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SCOTUS halted the EPA plan to keep air quality in check
The US Supreme Court has stayed a lower court ruling that had put on hold the EnvironmentalProtection Agency’s Good Neighbor Plan to reduce air pollution from power plants in downwind states. The plan was put on hold after 11 states, including Ohio and Florida, challenged it. The states argued that the plan would result in…
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For health equity, location matters
A new study has found that Detroit’s air pollution is linked to asthma. It said that the city’s air quality deteriorated over time, with the levels of pollution as high as 120 micrograms per cubic metre in some areas. The study further showed that children under the age of 18 are more likely to have…
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The Age of Flames Reaches the US East Coast
As US parts of the country witnessed unhealthy air quality due to smoke from Canada’s wildfires, a paediatrician said, “Kids breathe faster and take in more polluted air.” She added, “You can get a high-efficiency air filter and put it on a box fan to get about 50% reduction in air pollution indoors.”
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Hidden harms of indoor air pollution can be exposed with five steps
The World Health Organization has warned that indoor air pollution kills over 3 million people every year across the world and accounts for more than half of all deaths from heart disease, stroke and respiratory diseases. The WHO added it is essential that decarbonization, building improvement and gains in indoor air quality are delivered equitably…
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People are moving into danger zones.
The air pollution in the US over the last two weeks has been “the worst period I’ve ever experienced”, Perry Hystad, a researcher at Oregon State University in Corvallis, said. “It was the worst two-week period I’ve ever experienced for air pollution anywhere, including India, China and Bangladesh,” added Hystad, who studies health impacts of…