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Study is first to show that air pollutants increase risk of painful periods for women

Frontiers

Now, for the first time, researchers from China Medical University Hospital in Taiwan have shown that long-term exposure to air pollutants such as nitrogen and carbon oxides and fine particulate matter greatly raises the risk of developing dysmenorrhea. They found that from 2000- to 2013, 4.2% µm in diameter (‘PM2.5’)

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Tackling Agricultural Methane: An Overview of the Science

Legal Planet

However, leaks which allow gasses to escape can mitigate reductions or result in overall increases in emissions relative to alternate storage methods, and generating energy via anaerobic digesters can emit pollutants like nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide, among others. 2013 , IPCC 6th Assessment Report, Chapter 6 , González et al.,