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Clean Air Day: Air Pollution Exposure Impact Starts Earlier Than You Think

Breezometer

Researchers even found a correlation between maternal exposure to air pollution and increased susceptibility for Autism Spectrum Disorder in the third trimester of prenatal development. Children are particularly susceptible to the harmful effects of pollution as their lungs are still developing: Short-term Impact.

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10 Air Quality Influencers You Should Know

Breezometer

Air pollution impacts every aspect of our lives, especially health. We created this list of the top 10 air quality influencers to follow to help keep you informed on a variety of environmental topics. Simon Birkett - Clean Air in London. Sotirios Papathanasiou - See the Air.

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DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept. of Health, CDC Launch Environmental Public Health Tracking Program

PA Environment Daily

DEP’s latest Environmental Justice newsletter features an article about the new state Department of Health's new PA Environmental Public Health Tracking Program. Related Articles This Week: -- Environmental Groups Circulate Petition Asking Dept.

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Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ : 7 out of 8 safety limits reached

Edouard Stenger

The article in Associated Press is quite sobering. Only air pollution wasn’t quite at the danger point globally. I’ll admit that after 15+ years of writing on such topics, I don’t see no hope… Image credits : Aishwarya Gunde on Unsplash

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April 15 Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

Million Civil Penalty To Equitrans For Violations Related To The Uncontrolled Venting Of 1.1 Million Civil Penalty To Equitrans For Violations Related To The Uncontrolled Venting Of 1.1

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Jobs and Environmental Regulation

Legal Planet

Labor Day is a good time to talk about an important topic: the impact of environmental regulation on jobs. A March 2022 article in the Journal of Economic Literature took a careful look at the impact of the Clean Air Act on jobs. It’s hard to do a rigorous study of how the Clean Air Act as a whole has impacted jobs.

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

Certainly, gas stoves are just one source of air pollution in the District. Just a year later, however, the industry encountered a potentially major obstacle: A study conducted by the government’s National Air Pollution Control Administration found a link between outdoor NO2 exposure and childhood respiratory problems.

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