Emissions from fresh food cooking may be degrading air quality
It's been known for years that cooking indoors can taint the air in a home and cause health problems, especially when cooking without proper ventilation.
It's been known for years that cooking indoors can taint the air in a home and cause health problems, especially when cooking without proper ventilation.
Environment
May 15, 2024
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Although electric vehicle ownership is higher in wealthier neighborhoods than in disadvantaged ones, EVs improve air quality in all communities, a UCLA study found.
Environment
Dec 13, 2023
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Electric vehicles, or EVs, promise to reduce carbon emissions and serve as a tool to help mitigate climate change, but a team of Penn State researchers report there has been little research to determine how equitable the ...
Environment
May 15, 2023
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People dealing with the most socioeconomic disadvantages in greater Los Angeles also face higher levels of toxic air pollution, according to a new UCLA-led study.
Environment
Dec 9, 2022
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A comprehensive new scientific review released today by the Health Effects Institute (HEI) found growing confidence in the links between several adverse health effects and traffic related air pollution (TRAP). The review, ...
Environment
Jun 27, 2022
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Minnesota has become the latest state to adopt California's stricter standards for tailpipe emissions and a mandate for automakers to get more zero-emission vehicles onto sales lot.
Environment
Jul 26, 2021
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The link between on-road traffic and air pollution is well-known, as are the negative health impacts of pollution exposure. However, the many factors that may influence commuters' exposure to pollutants—such as frequency, ...
Environment
Jul 19, 2021
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When people are out and about, they leave plumes of chemicals behind them—from both car tailpipes and the products they put on their skin and hair. In fact, emissions of siloxane, a common ingredient in shampoos, lotions, ...
Environment
Apr 30, 2018
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In an attempt to better understand the urban environment and its components, scientists have discovered that sunlight causes chemical reactions in the dust found on Edmonton roads.
Environment
Jan 17, 2018
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For his semester project in mechanical engineering, Eliott Guenat studied the best way to recuperate waste heat from a car's engine. The challenge is figuring out how to incorporate the heat exchangers micro-turbomachines.
Engineering
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