PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2023

Even if you are healthy and fearless, it’s still a good idea to skip outdoor runs or bicycle rides, unnecessary work in gardens or on the house exterior, or other strenuous activities that will have you gulping huge amounts of the fine-particle pollution clouding our county.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2023

Single-use plastic is a major polluter of creeks, streams, and groundwater — and not just the plastic bags that suffocate or entangle aquatic life. These particles pollute the air, water, fish — and ourselves. Plastic that doesn’t get recycled breaks down into microscopic bits.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 4, 2021

And not to let reality get in the way of government action, the Environmental Protection Agency had recently (but apparently no more) offered guidance on fireworks particle pollution on its website, Most people will have no reaction when exposed to.

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Breezometer

MAY 12, 2022

Wildfire smoke is a mixture of chemical compounds including gasses like carbon dioxide, volatile organic compounds, particle pollution, and more. Although there are positive effects of prescribed fires, the smoke produced from the burning of vegetation can have a significant impact on air quality, human health, and the environment.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2022

During the large fire years of 2018-2020, Fresno experienced 51 high particle pollution days , up from 34 days for the period of 2017-2019. . This was particularly pronounced during the wildfire seasons of 2020 and 2021, when 4 of the 5 largest wildfires in California’s history burned.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency just tightened its cap on the deadliest air … Continue reading EPA has tightened its target for deadly particle pollution − states need more tools to reach it It’s not that our air is getting dirtier – it’s because the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

. -- Indoor exposure to emissions from cooking on gas stoves can worsen asthma symptoms, cause wheezing, and result in reduced lung function in children , particularly in the absence of ventilation and for children living with asthma or allergies. -- Wood-burning stoves used for heating create sharp increases in indoor levels of particle pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

On February 7, the US Environmental Protection Agency finalized a significantly stronger air quality standard that will better protect America’s families, workers, and communities from the dangerous and costly health effects of fine particle pollution, also known as soot. tons of particle pollution annually.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 8, 2022

Along with Carbon dioxide and Methane, particle pollution such as particulate matter and nitrogen oxides are examples of pollutants discharged into the atmosphere from flaring. (26) Unfortunately, fossil gas is frequently viewed as an immaterial externality. (21) 23) Since 2010, natural gas flaring and venting have increased 1.52

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