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University of Alberta Researchers Find That Oil Sands Industry Is Releasing More Pollutants Into Athabasca River System Than Previously Estimated

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New research from a team at the University of Alberta, Canada, finds that Alberta’s oilsands industry is releasing more pollutants into the Athabasca River, its tributaries and its watershed than previously estimated. The pollutants found include mercury, arsenic, lead and cadmium.

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Study finds rapid health benefits following air pollution reduction

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Reductions in air pollution yielded fast and significant impacts on health-outcomes, as well as decreases in all-cause morbidity, according to new open-access research published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society. It’s critical that governments adopt and enforce WHO guidelines for air pollution immediately.

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Study finds that babies in strollers can be exposed to up to 60% more pollution than their parents

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Babies in strollers can be exposed to up to ~60% higher average concentrations of pollution than their parents, causing potential damage to their frontal lobe and impacting on their cognitive abilities and brain development, according to a study by researchers at the University of Surrey (UK).

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Black carbon linked to increased cardiovascular risk; exacerbated by co-exposure to motor vehicle emissions

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Black carbon (BC) from incomplete biomass and fossil fuel combustion is the most strongly light-absorbing component of particulate matter (PM) air pollution and a major climate-forcing emission. Baumgartner and her colleagues measured the daily exposure to different types of air pollutants, including black carbon, in 280 women (mean age 51.9

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CARB approves first emissions reduction plans for three Southern California communities

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Residents living in the three communities are heavily impacted from high levels of air pollution sources including ports and inland warehouses traffic. The plans were developed under the requirements of AB 617, requiring community-driven action to identify, to monitor and to reduce air pollutants of specific concern to each of community.

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New study finds gasoline stations vent up to 10x more benzene fumes than previously thought

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Setback distances should be revisited to address temporal variability and pollution controls in vent emissions. By comparison, the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association (CAPCOA) used an estimate of 0.11 —Hilpert et al. Gasoline vapors contain a number of toxic chemicals—notably benzene, a carcinogen.

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EC rolls out CARS 2020 action plan for European auto industry

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Antonio Tajani, Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Industry and Entrepreneurship, introduced the EC’s CARS 2020 Action Plan aimed at reinforcing the European automotive industry’s competitiveness and sustainability heading towards 2020. social impacts of restructuring. of around 16% of GDP to as much as 20% by 2020.