... sources ofpollution : cities, industrial plants * Identify species of the lichens Transect showing that the number of lichens growing on the tops of sandstone walls, on asbestos roofs, and on ... west (From Gilbert 1965) Sand stone Ash tree Roof Relative cover and biomass of two lichen species on ash trees along an east – west transect to the west of New Castle, England (From Gilbert, 1969) ... England Lecanora conizaoeides Lecanora dispersa Candelariella aurella Lecanora erysibe Lichens found in Bangkok Dirinaria picta Laurera bangaulensis Buelia punctata Trypethelium tropicum Lecanora...
... Program/ Epidemiology Research and Information Center of the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs, and is a component of the Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center It is ... distributions of wild and heterozygous types in GCLM, GC and GSTP1 (rs1695) Heterozygous types for HMOX (rs2071746 and rs2071749) consisted of large components 80.9% and 48.8% of subjects were ... effects of black carbon and PM2.5 on plasma homocysteine in this population and found that GSTT1 (but not GSTM1) significantly modified associations between pollutants and homocysteine PM2.5 and...
... Husbandry in Norway, Alta Tikkanen E & Niemelä I 1995 Kola peninsula pollutants andforest ecosystems in Lapland Final report of The Lapland forest damage project, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, ... R, N and F denote plots in Russia, Norway and Finland, respectively, and the numbers denote increasing distance from Nikel (Fig and Table Boreal env res vol 14 • Vegetation andair pollutants ... al (1998, 2003), Chernenkova and Kuperman (1999), Aarrestad and Aamlid (1999) and Aamlid et al (2000) as an effect ofairpollution from Nikel and Zapolyarnyy The pollution gradients, however,...
... error covariances and averaging kernels andan analysis of systematic and random error components An important aspect for users new to satellite data is scientific support An example of scientific ... export pollutants to other countries These import and export of pollutants can be quantified and monitored using assimilation of satellite data Likewise, import and export of pollutants of the EU ... to significant negative impacts on, and risks to human health and the environment” The Commission has examined current legislation and analyzed future emissions and impacts on health and the environment...
... between airpollution exposure and mortality or morbidity The majority ofairpollutionand health studies fix the effects ofairpollution to be constant over time, and model long-term trends and ... cubic splines of calendar time and temperature) are standardised to have a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one before inclusion in the model (and are subsequently back-transformed when ... (ii) - random walk (i) - constant (ii) - random walk (i) - constant (ii) - random walk (i) - constant (ii) - random walk Table 2: Summary of the smoothing parameters from the Bayesian and likelihood...
... generation of ozone and other oxidant pollutants and are a precursor of the formation of nitric acid and subsequently the nitrate component of PM Thus, NO2 is both a pollutant of concern and a surrogate ... Molecular studies of humans, animals and cells indicate the importance of a number of susceptibility genes and their products For lung cancer certain growth-, cell death-, metabolism- and repair-controlling ... are often low in busy urban centres and higher in suburban and adjacent rural areas On the other hand, O3 is also subject to long-range atmospheric transport and is therefore considered as a trans-boundary...
... year, and toxic substances in air can easily reach the lung and other organs where they can produce harmful effects An adequate understanding of the nature and magnitude of the effects of different ... effects ofair pollutants and for eliminating, or reducing to a minimum, those contaminants ofair that are known or likely to be hazardous to human health and wellbeing” (4) WHO reviews evidence and ... • Health aspects ofairpollution with particulate matter, ozone and nitrogen dioxide (5) • Meta-analysis of time-series studies and panel studies of particulate matter (PM) and ozone (O3) (6)...
... W/m2 and the surface cooling is of comparable magnitude over the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean (Satheesh and Srinivasan, 2002; Podgorny and Ramanathan, 2001) We note that the cooling of the ... major industrial pollutionand desert sand- and dust storms In the remainder of this article, we shall focus on aerosols in the IndoGangetic Plain and the Arabian Sea region, and their possible ... rain and snow by urban and industrial airpollution Science 287 (5459), 1793-1796 Li, Z., 2004: Aerosol and climate: a perspective from East Asia In: Obser vation, Theory and Modelling of the...
... Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground Level Ozone in Europe Report Number: Airand Energy 133, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment (MVROM), Directorate Airand Energy, ipc 640, P.O ... processes Secondly, large cities, like London, are not compact, and may contain large areas of woodland and parkland, major industrial and shopping zones, large rivers, etc., where the resident population ... http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/enveco /air/ benzene.pdf Faircloth, P., Barnes, C., Williams, A., Holland, M.R and Andrews, K (1999) Approximation of Environmental Legislation: A study of the benefits of compliance with the EU Environmental...
... future • Airpollution continues to cause cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses • Airpollution reduces the economic value of crops and leads to expensive cleaning of cultural heritage • Airpollution ... value of crops and leads to expensive cleaning of cultural heritage • Airpollution reduces plant biodiversity and affects other ecosystem services, such as clean water, recreational activities and ... Airpollution causes damage to human health, crops, ecosystems and cultural heritage Sulphur dioxide deposition has killed fish in lakes and streams, caused forest dieback and corrosion of...
... chemistry andclimate submodel is in turn driven by the combination of these anthropogenic and natural emissions This submodel includes atmospheric and oceanic chemistry and circulation, and land hydrological ... to climateand different mixes of emissions, and to address the effects on climateof policies proposed for control ofairpollutionand vice versa (Wang et al., 1998; Mayer et al., 2000) Of ... effects ofairpollution policy on overall demand for fossil fuels and individual demands for coal, oil and gas; (2) the effects of caps on black carbon (as a regulated air pollutant) on climate; ...
... modelling and mapping critical loads and levels andairpollution effects, risks and trends, International Cooperative Programme on Modelling and Mapping of Critical Loads and Levels andAirPollution ... Facility name Romania Czech Republic Bulgaria Germany Germany Slovakia Germany Bulgaria Romania United Kingdom Romania Poland Poland United Kingdom Romania Germany Greece Poland Romania Bulgaria ... Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament andof the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council Directives...
... Henriksen, Haagenrud and Skancke, deals with corrosion costs of building materials and cars due to airpollution Based on Norwegian data on air pollution, material stocks and maintenance prices, they ... materials, and over all regions 3.5.3 Maintenance prices For most materials in the analysis maintenance is in the form of cleaning and repainting Only galvanised steel wire, roofing felt and copper roofing ... consumption of transport services is divided into private and public transport Private transport is further divided into petrol and car maintenance, and the stock of cars, whereas public transport...
... ES017412, and ES018900 to Dr Sun, ES015146 and ES017290, and EPA grant R834797-01 to Dr Rajagopalan, an NPACT Initiative grant from the Health Effects Institute to Drs Lippmann and Chen, and laboratory ... JGW, LAB, and YY analyzed the data and interpreted the results MZ, IPH, IPH, RPL, JGW, and LAB contributed to PM2.5 exposure of the animals The manuscript was written by ZX and XX and revised ... on our understanding of the adverse effects of particulate airpollution on cardiometabolic diseases, especially in the context of obesity and insulin resistance Xu et al Particle and Fibre Toxicology...
... (2007), Air Pollution: History of Actions and Effectiveness of Change’, in Pretty, J et al (eds.), The Sage Handbook of Environment and Society, Sage, London [A useful survey ofairpollution ... close to forestand woodland areas where fuel was abundant, its transportation costs were low, and where few people would be troubled by airpollution problems A shortage of fuelwood and charcoal ... OfAirPollutionAnd Protection - Stephen Mosley monoxide, and it can be created indoors and outdoors Although some sources of atmospheric pollution are emitted naturally, from volcanoes or forest...
... References Fann, Neal, Charles M Fulcher, and Bryan J Hubbell 2009 The influence of location, source, and emissions type in estimates of the human health benefits of reducing a ton ofairpollutionAir ... 2008b Regulatory Impact Analysis of the Proposed Revisions to the Air Quality Standards for Lead, October Research Triangle Park, NC: Office ofAir Quality Planning and Standards www.epa.gov/ttn/ecas/regdata/RIAs/finalpbria.pdf ... 2006 Regulatory Impact Analysis, 2006 National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, Chapter Research Triangle Park, NC: Office ofAir Quality Planning and Standards, October www.epa.gov/ttn/ecas/regdata/RIAs/Chapter%205...
... HANDBOOK OFAIRPOLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL HANDBOOK OFAIRPOLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL Nicholas P Cheremisinoff, Ph.D N&P Limited P=-= E I N E M A N N An imprint of Elsevier ... 53 AirPollution in the Petroleum Industry, 79 AirPollution from Iron and Steel Manufacturing, 112 AirPollution from Lead and Zinc Smelting, 130 AirPollution from Nickel Ore Processing and ... chemical and physical properties, and data of common and potential atmospheric contaminants An overview of important terms and definitions useful in assessing the potentially harmful effects of air...
... changes in industry mix and energy use, and changes in vehicle kilometres travelled and in vehicle emissions and fuel standards Health Costs ofAirPollution in the Greater Sydney Metropolitan ... standard of 0.10 parts per million (ppm) and a 4-hour standard of 0.08 ppm.10 Compliance with the AAQ NEPM goal requires that by 2008, the 1-hour and 4-hour standards be exceeded on no more than ... immune system It can cause cancers and leukaemia in laboratory animals and human populations exposed for long periods, and has been linked to birth defects in animals and humans (Environment Australia,...
... and to provide an efficient means for people of all sorts to gain improved understanding ofair quality and related government policies in terms of the future health and well-being of Ontarians ... pollutant emissions, atmospheric transport and chemical transformation of pollutants, human exposure, risk factors and health responses and economic damages is a daunting challenge While understanding ... this soup of pollutants and human health are explored in this report The focus of this analysis is Ontario The basic concept and structure of the methodology and analyses are applicable to any jurisdiction...