It's about time for a new Clean Air Act
It's been 60 years since the Clean Air Act was introduced and it is well over-due an upgrade.
Environment
Sep 7, 2016
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Fungus a possible precursor of severe respiratory diseases in pigs
Respiratory diseases in pigs typically involve multiple infections from different pathogens. Some pathogens play a greater role than others in the progression of the disease. The fungus Pneumocystis carinii is a relatively ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 20, 2016
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Ship engine emissions adversely affect macrophages
Ship emissions adversely affect the health of inhabitants of coastal regions. This was the main finding of a study on the influence of ship engine emissions on macrophages in the lungs conducted by scientists of Helmholtz ...
Environment
Jul 19, 2016
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Coal dust kills 23,000 per year in EU: report
Lung-penetrating dust from coal-fired power plants in the European Union claims some 23,000 lives a year and racks up tens of billions of euros in health costs, an NGO report said Tuesday.
Environment
Jul 4, 2016
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New health sensing tool measures lung function over a phone call, from anywhere in the world
Most people in the developing world who have asthma, cystic fibrosis or other chronic lung diseases have no way to measure how well their lungs are functioning outside of a clinic or doctor visit.
Engineering
May 2, 2016
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From genes to latrines—Vikings and their worms provide clues to emphysema
In a paper published today in Scientific Reports a group of researchers led by LSTM have found that the key to an inherited deficiency, predisposing people to emphysema and other lung conditions, could lie in their Viking ...
Archaeology
Feb 4, 2016
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Singapore schools, F1 race on edge as bad haze persists
Billowing smoke from Indonesian forest fires has worsened Singapore's air pollution, raising concern among organizers of this weekend's widely anticipated Formula One night race, as well as in schools that reopened Monday ...
Environment
Sep 14, 2015
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Team develops targeted drug delivery to lung
Researchers from Columbia Engineering and Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have developed a new method that can target delivery of very small volumes of drugs into the lung. Their approach, in which micro-liters ...
Engineering
Sep 2, 2015
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WHO: Europe's air pollution costs $1.6 trillion a year
Air pollution in Europe causes illnesses and hundreds of thousands of deaths, costing the continent's governments a combined $1.6 trillion each year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
Environment
Apr 29, 2015
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Tailored 'activity coaching' by smartphone
Today's smartphone user can obtain a lot of data about his or her health, thanks to built-in or separate sensors. Researcher Harm op den Akker of the University of Twente (CTIT Institute) now takes this health monitoring ...
Engineering
Oct 17, 2014
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