The air pollutant regulations proposed by EPA are in response to the D.
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Big cities have higher childhood allergy rates, so maybe some air pollutant is the unrecognized trigger, said Dr. Peter Lio, a Northwestern University pediatric dermatologist who specializes in eczema.
But after just two nights, the government says the PM 2.5 air pollutant index has soared in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Xian and other major cities, Southern Metropolis Daily reports.
The researchers Katherine Ensor and Loren Raun cross referenced the time and place of the cases against air pollutant levels recorded by the extensive network of air monitors throughout the Houston area.
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As one of the largest electricity generators in the U.S., we, at Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), believe that EPA's air pollutant regulations should be viewed as an opportunity to modernize the nation's electric power infrastructure.
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Last year, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs decided that the link between air-borne dioxin (an ingredient in Agent Orange, and also a common air-borne pollutant emitted by waste incineration, some chemical manufacturing processes, cars and trucks, and other industrial sources that burn fuel) and diabetes was so strong, it compensated 270, 000 veterans for diabetes linked to dioxin exposure.
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Two Surrey councils have said they will be working together to improve air quality as readings showed levels of a pollutant above government targets.
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Almost five months ago, his EPA issued its long-awaited regulations for greenhouse gas emissions, regulations that were required by law once the EPA deemed those gases a pollutant as defined by the Clean Air Act (a finding that was, in fact, made on December 15, 2009).
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In Edinburgh, 18 out of 38 air quality monitoring sites breached acceptable levels of the pollutant, while Aberdeen Council expressed concern over meeting the target near busy roads, the charity said.
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