration after new study claims appliances emit harmful pollution linked to childhood asthma
The Biden administration’s Consumer Product Safety Commission is considering a nationwide ban on gas-burning stoves following a new study that claimed the appliances emit harmful pollution that has been linked to asthma in children, Bloomberg reported. According to the EPA and the World Health Organization, gas-burning stoves emit unsafe levels of nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide,…
