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Released: 9-Oct-2020 12:40 PM EDT
School absences correlate to impaired air quality
University of Utah

In Salt Lake City schools, absences rise when the air quality worsens, and it’s not just in times of high pollution or “red” air quality days—even days following lower levels of pollutions saw increased absences.

   
Released: 8-Oct-2020 2:05 PM EDT
A Virtual Conversation on Clean Air and Climate Change with Mary Nichols, Chair of the California Air Resources Board
American University

The Center for Environmental Policy at American University and the American Lung Association will co-host a virtual discussion with Mary Nichols, Chair of the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

Released: 8-Oct-2020 12:10 PM EDT
NSF grant to fund research into ‘microcleaners’ for waterways
Cornell University

Engineers from Cornell University and North Carolina State University have proposed a creative solution: an army of swimming, self-propelled biomaterials called ‘microcleaners’ that scavenge and capture plastics so they can be decomposed by computationally-engineered microorganisms.

Released: 8-Oct-2020 10:20 AM EDT
Urban air pollution may make COVID-19 more severe for some
Cell Press

As the pandemic persists, COVID-19 has claimed more than 200,000 lives in the United States and damaged the public health system and economy.

   
Released: 6-Oct-2020 4:30 PM EDT
WHOI receives NOAA awards to study, predict harmful algal blooms
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Researchers WHOI were recently named in a list of 17 new research projects funded by the NOAA to improve the nation’s collective response to the growing problem of harmful algal blooms.

Released: 30-Sep-2020 10:00 AM EDT
ACI Pilots New Data for Cleaning Product Ingredient Safety Initiative
American Cleaning Institute

Environmental data on 200+ chemicals in the U.S. consumer cleaning product supply chain are now available, in pilot phase, through the American Cleaning Institute’s Cleaning Product Ingredient Safety Initiative database.

25-Sep-2020 10:05 AM EDT
How a toxic chromium species could form in drinking water
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Researchers reporting in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology have investigated how hexavalent chromium, known as Cr(VI), can form in drinking water when corroded cast iron pipes interact with residual disinfectant.

Released: 29-Sep-2020 11:50 AM EDT
Achieving clean air for all is possible
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

A new study shows that it is possible to achieve clean air worldwide with fundamental transformations of today’s practices in many sectors, supported by strong political will.

Released: 23-Sep-2020 1:55 PM EDT
First evidence that air pollution particles and metals are reaching the placenta
Queen Mary University of London

Pollution particles, including metals, have been found in the placentas of fifteen women in London, according to research led by Queen Mary University of London.

   
Released: 23-Sep-2020 1:05 PM EDT
UK lockdown and air pollution: Nitrogen dioxide halved but sulphur dioxide doubled
University of Liverpool

A University of Liverpool study of air pollution in the UK during the first 100 days of lockdown has revealed that whilst nitrogen oxide levels were cut by half, levels of sulphur dioxide increased by over 100%.

Released: 22-Sep-2020 10:00 AM EDT
COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights Urgent Need To Re-Examine Hazard Mitigation
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

With many people stuck inside for months on end, the built environment has played a significant role in the COVID-19 pandemic. With support from a new National Science Foundation grant, a team of engineers and social scientists will study the ways in which that built environment mitigates or exacerbates the pandemic.

   
Released: 17-Sep-2020 4:20 PM EDT
Study shows first proof that a safer UV light effectively kills virus causing COVID-19
Hiroshima University

A study conducted by Hiroshima University researchers found that using Ultraviolet C light with a wavelength of 222 nanometers which is safer to use around humans effectively kills SARS-CoV-2 -- the first research in the world to prove its efficacy against the virus that causes COVID-19.

   
Released: 16-Sep-2020 2:20 PM EDT
Researchers ask: how sustainable is your toothbrush?
Trinity College Dublin

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have examined the sustainability of different models of the most commonly used oral health product - the toothbrush - to ascertain which is best for the planet and associated human health.

Released: 11-Sep-2020 9:00 AM EDT
Hazardous Air Pollutant Exposure Linked as Contributing Factor to COVID-19 Mortality in the United States
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

A study by researchers at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) researchers and ProPublica, and published in Environmental Research Letters has found a link between chronic exposure to hazardous air pollutants (HAPS) and COVID-19 mortality rates.

   


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